Canon PowerShot A810 Voucher

S. Leslie "Kevin's Mom" (Plano, TX United States) : Got this for my 5 year old son so he could have his own camera instead of grabbing mine. I already had to have my camera worked on once because he was rough on it. He obviously had an interest in taking pictures and his "kids" camera just wasn't cutting it with him. He wanted a "big kid" version. The pricing allowed me to get something that would serve his curiosity and the features allow it to serve as my backup camera. Because the right side has the extended curve, it is easy for him to hold. I like that it used AA batteries so that I don't have to spend a lot on a proprietary one. The quality has been fine. No complaints.

Bar Con (USA) : I have not had this camera for long, but so far it has been fairly easy to learn its operational procedures and it takes good quality pictures. My only concern for the future is the durability of the black hard rubber cover on the Audio/video Output Digital Terminal. This covers the place where you plug in the cable to download pictures to the computer. I fear it may break off after any amount of use and I doubt it could be replaced. I hope I am wrong. Perhaps Canon might address that.

Anita John : It is tiny but the screen is as big as the camera.
It really does have a nice shake system, if shake a bit or take a picture driving 60 mph it adjusts for that without blur.
Love the price for what I got.
The only hard thing was the install CD did not work for some reason. I had to download the software and the driver for it. That took some time and I had to have tech support from Cannon help on-line. It all worked out though.

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Anonymous : Esta Camara es lenta para tomar fotos . Se necesita mucho tiempo para estar listo para la siguiente fotografía sobre todo cuando usa flash. Esto hace que la fotografía de acción es casi imposible de tomarla. por lo momento las otras funciones no me ha dado problema.
This Camera is slow. It takes a long time to get ready for the next picture especially when using flash. This makes action photography is almost impossible to take it. so far the other functions has not given me trouble.

Lala : It has a number of settings I had to get used to but overall it's a great little camera for a novice.
This camera is 16 mega pixels and my older Cannon A560 only has 7.1 mega pixels that's the
main reason I bought it. But overall I like it but I probably didn't need it, so my wife says.

Edward : We purchased this Cannon PowerShot A810 for my daughter's birthday last year. It will be a year next month and she loves it. It does everything she needs it to. Even her teenage sons like it. We would give it as a gift again.

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Andy Crandall : My camera was defective. It was not working properly when I took it out of the box. I tried to use it for one week. I finally called Cannon for tech service. They said I would need to send it in to the warranty center for repair. I just received an email today. They want $85.52 to repair a camera that I've had for about 4 weeks and paid $74.00 dollars for. I am not happy with Cannon. I have used Cannon cameras for 20 years. This will probably be my last.

John : Camera works well but I have some problems with savings images on SD card, often is not recording and shows error. I have tried different card and did not help.

BOB : I have a Blog and needed clear pictures quickly and dependably, that I can adjust and work with. I'm not into fancy, smancy, loaded with features type cameras. I love this one, it works great and I can adjust the pictures on my computer to post later. I keep finding more small features on it. The zoom, lens directional capabilities and video features are terrific too! All this and reasonable too... Birdie Gee

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saralynn17 : I received this camera as a gift and was hopeful that it would be an easy point and shoot like previous cameras I had. We had owned one of the very first Canon digital point-and-shoots and it's still plugging away - much better than this one. Very disappointing. It hesitates a lot before it will take a picture (I think that's partly the "Auto" mode that's analyzing what kind of photo/lighting it is?) The different settings are very hard to find. For example, to find the auto-timer is not very intuitive, and so I missed a couple of family photos there. I'm on my 3rd set of batteries and have only taken a about a 100 pictures. When I have tried to use it at family gatherings, I pick it up, aim it, press, ....and NOTHING! It refuses to take the picture! Very embarrassing! I will be replacing this very soon. I would not recommend this product.

Lewis20813 : I use these cameras and they are perfect for our work, but the cover to the batteries was broken on it, so we have to use tape to keep it shut. Not a very professional look, wish it hadn't been broken.. But can't afford to get another one right now.

John Mackay : Very good camera for the money. The picture has great quality and it fits in my purse--small and compact. I like this camera with the stabilizer and rich color with 16 MP, much better than my 5MP. This is hold old my camera was, so I needed a durable dependable small camera and this fits the requirements.

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Robert Schmitt (Tavares, FL, US) : I started with the A580, used it for years, shutter failed, then went on to an A590 model.
It is smaller, takes clearer pictures, has similar features to the A590, in a smaller package.
I didn't have to learn a whole new set of skills to use. The only drawback is there's no viewfinder.
The A810 LCD screen is harder to see in bright sunlight. Other than that, a really good camera.
It has a decent zoom feature and it's very easy to use (there is a 'question' button on the back, how much simpler can you get??) There is a slight hesitation in some settings but you can find a setting that pretty much fires as soon as you push the button.
The camera powers up quickly. The menu system is easy to access, you put the camera in "Live" mode and you can access all the special shooting modes by repeatedly pressing the thumb dial. In "Auto" mode the camera chooses the mode for you. I found "Auto" mode adequate to most of my needs except when taking pictures of people, then I prefer the "Portrait" mode. Recording movies is simple, just push the red button. I have not used the movie mode extensively. The zoom lever is around the shutter release where I prefer it.

