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I just received my Canon A75 Camera yesterday, And I have already been using it on a regular basis. I have viewed my pictures on th TV sreen, downloaded them to my computer, made a slide show & more.The manual is very good with describing how do do things. I have yet to get into the camera's more advanced features, but I have looked into a few of them, and it was very simple and straight forward. The quality of the pictures are great, I even did a quick film, complete with sound. I looked into Digital Cameras for a while, and for the money, this is a can't miss camera.

Just got this camera couple of days ago and I am very impressed. Comfortable grip, controls and picture quality looks great. It's a good idea to buy an additional (larger capacity) compact flash memory card since the stock 32meg doesn't hold that many hi-res photos. If you only want shots for email / web, the 32meg will probably suit you fine, but if you want good quality prints, you'll need more storage. Pet peave is lack of case and accessories in one bundle with camera. I had to fork over additional $45 for a soft case and charger(inc 4 AA batteries). The charger says to use Canon AA's only - not sure why. Overall great little camera - just could use better product bundle (charger, case, extra flash card).

Over the past several years, I've gone through a lot of Digital Cameras...Kodak DC3400 (great for its time), Minolta Dimage 7hi (good for its time), Sony DSC-F828 (terrible -- very high noise level), Canon A70 (great), Canon A75 (see below), and Nikon D70 (love the D70). For the high-end, the Nikon is incredible. For the low-end, my all-time favorite has been the Canon A70.

I liked it so much, that when my first one was stolen on vacation, I purchased another one. It has the best feature set of any digital camera under $300.

Unfortunately, my second Canon A70 took a swim at a water park...and was never quite the same. So I replaced my A70 with the A75 this month.

Almost everything appeared equal between the A75 and A70. And the Picture quality continued to be very good for both. However, this camera has one show-stopping problem that I cannot live with. It has the worst auto-focus mechanism of any digicam I've owned. I take lots of pictures of my kids, and the A75 cannot keep up with them. What I can't understand is how did Canon make the auto-focus worse in the A75 than the A70?

I compared my A75 with floor models at a local electronics chain, and discovered they were all equally poor. I've since returned the camera and am now searching for a suitable $300 replacement.