by Chris Campbell
Never may be too harsh a word, but you’ll want to learn of a few problems with the Canon PowerShot SD850 Digital Elph Camera before you actually buy one. It has some flaws you may not be aware of. Most digital camera reviews you read online are nothing but thinly veiled attempts to sell you the camera. There’s no sales pitch here, just an attempt to bring to light problems with the Powershot SD850 Digital Elph.
The A720IS, can’t seem to handle children, or other fast moving objects without manual intervention. Most of the time, you’ll just end up with blurry pictures. Of all the auto settings this PowerShot offers, none seem to have a fast shutter speed.
If there is one thing constant with our world, it is that things are forever changing. Especially in the world of tech gadgets. While digital cameras may not be considered a “gadget” by some, they are in fact still influenced by this same rapid rate of change.
Canon decided that giving you information you can’t do much about, might be a good idea. Not really sure why. When the shutter button is half way pressed, the PowerShot SD850 displays the F/Stop setting the Digital Elph will be using for the picture your about to take.
The typical digital camera consumer, however, doesn’t really have time for all this cool stuff though. They’re more interested in the practical side of cameras. What they want to know, is can the camera I’m buying do what I need it to do. All the technical speak can just be ignored.
While camera manufacturers are more than thrilled to be introducing new models to their already bloated camera product lines, it’s really unnecessary. While digital technology has brought some nice features to the average photographer, what makes a good camera really hasn’t changed much over the years. A good lens, solid construction, and buttons that are easy to use.
They’ve never had so many reasons to release so many new models with so many new bells and whistles. Mind you, some of them are great, but some features are just plain useless. Or if not useless, then probably so buried amongst all the other menu features that most users never know they’re there let alone use them.
The lesson here being, to not just buy the first “highly recommended” camera you come across. When researching any product online, I rarely read the five star reviews.
If I want to hear about how wonderful a product is, I’ll talk to a salesman. Honest reviews from experienced users will tell far more about a product (digital cameras or otherwise) then anything else.