Canon A620 redeye problem?

[BabyFu18]

I've been reading a lot of reviews and the one thing that keeps me guessing between the Canon and a Kodak camera is that the canon is bad reviews for having problems with redeye. I'm going to be using the camera to take pictures at Disney in a couple months and I don't want all my pictures of family members to come out with bad redeye problems, especially for shots that are one-time only shots (captured moments).

So I'm still weavering between the A620 and the Kodak Z650 (which got rave reviews for photos coming out without a redeye problem).

I love everything about the Canon, but I'm so worried that I'm going to regret the choice. I just want nice pictures of my family on vacation.

So if you've used the A620, have you seen problems with redeye? If so, are they constant or just once in awhile? Something you can live with? I'm not going to be putting my pictures in photoshop or anything like that (since the pictures won't be put on my computer at all, I'll just be printing them via my photo printer), so I don't really want to deal with having to "fix" the photos later on.

Any opinion on which camera is better if redeye and good picture quality is my biggest fear?

Thanks!

 

[Kelly Grannell]

red eye is a physical problem, not camera problem. The red-eye is resulted from the vein in your eyes exposed and recorded by the camera. People with light coloured eyes (light blue, light green) WILL have red-eye unless they aren't shot with flash.

Picture quality, Kodak vs Canon, Canon is a clear winner
Ease of use, according to many users, Kodak is the winner.

PS: Canon A620 has a red-eye reduction (pre-flash, just like any other camera on earth of any brand), but the stupid thing is that from the factory is default to "no red-eye reduction" so most people don't realize the availability of red-eye reduction on Canon cameras.

 

[RadioNate]

Red eye is caused by the flash reflecting off the retina of the eye. With point and shoot cameras the flash is near the lense so the flash is where people are looking. Look at the flash, you get reflections. Reflections = red eye.

Using a red eye reduction pre flash can help but red eye is also very easy to remove with pretty much any standard photo editing software so I wouldn't let the presense of red eye determine my decision.

 

[jenny2]

I have the A620 and I've had NO problem with red eye. Usually my flash isn't even on "red eye."