Pros:
- Features: does everything automatically for you with pretty good results and lets you do anything you want manually (ISO, F-Stop, Exposure, Focus, Flash Power, etc.)
- Good feel: most smaller cameras feel flimsy and don't fit well with a grip, but its big enough to feel like a camera.
- Great picture quality. 3.2 Megapixel is plenty for any home photography, including being able to crop.
- 3x Optical zoom works great
- Uses CompactFlash, which is really cheap to upgrade.
- Uses 4AA's, so you don't have to switch batteries nearly as often, and has pretty good battery life.
- great panoramic software that's easy, and produces good results, even without using a tripod (though they reccomend using one)
Cons:
- A little large to put in a pants pocket.
- no swivel screen. Consider the higher models if you want to do more artistic photography that involve holding camera at ground level or above head that have a swivel screen if you want to use the camera for these things.


Overall, a great camera. I have had mine for close to a year now, and my dad has two, one for work and one for home use. We love this camera, and have had excellent results from it. Great for someone who wants good quality photos from a camera that is easy enough for your wife to use, but has enough features to appease your desire to tweak with the pictures.

As a Defense Contractor, and the owner of a Canon Digital Rebel, I wanted a backup camera that would not cause much attention to be paid to me or my camera - here or in some parts of the world. Looking at price point and sharing of compact flash memory cards were two prime considerations in camera choice.

I'm partial to Canon digital products. Fit, finish and performance at every level of purchase price make them dependable buys. I've not been disappointed in any of my 3 cameras, printers or 3 lenses purchased from Canon.

The A75 camera takes marvelous daylight pictures - and pretty good flash pictures. It has enough control features to satisfy even advanced photographers like myself. With a Canon made underwater housing (purchased while scuba diving in Aruba) it allows me to go places no other camera I own will take me.

Movie mode is limited. Although good for some - the picture quality and lack of zoom features says - get a camcorder! Redeye is a distinct problem in lowlight and all flash modes. The lens/flash position allows only a narrow angle of satisfactory picture taking. Redeye reduction might be effective -but I haven't seen it work acceptably. Plan to spend time in Photoshop or other software products to remove what the camera has created.

Shutter and auto-focus lag time. Most disconcerting. Sometimes the camera hunts forever. Even in controlled circumstances - the processor speed (or lack thereof) becomes annoying. Most disappointing feature of this camera.

Plan on purchasing Ni-Mh recharable AA batteries. This camera - while not a battery hog - will drain your wallet with non-rechargables. A spare (2nd) set is a good bet - if this is your only camera - and you take a lot of pictures.

Case and lens ring wear is evident after 18 months of use. Dirt and grit can get into the zoom lens mechanism in high dirt/dust environments. A mini-vac or air blower bottle has become a permanent fixture in my camera kit.

Buy a camera pouch that firmly holds the A75, and has a separate compartment for a spare set of 4 AA batteries. I share compact flash memory with my Digital Rebel. A 512mb high speed card - any you can shoot forever. 250-300 pictures in full quality on a 512mb card is possible.

After 18 months of use - I'm more than satisfied. The camera is starting to be phased out by many retailers. A reconditioned A75 would make a great entry level camera at a great price.

As critical as I've been - I LIKE this camera. Many 8x10's of grandchildren adorn our walls and those of our kids. Great pictures - sharp (enough) - if somewhat oversaturated color (makes snapshots look great) and a perfect camera to create and send e-mail photos. While still a great fan of my Digital Rebel, this camera has it's place in my equipment bag wherever I go.

I've had this camera for nearly a year now, and I couldn't be more pleased. Unlike some of the smaller cameras, it feels like a "real" camera in the hand. It takes beautiful pictures and is very easy to use. I couldn't be more happy with it!

I've used Canon SLRs quite a bit and I was pleased to find out how much this little point and shoot has in common with its big brothers.

