S70 help wanted -- Persistent blurry area

[mediokre]

Hi, I am a novice photographer who just bought a S70. I tested it today and found that all the pictures I took are blurry towards the right. I read a good number of reviews before my purchase and understand that pictures taken with this camera are supposed to be blur towards the edges (particularly the top left corner), but did not expect the blurry region to cut so deep into the picture. Moreover, the region is very assymetrical.

I just want to know whether there is something wrong with my product or I am simply not using it correctly.

I have put the pictures online. They were all taken with the AUTO setting. Experienced people, please let me know what you think. If there are other things I can do to help you help me, please let me know.

The pictures are here at http://www.columbia.edu/~acy7/canon/ (http://www.columbia.edu/%7Eacy7/canon/)

Thanks a lot.


PS Not sure if this is at all relevant, but the "Ai Auto-focus" seems overwhelmingly to prefer the left half of the frame (about 90% of the time it picks somewhere on the left). Is this normal?

[ByteTheBullet]

I do not have this problem with my S70. I was first looking at the upper left corner of your pics and after seeing yours I noticed a slight blur in some of mine in the corners, which is less pronounced than in yours. The area you identified does look blurry but it may be the nature of your subjects. Pic 52 is the one I could see it the most. Buildings don't move in the breeze like trees do. Can you exchange it? I would suggest that. I am extememly happy with mine.


ByteTheBullet (-:

[Saudidave]

Hi

I just looked at your pictures and I reckon my SD300 is less blurred in the corners than your S70 and that shouldn't be the case for sure. I would expect better image quality from an S70 than an SD300

Dave

[shimonmor]

Take it back and get another one in exchange. It look like something is adrift with the lens or CCD. There is definately something wrong.

[ppuga]

I have an S70 too, and I dont have this problem. And I'm very happy with the S70.
Get the camera back, and get a new one.

Good luck.