MikeRock : I had a Canon A460 for a few years that took great pictures until one day it bit the dust, so I looked into this camera. So far its been great, however I like taking widescreen shots, and while I was able to do this with the A460 in different resolutions to save filespace, you only have 1 option on the A810, and that is close to 3 MB,so a regular SD card will not hold too many pictures, so I had to get an 8GB SDHC card.
Other than that, its been a great camera.

123 : The features of this camera are many. Some of which are very nice/fun to mess with. It is all spoiled by a very poor quality image sensor. All the photos appear grainy as if they were taken in low light scenarios, even in broad daylight.

For instance. Using a tripod at ISO 200 in broad daylight I took a photo of a friend who was wearing a black t-shirt. Within the dark area's of the photo (the black t-shirt) you could see intense grain, and no the shirt was not dirty.

Overall the image quality is not that far from what a cel-phone is capable of. So you might not want to waste your money on this camera.

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NVH (Northern New York)  : Purchased this for my father in law's 90th birthday as he was still taking pictures with a disposable 35 mm film camera. This camera is a fairly straight forward camera - point and shoot- which is what I wanted for him. ONLY issue so far is that it is quite small and very smooth making it difficult for him to not drop while pushing the button. I'm going to try some strategically placed velcro or something similar to aid in his ability to hang onto the camera.
The seller was prompt with delivery. The box was a bit tattered and I did not get the feeling that this was a "factory new" item although I had understood that I was ordering "new". It looked like everthing that should be there was there, just not boxed and wrapped like a brand new camera. I had put in batteries and a memory card before wrapping the camera so my father-in-law was none the wiser as to whether or not it was a brand new camera otherwise I would have questioned if it was new or would have just returned it.

Marquis S. "Ace" (Philadelphia, PA USA)  : I give this 5/5 rating, its an amazing camera, and can record in 720p which is pretty good for a point & shoot
This camera takes amazing photos, and I've al ready filmed a couple action scenes with this baby!
the pictures are cristal clear and so is the footage when recorded!

Robert A. Knox (Claymont, Delaware United States) : this product works very well, only problems I have instruction manual is terrible, I have been taking pictures for over 50 years, this is a wonderful camera, does a beautiful job, well made, I love photos it produces, and is very good looking.

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Lily : The camera powers up quickly. The menu system is easy to access, you put the camera in "Live" mode and you can access all the special shooting modes by repeatedly pressing the thumb dial. In "Auto" mode the camera chooses the mode for you. I found "Auto" mode adequate to most of my needs except when taking pictures of people, then I prefer the "Portrait" mode. Recording movies is simple, just push the red button. I have not used the movie mode extensively. The zoom lever is around the shutter release where I prefer it. The camera comes with the digital zoom set to on. The digital zoom cannot be turned off in "Auto" mode which is a feature I dislike. It can be turned off in "Live" mode.

Daneen Petty (Las Vegas NV) : I'm a serious amateur photographer, so my go-to camera is a digital DSLR...but it's heavy and with prohibitive luggage prices these days, sometimes I'd rather not travel with it and risk its health. For destinations involving family parties or where I'll likely take fun photos versus anything deeply artistic, I don't mind a simpler point and shoot. The last one I bought I had high hopes for as my previous model with Sony was great. It was terrible and I've never been happy with it. I read reviews and took a chance on this one and am very, very happy. If all you want to do is point and shoot a photo or video you'll LOVE it. No "dialing" to video setting, just push the record button on the back and launch right into filming. Now, if you want to be a little more artistic or have very high standards...I think you'll still like it a lot. 16 megapixels means great resolution. It has a decent zoom feature and it's very easy to use (there is a 'question' button on the back, how much simpler can you get??) There is a slight hesitation in some settings but you can find a setting that pretty much fires as soon as you push the button. Likewise, there is quite a long hesitation using the flash as it is "charging the flash". I can still get around that with a different setting. There is an interesting setting that takes three photos in lightening-speed-succession and "marries" the best from each into one final photo--so if someone moves or blinks, you'll still get a good sharp shot. That was pretty cool. Since high resolution and a fast trigger are my biggest concerns, I'm happy with this. It's not a DSLR, but I know that and don't hold that against it. There are other reviews here that go into much greater depth (and I found them to be spot-on)---my unanswered question was about shutter speed and I find it adequate for what I use this camera for. I'm not sorry at all that I took a chance on it.

Lisade (South Georgia) : Here are some specifications for the A810:

Sensor 1/2.3" (pretty standard size)

Lens Aperture: f2.8 (wide) to f6.9 (telephoto)

Resolutions available: 16MP: 4608 x 3456, 8MP: 3264 x 2448, 2MP: 1600 x 1200, 0.3MP: 640 x 480