Thirteen different shooting modes are easily accessed by the dial on top, giving the user total control. Naturally you would expect this camera to have a fully automatic modes, and it does. But, unlike many other point and shoot digitals, this Canon allows you to control the shutter, aperture, and focus manually.

I am pleased with the lens on this camera, but it is not a stand-out feature. The zoom is adequate most of the time. Just don't expect it to catch any real macro or telephoto shots.

Overall picture quality is excellent and colors are bright and accurate. You can now buy consumer digital cameras with 8 or more megapixel CCDs, but save your money. This camera's 3.2MP will be enough for 90% of consumers. Unless you do a lot of cropping or want to make prints bigger than 8x10, a camera like this one will do quite nicely.

Some cost cutting on this camera led to a couple disappointments, but they were easily fixed. The included alkaline AA batteries lasted less than two days. I purchased a set of rechargeable NiMH batteries and they have lasted much longer and can be recharged in 30 minutes. Also, the included Compactflash card is only 32MB. This means you can only take 22 high-resolution photos before the card is full. I purchased a 256MB CF card which allows me two take 242 high-resolution photos.

Overall I am very pleased with this camera. If you are looking for an inexpensive point and shoot digital, this one has a lot of good features and is made very well.

I received the A75 as a Christmas gift from my daughter who had purchased it from Amazon.com. When I went to use it for the first time, it didn't work! Message says "no memory." When I called Canon I was advised to send it to Elk Grove, IL for repairs and I'd be advised about the cost of repairs! What about the warranty? When my daughter contacted Amazon to see about a return she was advised that I'd had the camera too long. So, Canon sells a defective product to Amazon who in turn sells it to my daughter who gives it to me as a gift. Never used, never out of the box and it won't work and neither Canon nor Amazon is willing to assume any responsibility. Some support! I've been a customer of Amazon's for some time, but I see no sense in buying anything more from them!

I have owned many brands of Digiams from HP to Sony to Kodak and have found this to be the best of them all(with Sony as a close runner-up). The pictures you get from this are simply stunning. Perfectly saturated colors with VERY little noise(Even on high ISO's). Battery life is very good with nimh's, mainly due to utilizing 4 batteries. The interface is FULL of features, yet not overwhelming. Canon really did their homework on the A-series cameras!

When we first bought this Canon Powershot A75 digital camera I was very impressed. This was my first "real" digital camera (because I had used a simple free one before with very low quality pictures at 640*480 resolution) and I really liked how it was easy to use and had a clear and colorful 1.8" LCD screen on the back.

We originally had the 32 megabyte memory card with the camera, which can hold enough pictures (the storage depends on the resolution of the pictures, however 32 megabytes is good for about 100 pictures at decent resolution). My brothers and I mainly used the camera to take pictures of awesome sports cars and rare foreign cars such as old vintage Porsches, Dodge Vipers, and Lamborghinis (we participated in what we dubbed drive-by-shootings, where we would drive by and take pictures of rare and awesome cars, and now our collection has over 1000 pictures). The pictures were generally very good quality, but the problem is that this camera is very susceptible to movements while taking a picture. Therefore, many of the pictures come out blurry. However, there are many modes for the camera, such as outdoor mode, action mode, indoor mode, night mode. These modes help when you're taking action shots, but unless you have a tripod there are too many pictures that will come out blurry.

The zoom capabilities of this camera were a pretty cool feature, although 3X zoom is fairly common on digital cameras. The menus and options are generally easy to use, and you can get by without learning about all the advanced features if you just want basic pictures. However, I suggest that you get the 512 megabyte memory card, because then you can store an almost unlimited number of pictures. With this card, at high resolution you can store over 700 pictures, and if you opt for the email-friendly low resolutions pictures at 640*480 (which come out looking pretty good) you can store thousands of pictures. This is great for overseas trips or for convenience because you don't have to keep uploading to your PC. Also a 512 MB or 1 GB memory card is great for taking videos.

