Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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!

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.

This camera looses when you put in a new roll of film. And, it happened to me with two seperate Cannon Elph's. The display shows a flashing "H" and you can't take any pictures. In the manual it says you just have to take the battery out to fix this problem. Most of the time the film gets ruined and when you take the battery out the date get reset. I would not buy another Elph camera. It irks me that Canon obviously knew about this problem when they put the camera on the market (since they describe it in their manual) but chose to sell a defective product.

Thanks Megan

I bought this camera mainly for it's small size and ease of use. I spent hours comparing and I am very pleased with my final choice. Buy the Elph2, it is more rugged than the Elph and also does not have the pop up flash(this breaks very easily) It works very well if you wear it on your belt, I recently went to NYC on a school trip and everybody loved its small size.

Just like another commenter, my 'cute' Canon tortured me by sometimes showing a blinking 'H' after removing a roll a film. At times the film could not even be rewound, and the camera had to be send to a Canon Repair Center, which then spoiled the film - which of course had always unique pictures on it that could not be replaced :-(

I eventually made Canon give me a refund.

I have experienced the dreaded "flashing H" problem about 7 times (based on my usage of this camera this translate into a dissapointing 15% failure rate!!). What happens is that after inserting new film it goes to the unwind phase and then the H flashes on the LED display. I have been able to fix the problem a couple of time by fiddling with the battery (shoving it in and out a couple of times). Otherwise the whole role of film is wasted. This is a very serious problem. The camera failed on several occasions where I really need to get pictures. Ever since this happened, I always carry back up disposable camera. This shouldnt be necessary when you buy a camera (Its really a big joke!)

Yes, the dreaded "H" problem. Happens so often and ruins enough film, you want to throw it out the window. Great size, great zoom, but an unwelcome adventure everytime you need to reload film. Clearly a design flaw that really frustrates.

I received my Elph as a gift in 1999. Shortly afterward I took it on vacation. It was so easy to use; I could switch film while riding a bike! I got just about to the end of the third roll of film when the "dreaded H" reared its ugly head. Following the manual's advice, I took out the battery, replaced it, and... it rewound/exposed the whole roll. Since it was under warranty, we took it to the camera shop to have it repaired. The owner told us he got this problem with Elphs a lot, and if we had this problem again, we'd be better off purchasing a new, different camera than paying to have it fixed.

While it worked, I took the best photos of my life... crisp, clear, gorgeous!
I used that camera without a problem until early this year when the "H" returned. For a while I was able to reset it. Then it started eating brand-new rolls of film.

Part of me really wants to buy another one because it took such great pictures and was so fun to use. But the practical side of me thinks it's an awful lot of money to spend on a disposable camera.

I received this camera as a gift and it is just fantastic! I have experienced the dreaded 'H' problem twice, but only during the first couple of times I changed a roll of film. I did not lose any pictures, and it has not happenend since.

I took this camera on vacation, and the pictures came out fantastic - I have also used this camera to take pictures at the beach and they come out just like postcards.

It is so small and light that I now bring it everywhere and have taken more pictures in the last year than in my entire life. The only thing that I would change is to have a bit more powerful zoom lens. I have since given this model to two friends and they enjoy it as much as I have.