Canon PowerShot Pro1

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Pros
Compact case
Cons
Battery life is below average

$799.00
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User Reviews for Canon PowerShot Pro1

Reviewed by: splint

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Very easy to use. Great sharpness, Super Makro is great. Good batteries that last long. Easy to update new software by USB-cable. Very many, to comfort an ambitieus photographer.usefull possibilities.

Weaknesses: Taking pictures of moving things or people is almost impossible. The camera is too slow... Focussing in low light is worse. Using 200 and 400 ISO deliveres pickled pictures.

Overall Evaluation: It should have an imagestabilzer, it's too slow for taking action pictures. Therefore not useable in low light conditions, but still it is for 8 out of 10 pictures a great camera with perfect image quality. The large moveble display is great for taking pic's from all angles. If they remove the weaknesses it's a superb camera.
Reviewed by: azjoe35

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Clear pictures, flexibility (AE settings, manual focus ability), sturdy frame, many options.

Weaknesses: Lense ring required (included) to attach any filters. Using this with built in flash will create a slight shadow at the bottom of the picture due to size of ring.

Overall Evaluation: Over-all the camera is wonderful with the exception of the weakness above and the fact that 2 filters at wide-angle leaves slightly darkened corners in the picture. The battery life is good but you only have about 14 shots when the "fuel gauge" alerts you that you are getting low. I found a great 2nd battery on E-bay for about $14. There is quite a bit of noise at 200 and 400 ISO but 50 and 100 are flawless. There is enough flexibility to allow me to be creative. This was important to me coming from 26 years of 35mm SLR shooting. There are 3 choices if you want to shoot "Fine" "Superfine" and "Normal" I find little difference in either so I stick to Fine and get many more pictures. 1. I find the built in flash surprisingly powerful for most of my usage. There are many thoughtful options (to many to list) that took me awhile to remember them all. Overall it's a great camera except for the filter ring issues.
Reviewed by: horseflyhill

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Compact size, ability to have a decent focal length lens.

Weaknesses: I have not personaly experienced the problems with low light that others seem to have done.

Overall Evaluation: I am finding that with the swivel I can take pictures from varying perspectives without having to lie down, or otherwise come up with possibly dangerous positions when taking pics outdoors. I find the fill in flash work well. When taking low light pics, I am using slow shutter speeds and a very small tripod I almost always carry with me. The timer helps a lot in this situation also. My last Canon was a T90. Avery fine camera pre-auto focus. I still use it from time to time. But this one is now my baby. I switched from a Fuji finepix 6900. I am well satisfied. If you research the camera before buying as I did, you won't be dissappointed. I got exactly what I was expecting.
Reviewed by: WarrenFwy

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Excellent pictures, easy to use, sturdy build, good focal range, strong flash

Weaknesses: Pricey batteries

Overall Evaluation: I got this camera to replace my aging Canon SLR film camera -- with a wide-angle lens and 70-200 mm zoom I was carrying almost 8 pounds of camera on backpacking trips. With the Pro1, I've got the same focal length range in a 1.5 pound package. I love the way the camera feels in my hand, and the variety of positions I can hold it. The metering is excellent and it's been taking great pictures. I don't share the criticism of some other reviewers about focusing time -- it seems to lock in within a second or so even indoors -- certainly faster than I can focus my SLR. This is a complex machine with a 28-200 mm focal range -- it's not a simple fixed-focus point-and -shoot. All that complexity and the associated glass results in some loss of light-gathering ability, but this is a compromise I'm used to in zoom lenses for my SLR. I'd recommend everyone to read the reviews at dpreview.com -- the most comprehensive, technical, and unbiased reviews I found on 8 megapixel cameras. I tried a few of the others, but the Nikon 8700 felt plasticy and the Sony F828 felt good but was huge and heavy. The reviews saying the Minolta has trouble focusing at infinity scared me away from using it for landscapes. I find the Powershot Pro 1 easy to use for quick snaps, with enough versitility to bracket exposures and change manual settings to suit the most difficult or most creative situations.
Reviewed by: kenthomas

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Excellent pictures,great macro mode

Weaknesses: Extremely slow auto focus,no focus assist light

Overall Evaluation: If you had the best camera there was, that took the best picture possible, what would be the point of having it, if it was unable to get a focus, and you kept missing your moment. Extremely hard to focus at evening light, overcast day, or in a well lite room. On a $1000 dollar camera you would think it would have a focus assist light.

What You Should Know about the PowerShot Pro1

Larger-Than-Average Optical Zoom Range

The optical zoom range on this camera is sufficiently broad to give you considerable creative control. Your options extend from individual portraits to group shots to wide-angle landscapes. Most point-and-shoots offer a focal length range that’s roughly equivalent to 35mm to 105mm on a 35mm film camera. At the wide end (the 35mm, in this case), they shoot a bit wider than what you see with your eye. At the telephoto end (the 105mm, in this case), they can zoom in a good deal closer than you’d be able to with the naked eye.

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