This camera also takes short videos, which are actually impressive quality for a digital camera of this price. The sound quality is pretty decent also, and the videos are either 320*240 or 640*480. With our 512 MB card we could take a video of about 20 minutes at the lower resolution.

By now you're probably wondering why I gave this camera 3 stars. Well, after having this camera for about a year it had a major failure. I was using it to zoom in and out at one of my brother's school award ceremony and then the LCD image just became very blurry. From then on, the LCD monitor was constantly blurry and all the pictures became blurry. So after that we couldn't take any more pictures. Now the camera is ruined, and with our warranty expired we'll have to probably get it repaired at a high cost. Hopefully, the new Canon Powershot A90 doesn't have this serious malfunction. There are many other excellent Canon cameras to purchase, but I don't suggest this one unless you get at least a 2-year warranty and perhaps use the zoom sparingly.

Canon powershot A75 is an excellent choice for an affordable digital camera with outstanding quality. The size of the camera allows easy handling and its controls to be easily accessed. Still images and video clips taken using its default automatic control setting are almost of professional quality even for novice users or children. The rechargeable 4 AA batteries and CF memory card allow one to enjoy it for very long time at a minimal cost.

I have a Canon A70 that until recently was a great camera. On a trip to the Grand Canyon the camera failed. Lens would not retract and E18 error appeared on screen. I thought it was just bad luck until I got home and Googled the E18. Discovered that this was a common complaint and that it is a waste of my time to pursue this with Canon. I am now looking at other brands for a replacement.

I owned a Kodak DC3400 before and the Canon Powershot A75 seemed so much better when I started using it. It took great pictures, no complains there, great saturation and focus. About 11 months later it started to have glitches. At first it would auto switch from capture mode to playback mode, making it impossible to take pictures. Eventually the capture mode would kick in and after a few shots...bang!..all by itself the camera would switch to playback mode again. This was very annoying and it continued for awhile until recently.
Now my camera only previews images that are stored in the memory card but CAN'T take pictures. The lens does not open no matter what I try.
I have searched the internet intensively and discovered that I'm not alone; many people are experiencing similar situations. I don't think that the Canon Powershot series was built to last.
Take my advice: Avoid this camera!

I bought a Canon A70. I am hear to warn you that it will eventually not retract if jarred. Some people say it's an E18 error. You can google that, but I just know that canon charges $100-$200 to repair and charges for shipping both ways... Not worth it. Investigate what your brand will do for you, if something goes wrong before you buy! Have a Great Day!

I wanted something relatively easy to use that took high-quality pictures. I got just that and so much more. There are so many options and easy-to-use preset settings. I love that I can take short videos with sound. And even black and white (sepia-colored?) vintage-looking photos. I also really like that although it's easy to take good pictures without a lot of fooling around with settings, I also have the option of playing around with all the different settings and speeds to take more artistic images.

The quality of the images is remarkable. My boyfriend and I both tried to photograph a vineyard scene at sunset-directly towards the sun. I with my Canon and he with his Kodak. I didn't even think it would come out but mine came out beautifully and his-not at all. I love, love, love this camera. I take photos of my artwork and need to capture color accurately and fine details and this camera does a wonderful job. By the way, I've had it for a year now without any problems at all. I never usually write reviews, but in this case, I felt compelled because I think this is such a great product.

After about a year E18 struck and camera is toast. Do a google search and type in "canon A70" and "e18" to understand the magnitude of the problem with this camera.

We initially thought it was a pretty good camera. However, it fell from 18 inches to the ground and shattered. We spent $100 to repair it through Cannon. Six months later, it's got the same problems that were supposed to have been repaired. In fact, on the last trip, it actually started smoking! I'm not kidding. Now, it won't focus at all and Canon says the repairs were only good for 60 days. After this experience, I cannot recommend Canon or this camera.

Camera has tons of features. Metering and exposures appear to be very good as well. Very easy to use.

But the picture quality is very POOR - pictures appear to be very soft. By adjusting ISO to 50, it gets a little sharper but still not sharp enough.

