📷 Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS: 10.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 12x Optical Zoom and Full HD Video (Black, Discontinued) Review

First of all I can tell you that I have admired this camera ever since my husband and I bought it. For the price, it's the perfect little point and shoot. And it literally is. It took fantastic shots right out of the box (well, not technically, but I'll get to that in a moment). We didn't have to fiddle with the settings or fiddle with it in low light. The flash worked great and the face recognition system was great. And I can't say enough about the optical zoom. There aren't many cameras with…

I bought this camera based on the reviews and am happy but not jumping out of my chair with excitement. I've been using it for about a month, mainly in conditions that suit almost any camera: outdoors in daylight. I mainly used the "Auto" setting, but also experimented with "Program" and some cooler features like video clips (every time you take a picture, a small video is recorded and the value of the day is stitched together). ). What I found: *** GOOD macros. For small shots, it handles…

At the time I ordered this camera, black, there were about 300 reviews, all of which I read. I think some people had legitimate complaints, but after trying 3 other small 5x zoom cameras, 2 Samsung and Fuji for about half the price of Canon, despite some negative comments I decided to give the Canon Elph 520 to try. I was also intrigued by the 12x optical zoom in such a small package. I have two other cameras that I use but wanted a more portable/pocket camera but didn't want to lose the higher