 [Larger view] | Canon PowerShot S500 5MP Digital Elph with 3x Optical Zoom
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 Lost my camera in transit | |
| I ordered this camera last week and for the first time, amazon sent it via USPS. Their tracking system said that it was delivered but I never received it. I am shocked that Amazon sent such an expensive item via USPS without any kind of delivery confirmation. I am suspecting that the camera was delivered somewhere in my neighbourhood and obviously they kept it for themselves.
In the past, all my purchases were shipped via UPS and I never lost anything. Very unhappy with Amazon's shipping service... | |
 The one you will carry with you | |
| I've seen some great photo ops in my travels, problem is, I never had a digital (or 35mm camera) on me when I needed to capture them. I don't want to travel by air with expensive equipment that the morons at the airport toss around while they trash your carryon, I also don't like the "stupid American tourist, pls pickpocket me" look that an SLR around the neck labels you.
Enter the S500, compact flash compatibility with the Canon dSlR's should you ever upgrade, ultraportable for shirtpocket storage, quick startup for those once in a lifetime photo ops, and the accessories are as light and easy to carry as the camera. The only thing missing is a 10x zoom, but with 5mp, you have plenty of pixels available to crop and still get a great "enlarged" shot of the one subject you wanted in the picture. Menus are intuitive if you cut your teeth on canon digital cameras previous to this one, and use other canon digitals besides this one. Cons - old tech in digital camera age. if you are just starting out, look at the other memory media which allow even smaller ultracompacts. Doubt there will be a Canon S700 with compact flash card storage, but if you lug Canon dSLR's around at other times, or plan to upgrade to Canon dSlR's in the future, the memory media standarization with the S500 is a godsend to protect your memory card investment. and the current price of the S500 is a bahgain! | |
| You won't get it for free! | |
| The get-a-Canon Powershot-for-free "offers" you see spewed everywhere on Amazon don't work! All you will get is a gigantic flood of junk email, telemarketing calls, and junk faxes.
Get the real scoop from the San Francisco Chronicle. Search sfgate.com for "David Lazarus free ipod not really" and you will see what these jokers are really up to. |