I had this camera for not even a year and was very happy with it. My only complaint was the weight due to the four batteries. That was until I used it to take pictures of my baby's first Christmas and five minutes after I moved her pictures onto my computer the camera died on me. When I turned it on I received a "Memory Card Error" message. I reformated the memory card and was able to take a couple more pictures, but when I tried to view them I recevied the error message again. Then the camera would get stuck on, then it wouldn't turn on, then the LCD was blank, etc. etc. etc.... Currently it's stuck in the off position and no matter how many fresh batteries I put in it, the camera won't turn on.

It's not the memory card because the card works fine in another camera. I needed a new camera ASAP for the holidays, so I signed onto ebay to see what was out there. Lo and behold I found many listings for broken A75's. It seems that lots of people have had the same thing happen to their cameras.

Also note that no other notable camera uses the same memory card, so when I bought a new camera (I opted for the Canon A520) I had to purchase another memory card. Bah!

If you buy this maybe it will break down, maybe it won't. My advice would be to transfer all your pictures as often as possible. I am so lucky I saved all my baby's pictures before the camera went out on me. If I lost all those shots I would have been livid.

At first I loved this camera. It was my first digital camera and seemingly idiot-proof. But as time goes on, I am getting frustrated with it.

1. It is not compatible with the newest ibooks (Mac OSX 10 or higher) and I just got a new computer so now my camera is pretty much useless. Canon's website says they're working on it, but for now, I have no convenient way to get my pictures!

2. Good for close ups but you can't zoom out very far at all. Plan to back up and cross roads and fields to get the shot you want.

3. The flash washes things out really badly. My Christmas tree looks white.

4. With the batteries (4 AA) in it's really really heavy.

5. One piece has come apart at the seam. It still works, but I'm sure it's filling with dust and grime.

6. Takes a few seconds to take a picture. By the time the beeping and flashing has satisfied itself to take the photo, the cute dog has looked away, the kid on the bike is out of the frame, the jumping fish is back in the water, etc.

I got some good pics, but next time I want something a bit lighter and more versatile.

I got this camera over a year ago. I am very satisfied with the quality of the images. It does have a few limitations.
1. Cannot shoot action shots because of the 1 second delay when auto focus is "on".
2. Cannot shoot bright objects - they will over saturate.
3. Occasional glitch when camera will not switch to capture mode.
4. The viewfinder does not show the full view of the digital capture-only LCD show the true field of capture.
5. Auto focus does not work well in low-light situations.
6. Flash is too strong for close-up shoot.
7. 3X optical zoom not quite enough and 10X digital zoom lead to noisy images(almost useless feature).
Other than these, the camera is easy to use and handle.
Recommend you get 256KB flash memory and 4 rechargeable batteries. You can take up to 250 shots. Great for vacations.

I purchased this camera based on my previous experience with my Canon EOS Rebel 35mm. I have had the Rebel for many years and it has been a wonderful camera and has never let me down. I have probably shot thousands of photos with it. I recommend Canon cameras as my personal choice. I read many reviews before buying this camera and I believed it would serve me well for many years. Five or six months after I purchased it developed the same problem it has now. I brought it back to Best Buy but it started working the minute it got into the technician's hands. It has worked fine up until last week, 11 months after I purchased it, 1 month out of warranty. Given the failure mode I would think that this is an electronic problem, not a mechanical one. When the shutter release is fully depressed the meter boxes come up but the shutter does not release. Without moving the camera or changing any settings I press the shutter release again and a different set of meter boxes show up. The camera focuses just fine and beeps to indicate focus has been achieved. Also, the IR Focus assist comes on even though it is turned off in the menu.

I am extremely disappointed that this camera has not lasted longer. Canon Customer Service said it is going to cost me $79 or more to have it repaired. What is to say it will not have the same failure a year from now? They offered an A95 for $149 + $10 shipping. Why would I spend $159 on a camera "upgrade" that has the same potential for failure and disappointment?

