Canon Powershot A1000IS 10MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Grey): Customer Reviews & Product Details

It's a bit overwhelming when you're researching digital cameras. So many makes and models. And no one wants to get stuck with a lemon.

I think Canon has pretty much perfect the point-and-shoot digital camera. There's dedicated switches for those things needing "switching", dedicated buttons for those things needing "buttoning", etc. Go ahead, use a digital camera from 4-5 years ago when manufacturers were still figuring out what was really necessary, what users needed to get to quickly, and you'll see what I mean.

This camera is fine. Solid construction. Since you don't need anywhere near 10 megapixels, set it at 6 and you'll be happy. The menus make sense. The batteries can die when you're in East Botswania and you can replace them.

It is a TAD big for the pocket (for a guy) and it's surprisingly heavy if you're a wimp like me and have a man purse. Not "heavy" per se, just heavy enough that you definitely notice when it's not in your bag. Actually, being a little heavy in that regard could be a good thing.

So stop reading endless reviews. You have better things to do with your time. Buy this camera. Then go buy 4 rechargeable AAs and a charger for $15 from Target. Just don't drop it on the lens like I did... unless you're looking for an excuse to upgrade.

So I read all the reviews and looked at all the ratings on-line and figured this was the camera I needed - not too complicated, easy to use, somewhat fast pictures and would last a while. WRONG. The camera itself was easy to use, I'll give it that. But it took forever to take a picture. Case in point, every time I went to take a picture of our Yorkie, I'd get a picture of our floor - it cannot keep up with kids and pets - and you can't exactly ask a dog to "do that again." I bought this camera in January 09 and when we went on our honeymoon Oct 09 it flat out stopped working. Just froze up. Thank god we had brought my husbands waterproof pentax with us or we would have no pictures from our honeymoon. We used some of our wedding money to purchase a Nikon since then. We've used it indoors and out and had much better luck. Save your money, buy a Nikon.

Received new and in good condition. However, the first day of use the lens would not retract. I went back to the instruction booklet and did what they asked but to no avail. I ended up calling Canon and sending the camera back. I was told by a customer service rep that it was more then likely a defective item. After many phone calls and much red tape they did finally fix the camera under its warranty.

This is the third Canon I have purchased, two of which had bad LCD displays right out of the box and had to be returned. This latest one was purchased from Amazon through DBRoth who seems to be having a problem refunding my money even though they have received the returned item. Looks like I'll need to take this up with my credit card company shortly. I would not recommend either this camera or this seller and will never purchase anything from Amazon unless it is sold directly by them.

Wonderful camera, except for the requirement to open the battery case to access the memory chip.