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Canon - PowerShot ELPH 500 HS 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera - Silver
Average customer rating
3.3
(10 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 10 reviews
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60%of customers recommend this product.
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6 out of
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Customer Reviews for Canon - PowerShot ELPH 500 HS 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera - Silver
Customer Rating
2
Disapointed
on June 13, 2012
Posted by: Anonymous
from Colorado Springs
This is my first Canon product. I had high hopes for this camera because I had purchased a Canon camera for my son as a gift. I don't remember the model. But it takes great pictures. This seemed to be the closest camera that they make now to the one I gave him. I am very disappointed. Everything is great except the image quality. It is terrible. I have an old 4MP Fuji that puts this to shame . The only way I have been able to get a fair picture is to set the ISO to 100 and the recording MP down to 6MP. When I e-mailed Canon for help they did not even bother to respond. I would not recommend this camera at all.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings
Cons: Poor image quality, Poor Low-Light Performance, Complicated controls/menu
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
1
Horrible Shutter Speed Performance
on June 6, 2011
Posted by: DG
I just purchased the camera and have used it for the past week. The camera is DREADFULLY SLOW. Over the weekend, I was attempting to take pictures of a 3-year old. In most instances, by the time the camera finally took the picture, I had a great picture of the back of her head as she was running away. It takes so long for this camera to lock and load, it is PATHETIC. I am very disappointed in the camera. I like the touch screen, although it is not very intuitive. I am used to Apple products that don't even come with an operating manual----Apple products are so intuitive. If I had it to do all over again, I would not have bought this camera---even though I have bought 5 point and shoot and own an SLR.
Pros: Bright LCD
Cons: Missing features/settings, Poor Low-Light Performance, Difficult to use, Complicated controls/menu, slow shutter speed
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com