Cons: Price (it's not bad for what you get, though), bad battery life
The Bottom Line: I would recommend the Canon ELPH 370z because of its size, durability, features, and reasonable price (for the amazing amount of features.)
bdb55's Full Review: Canon Elph 370Z APS Film Camera
I first got interested in this product after seeing the television ads about three years ago when the camera just came out. I thought that it looked cool because it was small and could take three sizes of pictures. I researched it on the internet and found that it was a really good camera. I decided to go look at the ELPH 370z at Camera World.
I was really impressed by how amazingly small and easy to use this camera is. The film loading is amazing. To load the film you literally just drop it in. This feature is especially useful when I want to load film and I'm standing in the sun; I don't have to worry about overexposed film any more. You can also change film halfway through a roll. So you could switch your 100 speed for some 400 if it started to get dark outside. You can put the film right back in after you switch it, you don't waste any film.
This camera has an amazing amount of features. For example, it has a mode (slow-syncro?) designed for taking pictures of people at night and capturing the background behind them. (example: you want to take a picture of your friend standing in front of the sphinx at night). This is useful because if you are using a normal camera and take a picture in this situation without the flash the background shows up well, but not the people (foreground). If the flash is turned on, you'll capture the people but not the background. What this feature does is: it takes a picture with the flash (capturing the foreground) and then leaves the lens open for an additional fraction of a second to capture the background. This creates amazing pictures that otherwise would have been impossible. The red-eye reduction is also really effective.
Anyway, when I went to the camera store the salesman tried to convince me to buy a Fuji that was about $100 less. He said that the picture quality wood be almost as good as the ELPH and I would get a better deal on the Fuji. I went for the Cannon ELPH 370z because it looked better, was smaller, had more zoom, and felt more durable (stainless steel seems to last longer than plastic).
If you buy this camera, be careful of developing costs because the panoramic pictures cost a lot more to develop (they're worth it!); I would recommend taking panoramics sparingly.
Well, I've been going on and on and I'm still not done, but I gotta go. So if you want more info on this camera e-mail me at bdb55@hotmail.com and I'd be happy to answer any questions.
P.S. When you find a store that sells the small batteries that this camera requires,buy a lot!! They are pretty hard to find and they don't last too long!
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