For most products, I’ll use the item I have until it breaks, dies or wears out. As a frugal person it just makes sense to use things until I can’t anymore. Technology products don’t always fit that mold, though. As a blogger I am regularly taking pictures for blog posts and I like to take pictures of my family and friends as well. The camera I had been using until Recently looked like a really nice camera, I would regularly get compliments on it. In reality, it only had 7 megapixels and often left me with blurry photos. It was still working, but I decided it was time for an upgrade. I was surprised to find out how much cameras have improved since I purchased my last one.

Staples offers the Canon Powershot A2300 for just $109.99 (after instant savings). All of the photos in this post except for the stock camera picture were taken with this camera. It has 16.0 Megapixels and 5x optical zoom. I love how small and thin it is (I can slip it into my jeans pocket). It comes in four colors – black, silver, red and blue. The zoom is adjusted by sliding the area around the shutter button. This makes it really easy to adjust zoom in and take a photo with just one hand.

I love how the Canon Powershot A2300 works with three different types of memory cards – SD, SDHC and SDXC. For many households this might mean that the memory card(s) they already own will work for this camera as well. However, if you don’t have a memory card you’ll be unable to take photos as there isn’t enough internal memory to hold even a single photo. I love that the battery that it takes isn’t AA or AAA or something like that, but instead a lithium-Ion battery and the camera comes with a charger. With past cameras I was always scrambling to find batteries right before we took off to a birthday party or wedding. Often times I wouldn’t be able to find any that had power so we’d stop and spend tons of money on batteries at a gas station. Then the batteries would die really quickly.

When looking at the screen prior to taking a photo, everything appears really gainy, especially if you’re about to take an indoor photo. However, once the photo is taken it’s not grainy at all. While I do wish that the display didn’t appear grainy prior to taking a photo, it’s not a huge deal to me seems how the pictures still turn out well.

In the settings you can adjust the type/size of photo you want to take include Widelense for printing wide photos, “s” for email attachments. M1 for printing up to 13 by 19 inch photos, M2 for printing up to postcard size photos, and L for printing up to 16 by 20 inch photos. I love how this information is provided right on the screen as you flip through the different options. You can also choose between HD and standard definition.

I’ll admit to being an “always auto” type of person. I’m not one to read deep into camera manuals to learn how to take the best shot in a given situation. However, I think that is likely the case for most people who are interested in purchasing cameras in that price range, and this is a great little budget camera for people like myself.

Emily

Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.

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