Canon ELPH - Point & Shoot / Zoom camera - APS - lens: 24 mm - 48 mm - black, metallic silver

by Canon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B00000G20K
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,570 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
  • #29 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Film Cameras > APS Cameras
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Canon's tiny Elph cameras combine ease of use and high performance in an ultracompact, stylish package. The CanonElph 240 offers a powerful 2x zoom in a rugged stainless-steel body. Its APS format gives you drop-in film loading, a choice of three picture formats, and improved reprinting capabilities and negative storage. With a multi-mode flash with red-eye reduction, date and caption features, and automatic exposure control, the Canon Elph 240 gives you everything you need to take great pictures in any situation. It's so good-looking and lightweight that you'll find yourself taking it everywhere.

Product Description

The advanced photo system camera puts the future in the palm of your hand! The world's smallest 2x zoom camara, and the most elegant. Top quality, from its durable stainless steel body to its ultra-sharp 24-48mm aspheric zoom lens; reliable AF performance, using Canon's exclusive active/passive Hybrid aurofocus technology; easier than ever, with carefree drop-in-loading, built in flash and fully automatic operation; advanced photo system features (choice of C/H/P size, Date/time/captions on the back of the print, etc.); kit includes ELPH, case, 15 exp. film, battery CR-2.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

120 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great but costly way to take pictures, November 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Canon ELPH - Point & Shoot / Zoom camera - APS - lens: 24 mm - 48 mm - black, metallic silver (Electronics)

The APS system is the last gasp for film photography. I have used this camera for over two years and have had excellent results with two provisos. One, battery life tends to be short. A small battery is required to power numerous automatic and manual functions. Number two, you pay a very hefty premium for compactness and convenience.

121 of 126 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Owning this camera tripled the number of photos I take, October 19, 1999

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Leo Hourvitz (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon ELPH - Point & Shoot / Zoom camera - APS - lens: 24 mm - 48 mm - black, metallic silver (Electronics)

The Elph is a great snapshot camera. I own a 35mm SLR as well -- but I never have it with me. The Elph is so small I take it everywhere, with the result that I take many more pictures! It's trivial to use and the picture quality is great for a point'n'shoot camera -- it's definitely managed to pull some good photos out of difficult situations. I'd recommend this model over the non-zoom models, because I've found having the zoom helps a lot, especially with APS (which you don't want to enlarge too much).

The only things that could make this better are a wider zoom range, and support for mid-roll changes. But with or without those, the Elph has become one of my essential pieces of electronics!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Camera, May 12, 2000

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B. Morgan "Amateur Chef" (Centralia, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon ELPH - Point & Shoot / Zoom camera - APS - lens: 24 mm - 48 mm - black, metallic silver (Electronics)

I love my Elph. I picked it out for a birthday present and have never been disappointed. I have never had the 'H' problem described. I have taken it on two trips to Mexico, it's small size and reliability continue to impress me. Being pocket sized it has captured so many "once in a lifetime" first steps, smiles for my boys that I probably would have missed with a larger, hang around my neck camera. 3 friends have purchased Elphs after seeing mine, and I bought an Elph (different model) for my mom for Mother's Day. Highly recommend.