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The A300 provides an excellent level of spec (3MP) definition for the price of a lesser digital camera. I've had the camera a couple of weeks now and it has performed well in both outdoors (mostly landscape photography) and indoors. The camera also allows a remarkable level of detail to be captured considering the price especially in the Macro mode. Downloading to a PC/Mac is a fairly effortless procedure and software and a USB cable are provided for this.

On the downside the camera feels a little lightweight and probably wouldn't withstand too much punishment. It also eats batteries (especially with the flash turned on) so rechargeables, preferably Ni-MH's, are a must. The software shipped with the camera is also a rather basic and if you are planning a long trip a larger capacity Memory/Flash card could be useful.

Overall it provides great value for money and I haven't seen anything else with a comparable level of spec for the cash.

I really wanted a digital camera but was worried about not being able to get one that was worth having i.e. taking decent pics, in my range range of approx £150.

Then i saw the canon a300 and was pleasantly suprised. This is a very small camera yet takes superb shots. It has a host of features that you wouldnt expect on cameras sub £300!

The only downside really imo is battery length. The supplied ones ran out in less than an hr for me :( So i would not get this camera unelss your prepered to buy some decent rechargable batteries. Having said that though i believe this goes for all cameras.

Also dont be fooled by the 5.1x zoom it is digital meaning you can end up with grainy shots if your using full resoultion and quality at maximum zoom.

I have now also purchased some rechargable batteries and a viking 128mb card to go with this camera and am very happy with it.

This is my 1st digital camera. I wanted at least 2MP, so I was very pleased when I saw that the Canon model was a 3MP, for such a reasonable price.

I received this camera a couple of days ago and I am very impressed with the photo quality, even in the poorest conditions it performs brilliantly!

Canon describe it as there entry level camera, saying this, camera is PACKED with quality functions including operational sounds (e.g startup, shutter click etc..) + a built in video camera function with sound too.

The only downside is that it eats batteries(!), but I think this is a characteristic of most digital cameras, so I recommend you in invest in some NiMh rechareable AA batteries and charger too if you are gonna get one.

If your looking for a quality digital camera, at a reasonable price, I don't think you can beat this one!

This is a great camera, its hard to find a 3 megapixel that matches this in price. It has lots of features and is a great value. It does drain batteries fairly quickly, the ones that came with it lasted 5 hours with me but to be fair was using basically every feature on the camera for the full 5 hours. I would suggest getting some rechargeables. Also when using the lcd screen, it takes a long time to save the image between shots, I would suggest to not use the screen and just use the physical viewfinder when you don't need to zoom. That will reduce the time and will save batteries too. I really like this camera and will hopefully be using it for a long time.

You'll get good quality prints up to about A4 size with this camera, and the video capability - 640x480 with sound is really useful. I don't use my video camera any more - this little camera is fine for most occasions, and adequate for creating home DVD's or VCD's.

Downside is that there's no optical zoom, so quality suffers if you zoom in, and the digital zoom doesn't work in video mode at all. Shutter lag / focussing lag is a bit of a problem too, so not recommended for high speed action shots or critical timing.

Otherwise a great little camera for general use and holidays.