I searched Google for "canon a75 problem" and found this website:

http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/canon-powershot-a75-reviews.html

On this page alone there are 2 reviews that indicate the same failure that I am experiencing and possibly a third but the reviewer did not elaborate. This is just my first stop in my search and I have already found a trend. Both of the reviewers said they would not purchase a Canon product again.

Canon has had such a good reputation in the industry and I hate to see it wasted on poor decision not to repair an obvious factory defect. Charging customers for poor quality control will lead to fewer and fewer sales in the future. I have been saving to purchase a digital EOS but after this experience I believe I may have to put my trust in another manufacturer.

I believe Canon's reliability department has already found the trend (heck, I found it in .005 seconds) and possibly the source of this failure. I can only say that Canon will lose more than the cost of repairs for failing to treat their customers fairly and with respect.

I hope Canon chooses to do the right thing, but I don't think they will.

I've had this camera for about a year and a half and I can't really complain! It takes fairly decent photos ~ outdoor photos are generally better. I don't normally use flash indoors (I like natural photos) and it does OK with this (better with a small tripod), but could be better when it comes to low-light settings as the images get grainy. I love that the batteries last on this thing so long. I bought two sets of rechargeable batteries and they seem to last forever. I can get a good 500 images at a time, which is good for travel.

The best part about this camera is the durability. I dropped this thing on my hardwood floors once (gasp!!) and the side of the camera actually popped out. Guess what? The camera still works beautifully and I keep taking photos even though the piece is kind of popped out.

I haven't read the other reviews, but wanted to put my thoughts in. I've had this camera for two years and it has performed wonderfully. At one point my brother dropped it from about six feet onto concrete and it hasn't affected performance at all. The 3.2 megapixel is more than enough to print great quality pictures ... I've printed mostly 4x6 and 5x7. I think this is a great point and shoot digital camera, and it's a nice bonus to have the movie mode.

There are a few limitations ...

It guzzles battery power, particularly if you use the display all the time, which leads me to another point ... if you try to save battery power and sight photos through the viewfinder, the picture will be quite different than you think. The only way to truly compose a photo to be exactly what you want is to use the display screen, which again causes short battery life. Since it uses AA, I would recommend buying some rechargeable batteries, which is what I did.

Another drawback is that it doesn't take good action shots. There's a delay of about one second when you push the shutter button, particularly if the subject is moving and the AF won't lock. You can hold the shutter button halfway to lock focus, but sometimes the subject has moved out of focus. So, if you want to shoot a lot of action stuff, this might not be the camera for you.

Another thing that I'm conscious of when I shoot with this camera is it's photo dimensions. This camera offers image quality/proportions of 2048x1536, 1600x1200 and 640x480 ... all of which are basically 4x3. So, if you want to any common print sizes - 4x6, 5x7, etc. - you have to go in and crop some off each photo. If you can't do this manually, you photo processor will likely do it themselves without much care, taking equally from the top and bottom of shots, which might cut something you really want in the picture (like people's heads). So, I have to be very careful now when I take pictures that I include enough space to make that crop.

Overall though, I think this camera is worth the money. It does a lot and has a lot of great features, but if you buy it you should be aware of its limitations.

When I bought my A75, I did a little research, and the reviews I read were great. 2 years later, I am happy with my choice. I got an excellent camera that has taken a lot of pictures on different places: beaches, mountains, cities... The quality of the pictures is awesome. Even if it is not a 7MP, I think that for an "amateur home user", this camera is more than enough

I bought this camera two years ago and love it. I now have two others that are newer and more expensive, but I still end up using this camera so often because it's practical, the batteries last forever and it takes the right size pictures for uploading fast to online printing services. The pictures are great when printed as long as they are not enlarged much past 8x10 and the camera is extraordinarily sturdy. I have kept it in my purse for extended amounts of time, taken it on many trips, it has been dropped several times, and it just keeps working It is so easy to use in every way. All of the menu items are entirely self explanatory. I would highly recommend this camera. My others are Canon also and I love them all.

