Lovely but be warned (Canon IXUS II Extreme APS Camera)

Member Name: basill

Product:	Canon IXUS II Extreme APS Camera
Date:	27/08/03 (314 review reads)
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Advantages: size, picture quality, design

Disadvantages: reliability

I have had mine for about two years used mostly as holiday and day out camera, I was not disapointed when I got it, its a beautiful design, the pictures were great quality and all was well. On this years holiday it briefy showed an error code and locked up.
By repeatedly removing and replacing the battery I got a couple of pictures out of it but eventually the condition became terminal.

As the camera is out of warrantee I showed it to my local camera shop owner who was a, very familiar with the problem and b, sorry but an estimated repair bill was £80-90.
He went on to show me a drawer full of other other APS cameras with similar estimates or repair bills attached. These were all makes and I was advised not to buy another APS camera as the reliabilty had been so poor. A 35mm pocket camera or digital was the recommended path.


As ever your experience may be better than mine but I`ve bitten the bullet and purchased a my first digital camera.

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