Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS Digital ELPH Cameraa, 12.1MP, 4.4x Optical Zoom 24-105.6mm Lens, 3.2-inch Touch Panel LCD, Brown

2011-09-03T21:00:00

Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use, customizable touch screen Cons: Short battery life if you tale lots of movies, time format 24 hour only This is my 3rd Elph P&S upgrade from Canon and they really delivered on the 500 HS. The 500 HS was purchased after several months at looking at all the recently introduced compact point & shoot cameras, as well as many of the larger ones. For travel, I wanted a small, feature-loaded, P&S with a very wide-angle, quality lens. The picture quality is outstanding (although I haven't used movie-mode yet) and the touch screen performs well both indoors and outside in sunlight. The 4 basic modes (Auto, Programmed AE, Aperture, and Speed Priorities) along with the options provided, just covers about every feature an amateur would want. Perhaps one of the neatest features is the ability to customize the touch screen to your personal use. The only features lacking seem to be panoramic shooting, GPS, and manual focus; but for the size and price, it can't be beat. And I love the bronze (brown) color. The only reasons I wouldn't give it a 5-star rating are the following: First is the battery; even with a spare, I'm concerned about long, active, picture-taking days. Second, it would sure be nice to have the option to display time in either 12 or 24 hour format.

JayBird

2011-05-23T21:00:00

This is my 3rd Elph P&S upgrade from Canon and they really delivered on the 500 HS. The 500 HS was purchased after several months at looking at all the recently introduced compact point & shoot cameras, as well as many of the larger ones. For travel, I wanted a small, feature-loaded, P&S with a very wide-angle, quality lens. The picture quality is outstanding (although I haven't used movie-mode yet) and the touch screen performs well both indoors and outside in sunlight.The 4 basic modes (Auto, Programmed AE, Aperture, and Speed Priorities) along with the options provided, just covers about every feature an amateur would want. Perhaps one of the neatest features is the ability to customize the touch screen to your personal use.The only features lacking seem to be panoramic shooting, GPS, and manual focus; but for the size and price, it can't be beat. And I love the bronze (brown) color.The only reasons I wouldn't give it a 5-star rating are the following:First is the battery; even with a spare, I'm concerned about long, active, picture-taking days. Second, it would sure be nice to have the option to display time in either 12 or 24 hour format. And third, the PSC-2060 black case doesn't have a belt loop. The 2050 does, but the on-line descriptions don't indicate that. [...]

JayBird