I bought this camera after buying and returning a Canon Powershot A495. The price difference is small but the quality difference is huge. The A1100 has an excellent quality lens for this type of camera. Equally important, it has image stabilization, which helps make the images sharp if your hands shake a little while taking the shot or when shooting in low light. I also chose this model because it has an optical view finder. It's not the best quality, but it helps when the sun is too bright to compose a shot using the LCD screen. The A1100 feels quite solid and well built enough. The A495 felt very flimsy and delicate. Minor hassles with the A100 include the optical view finder as mentioned, and the inability to set the lens to retract more than one minute after you turn it on. This is a fine point and shoot camera that's simple to use. It's inexpensive enough that I wouldn't cry if something happened to it.Read full review
I had a Canon A560 which was a great camera for my 13 year old daughter to use. It was simple enough, but allowed her to learn a litle photography as well. However, on a recent trip to Florida it develloped the infamous " lens error". Trying everything, it is now in pieces on my desk. I did not think $50.00 for a used A560 was a good deal, and $140.00 for a new A1100 did not seem to smart either since my Canon experience was not the best. So, a really good used A1100 at $75.00 seemed to be the solution. The camera has a lot to offer, smaller than the A560 and more features. Now if only I can avoid the "lens error" problem with this one, time will tell.
This is a good Point and Shoot camera with enough features to satisfy most people. it has zoom capability, movie capability and accepts memory cards up to 32GB. I bought this camera to replace another one of the same model, which had failed. It seems there is a type of failure that is somewhat common whereby new batteries are not recognized and the window says replace batteries. I haven't tried to have my old one fixed since I found this one on eBay and a reasonable price. The biggest feature I look for in a point and shoot digital camera is a viewfinder, which this camera has, and most others don't. I don't have a cell phone with a camera, and prefer to use a hand held P&S camera especially for eBay pictures. Unfortunately this camera is a little larger than shirt pocket size. but still not too bulky.Read full review
This is a very nice camera. Small enough for my wife to carry around in her purse and very easy to operate. Picture quality on easy mode, which my wife uses is very good and using the additional features produces some very nice shots! You will need to get a bigger SD card if you plan on taking several pictures becuase the included card does not hold very many. I would suggest a 4GB or an 8GB card for anyone who wants to make sure they don't miss a shot because the memory card is full. All in all a very nice camera at a very reasonable price. Camera burns through batteries very fast though... be prepared for that and keep a fresh set in your camera case at all times!
overall , nice camera good Things: 1- fast in taking pictures 2- very clear 3- easy to use 4- use AA battery ( better to buy 2300mA rechargeable ) 5- you can prepare your own settings (i.e. iso ) 6- Auto rotate pictures 7- multi-face recognition and much more However; when comparing it with Sony cybershot , it is a big and heavy. you can not install a tele lens you need to have 2 batteries + another 2 for more pictures (consumes power) battery cover is hard and it might get damaged (be careful with it) ------------- NOTE : what I'll write is for MY camera (NOT the model itself !) it looks like a focusing problem, it does focus, but some pictures (like close ones, moving objects ) you might get some unclear shots . make sure that the lens does not click or make noise when you buy it . also, face the camera up and zoom in and out. then down and do the same , to both sides and check it like this. if there is any thing bad, you will hear clicking, high sounds coming from the zoom. take pictures to very close objects with the zoom is in 4x settings to see if you like it or not, also for far and moving objects. ------------------ over all , I recommend it (if new :) ) for price , used can go from ($75 if Ok cond - to - 160 if nice one).Read full review
This camera I purchased is for parts only. The price is great and I was able to take the front and rear covers and place them on my working camera. When I purchased my camera new, I did not open the battery door properly and broke it. This parts camera allowed me to get another battery door that properly holds the batteries in place now. I had tried to use special paper clips bent to hold the old door closed and put holes in the covers in doing so. The covers make this camera work and look great again !
Verified purchase: Yes
I love the size and weight of the camera. It is just right. It takes good pictures. It's lag time between shots is fast. A lot better than my other digital camera. I decided to buy the A1100 because of the price and 12.1 pixel. The only disappointment is the software. I loved the HP software. I believe that my older camera took crisper pics but it lacked the speed of the A1100. I wish that the camera had a setting just for macro shots. It offers macro but you can't fine tune it. Overall I would buy it again. Just learned something new with the software. If you use the edit tool with level adjustment it really sharpens and makes all your pics better.
I really like this camera! It is light in weight, super easy to use,and takes great pictures! It is also small, and has 12.1 MP, so it's definetally worth it!
I dropped my previous camera so it was time for a new one. One of my requirements for a camera is an optical viewfinder. These are getting hard to find. In fact, my searching revealed only Canon cameras still have these. Other camera requirements is it must take AA batteries and use SD-type cards. This narrowed down the field and the Powershot A1100IS was the newest of the bunch. I was hoping for a zoom of around 10X but had to settle for 4X. Other than that this camera is perfect for me. I like the way the zoom lever is part of the picture taking button assembly. As with most Canon cameras I've used the flash isn't the greatest.
My old camera had a problem with the battery cover popping open. This one has that remedied. You have to pull on a small button and then slide the cover open. Also, I really like the power on and off button, because mine included that on the wheel, and it would always turn and when I wanted to use it, the batteries were dead. I don't like how there is a soft push and a hard push before it takes the picture. The first focuses, the second takes. I think I'm taking it, then I missed the shot. But I think I'll get used to it and appreciate it eventually. I am happy with it so far.
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