I have now had my Canon for almost 2 years now. I bought this camera to take pictures of my son and my nephews. When I first got the camera, I loved it! It was my first digital camera, so I did not know what to expect. The main problem I was having at first was that it took a few seconds from the time I pushed the button til the time it actually took the picture. With kids, you have to get a good shot when you can. This problem was annoying, but not really a big deal, at least it worked. I also had the problem that if there was a great deal of white in the background when taking the picture, the picture would be white washed out. I tried to take a picture of my son in our white bathtub, and I could barely make him out. It looked as though I took the picture in a room full of bright lightbulbs. That was back when the camera worked.

Then, after about a year of having the camera, the LCD screen went blank. I could look through the viewer and take pics and view them on the LCD screen, but could not use the screen for any other purpose. This was another annoying problem, but I was glad it still worked and did not want to spend money for another camera. Well that lasted for about 6 months, and I'm having the same problem, only now the pictures that I can take are all very dark!!! I just had a new baby and couldn't wait to take pictures with my camera. All the pictures are barely visible they are so dark. I'm currently looking for a new digital camera. I will certainly never buy a Canon again, and will advise everyone I know not to buy one either.

I've owned and loved canon cameras for 35 years. I bought the A75 and was satisfied until one month after the warranty ran out. My A75 pictures came out almost black in auto focus. I called Canon support and was told due to the age (one month out of warranty) I would have to pay for repairs and postage. I looked on the internet and the problem seems to be rampant. I wouldn't buy another Canon camera on a bet.

If you can get a new one, this so easy to use. I bought it for a boyfriend about 4 yrs ago and I still use it everyday to take pictures for work. I don't use the movie feature but the macro also is fine. For the money if you need to take everyday pictures of family and friends you won't go wrong. Only problem is that you need to make sure you press firmly on the botton. If you have anyone take pictures of yourselves, ask them to take a few just in case. It is great to use with all your left over compact flash cards. I carry a small battery charger on trips so I never run out of juice. I only wish I could carry this in my pocket. You can't have everything. The price is right.

I have had my A75 for two years, and it just won't turn on now. I recharged my batteries, then tried brand new batteries, but it just won't turn on. Since the warranty was one year, I guess I am out of luck. Probably more to repair it, than to get a new camera.

great product. So easy to use. Compact. I would reccomend buying rechargeable batteries for it. Play around with all the different shooting modes, they are cool.

The camera was delivered on schedule. I examined the used camera and I found no scratcnes, wear marks or other regularities; all of the manuals and cables were provided. I could not believe that it was a used camera. I read the instructions and was impressed with the number of operating moads available; about 6 point and shoot moads plus series of manual moads. I shot a few pictures and was pleased with them. I would buy a used camera from this vendor without hesitation in the future.

Purchased the Powershot A75 after extensive research approximately 2 1/2 years ago. Excellent everyday use camera (great photos and great ergonomics) for those who do not want an SLR. I was completely satisfied with the product until the display went bad on December 25, 2006. Display went dark with flashing horizontal lines and no photos could be taken. Since the camera was out of warranty, I decided to look for a new camera as repairing it would not be cost effective. While checking the new Canon camera line on their website, I found a Powershot A75 service advisory related to my problem. In addition, the advisory stated that Canon would pay for the shipping and repair the camera for free, regardless of the warranty status. I called Canon and spoke with a representative on December 26, 2006 and was told to mail the camera in for repair. Canon emailed me a prepaid UPS label and a service request the very next day. I shipped the camera to Canon on December 28. On January 3, 2007, I received an email from Canon stating the camera was received for repair. Also included was a link to their service center where I could track the repair progress. Estimated time to repair and return the camera was 10 working days. On Jannuary 11, I received an email staing camera was shipped on the 10th and would be delivered on the 12th. Fedex delivered the camera mid-morning on the 12th. The enclosed invoice (NO CHARGE) indicated Canon had replaced the CCD unit, updated the firmware and cleaned the camera. Checked out the camera and everything is working perfectly. This is OUTSTANDING customer support! Will I buy aother Canon product? ABSOLUTELY.

