Comments on: Canon PowerShot A1300 16.0 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom 28mm Wide-Angle Lens (Black)

By: hiker

hiker — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:44:11 +0000

Great backpacking camera. I purchased this camera as a replacement for my Nikon Coolpix that quit working after less than two years and probably less than five-hundred pictures. I use this camera when I am backpacking as it is very lightweight and uses standard AA batteries. My first experience was this month on a fifty mile hike of the Foothill Trail in South Carolina. There are many waterfalls and beautiful views and I wanted to take some great pictures. I was extremely happy with the results. I returned home with about sixty photos and loaded them to Picassa with the idea of editing and correcting any problems before sharing them with friends and family. None of the sixty needed any retouching. They were perfect both in exposure and color rendetion. Some of the pictures were taken at night of my campfire with the camera set on the A (automatic) position. They were great.As usual, buying through Amazon was a perfect transaction.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:18:34 +0000

Mega Kudos to Canon for their PowerShot A1300 As a full time professional photographer for 15 yrs. now retired, I was dissapointed not to find a quality pocket camera with anoptical viewfinder, until now. I consider this a critical part of any camera that is not an SLR. LCD screens should not be the onlyfinder on a camera. I have been using the A1300 for a few weeks now. It has performed perfectly in a great variety of situationsand lighting conditions in both auto & program modes. The viewfinder tracks with the optical 5X tele. very well. Am very serprisedat how good the 20X digital zoom & stabilization are.The LCD is bright and adjustable. In the real world of point & shoot photography, not lab tests, this ultra compact took really good photos! Very happy it uses AA cells. I use Ni.Mh rechargeables &always have extra Alkalines along.. Batt. life has been good. This is the easiest, most fun and now my go to camera. The A1300 is aVery well thought out and executed point & shoot…