This camera has been nothing but trouble, I will never buy another Cannon Camera again. It started with the dreaded E18 error where the camera just won't turn on and now its a lens that opens when it feels like it. This camera is so unreliable. I hate it.

Almost 2.5 years since I had this little babe, A75, I have accidentally swung it to the floor at least 5 times. And each time it survived. It takes excellent pictures. Four batteries might add some weight to the camera, but hey, when your batteries die in the middle of road, you will appreciate the fact that you can go into a convenient store and walk out with a camera fully charged. I love every single bit of this camera. My parents are very satisfied with this camera and the quality of the pictures taken. They don't need the camera to be too light or small in size. So they are going to take over this 2.5 year old camera. I am going to move on to another canon PowerShot. It had been a wonderful experience with A75.

I got this camera for my 7-year-old girl.
I compare this camera with my cameras and it does crappy pics.
However, for her what else I want?
She is very happy with this camera and it is easy to use for her
so I do recommend this for a kid.

My company uses this camera exclusively in a "facemapping" application where we photograph a subject, then digitize his image for recreation inside a virtual reality environment. We've tried other and newer models, but this Powershot is as bulletproof as we can find. It works the first time, everytime. After 3 years I'm still impressed and I'm very happy Amazon still has suppliers where we can find this "obsolete" camera.

I bought this when 3.1MP was just giving it up to 4MP and 5MP cameras. I needed an affordable solution with decent features and good quality digital photos and the Canon A75 3.2MP did the job for over 2 years, until someone stole the camera from my bag!

This camera traveled with me through Europe for 2 months, China for 1 month and was always carried on me, in my sack or in my car almost all the time without a case every single day for 2 years. It was thrown around in my sack or backpack and it did not fall apart or break, though it did show some cosmetic wear. I was impressed that it never mechanically broke and the camera worked flawlessly even after all the miles I put on it.

I must have taken well over a 1000 pictures with the camera and the flash never dimmed but I did go through batteries much quicker at high quality settings. But at mid level (1024x768) and low res settings, the camera was very battery efficient.

I was impressed by the quality of the pictures, very clean and very nice high quality images for the most part. I was also impressed with the high ISO sensitivity for indoor pics. I took a bunch of indoor sports picks without a flash at high shutter speed with ISO mode and they turned out very well for a point and shoot camera. I was impressed for a cheap camera. At the time, the A75 3.1MP camera was great and I will miss it. I'm sure the person who stole this camera from me is getting great use from it too.

First of all--it's a great little guy. I have owned it for 3 years, and it has not failed me. It takes AMAZING pictures in lowlight settings. As someone who much prefers natural light to using a flash, that is an important feature for me. I also have found that the 3.2 megapixel ability of the camera is fine. I don't plan on printing over 20x30 sized prints, which I am able to do with this camera (according to photo printing websites).

The macro lens is a nice feature, and it works well, although sometimes I have a difficult time seeing on the LCD screen if it's in focus. LCD screens never seem to be sharp enough.

The video function is pretty good. The sound is recorded great. It is a little bouncy, though, if you don't hold your hands perfectly still, but I can record 3 minutes worth of video on this. Not too shabby. However, the light meter doesn't adjust as you record video. So, if you move from a dark area to a lighter area, it just overexposes, and vice versa if you start out somewhere bright and go into a dark room.

All in all, it is a great camera. What you should be aware of in 2007: CF memory cards are getting harder to find. I luckily found a 1GB card for this in November 2006, but that was the only one they carried on a whole display of other kinds of cards. If I were you, I would check around and make sure you can find extra CF cards. The 32MB card that comes with it doesn't hold much at all. A positive: it uses AA batteries. If you travel to a foreign country, you can always find those. If you have a lithium battery in a camera that requires its own charger, you would have to bring a power adapter with you, etc, just to charge your battery. Get rechargeable AA's and you're set to go.

I bought this camera a few years ago and it worked wonderfully up until this summer. It started saying "memory card error" on the screen and wouldn't take pictures. If I executed a complicated series of commands, I might get the camera to turn on and take pictures for a brief amount of time. There was no guarantee that the memory card error would not come back and delete the pictures or make them inaccessible, so I never left pictures on the camera for more than a few minutes. This made using the camera outside of the house pretty much impossible.

Eventually even the complicated button mashing was no longer enough. It was all memory card error, all the time. Then the camera stopped turning on and/or off. It would freeze with its lens extended and not turn on no matter what, or it would refuse to turn off unless I removed the batteries. If I did get the camera on, when I pushed the menu button it was anywhere from 5-10 seconds for the menu to come up if it did at all.

I borrowed my mom's camera for a few months and hadn't bothered with this one, but I recently started messing around with it again. Once I figured out that simultaneously holding down the power and set buttons would let me turn the camera on, I contacted Canon support. I told them that I was getting a memory card error and that the camera was very difficult to turn on.

The response that I got was to reset it to the factory settings, and if that didn't work then I would have to send the camera in to them to repair. There was no mention of trying to format the memory card, cleaning the memory card and the slot, try a different card, nothing. Just send it in. I pay for shipping and insurance, and there's a minimum repair charge of $79, not including parts. Oh, and if I don't want to do that, they'll sell me a refurbished camera for $110. Why would I ever want to buy another Canon with customer service like that? No attempt was made to be helpful, they just wanted more money.

The only reason I gave the A75 three stars instead of one was because it took pretty decent pictures for the time that it worked, especially outside. So if you want to buy a camera that will only work for a year, year and a half tops, go ahead. I know I'll be replacing this one with a different brand and I doubt I'll ever buy Canon again.

The A75 is not the only Canon that has the memory card error problem; it seems like all the different models do. Buy at your own risk and don't expect any help from customer service.

It was a pretty good camera until Canon came up with this tiny bit of cameras which does not require 4 AA batteries. Man, that is so unfair!
Anyway, I still used it, it drinks the batteries very quickly.
I would definitely pay a little bit more and buy a s300 or sth better.
Now, after 2 years, suddenly, no falling, no nothing, its display is not working and it will not take any pictures.

So I am left with it. I am planning to buy a sony this time, hope I will be lucky.

This camera is a winner. I got this last year for Christmas and man was it the perfect gift. Super easy to use and it takes the best pictures. I love that it is little and fits in my purse but still takes great pictures like the big cameras. You won't go wrong with this one.

This originally purchased for my intro to photography class in 2005. I still use it today! Truthfully, I only ever use manual mode. Occasionally I make mini-movies with it (the movie function only records for 1.5minutes at a time). Its been somewhat abused (dropped a couple of times)- so I'm impressed that it still works great. This is excellent for beginners who aspire to develop their photography skills but aren't ready to commit to the higher end SLRs like the Rebel.

Many people don't like the autofocus boxes. Over the years I've learned to manipulate them so they aren't quite the hinderence they could be. You just gotta learn how to trick the camera to focus on what you want- I use my hand, its the best tool to get the autofocus boxes to move to where you want it to go. Obviously that adds more time to the setting up process of a shot.

For fast spur-of-the-moment pics, you'll either want to turn that feature off or switch over to auto. The hard part with auto of course, you can't control the fstop and iso settings as well as you can in manual. So give and take.

Not a pro camera by any means- but for the enthusiast, it is a good little workhorse. I love it! --- I would definitely recommend rechargeable batteries and 1GB+ memory cards.

Don't buy it if you want your digital camera lasting for more than 2 years. Both my friend and I bought one three years old. Now, the camera won't show the image on the screen. I can't take any photo.

Sigh! I am disappointed with 2 years life time.