| Canon LS-82Z Calculator | 
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Publisher: Canon Studio: Canon Brand: Canon Label: Canon Media: Electronics Autographed: 0 Memorabilia: 0 Warranty: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 4.4 x 3.5 x 1.3
MPN: LS82Z Model: LS82Z UPC: 038569107250 EAN: 0038569107250 ASIN: B00005MO7G
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| Features:
| | 8-digit display | | | Large, eye-angled, upright display | | | Floating decimal point system | | | Extra-compact portable size | | | Dual power source: solar and battery |
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Product Description 8 Digit LCD Screen / Tilted easy to read screen / Solar Powered with Battery Backup / 1 Memory / Floating Decimal
Amazon.com Product Description Canon's compact LS82Z calculator provides a range of functions for quick calculations and easy figuring of finances. It's an ideal tool for home, office, and school, providing all the basics of calculation: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, constant multiplication, division and percentage calculations, percentage add-on, and discount calculations. The extra-large LCD display is angled to improve desktop viewing and to reduce glare and eyestrain; the numbers look crisp even in low light. Special function keys and a comfortable keyboard design, with large bold colors, also increase your speed and accuracy. The LS82Z measures approximately 3.5 by 4.5 by 2.25 inches and features an automatic power selection that shifts between solar and battery power as needed.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
  Y O U ...C A N ... C O U N T ...O N ...I T.............B U T !.!.!.! August 15, 2008 I first saw the CANON LS-82z calculator at my local bank. It was anchored to a table, so no one would take it, and was there for people to tally up deposits and/or withdrawals. It is so little, so useful, so -- well, cute -- that I found myself anthropomorphizing it, (that is, turning an innanimate object into something which is living...at least in my imagination, and falling completely in love with the adorable little calculator at first sight, (and use!). I wanted so much to take it home with me, (as a calculator -- AND pet!) Perhaps it's due to the fact that I live in a no-pet building that helped foister these, er....feelings in me, but the fact is that it IS a rather small and compact little calculator, (only 3.5 x 4.5 x 1.2 inches in size), has easy-to-use hard, (but not too hard) plastic keys, and a nice big 8-digit display! It also seemed just the right size fit in my hand...though, of course, tethered as it was to the table in the bank, I couldn't try it out. No -- I did NOT hear the little calculator say, "Take me home with you!" -- but it was fun to IMAGINE it was saying this. I also knew the bank had probably searched very carefully to find the right model calculator to put on the bank table. So -- with this free advice that this was a good calculator, (which the bank had unknowingly given me -- and every other bank customer!), and my own immediate liking to it -- though I knew I couldn't take the bank's model home with me, I did the next best thing: I wrote down the model number, and looked for it on the internet. Sure enough -- there the calculator I had seen in the bank, (or maybe one of it's first or second cousins!), was there on Amazon! Immediately, I liberated....er, that is, bought...two of them, hoping, (in my imagination, that is), that these little calculators would find a happy home in my condo!
When the calculators arrived, I took one out of its protecive plastic casing, and immediately put the number "107734" on it. Then I turned the calculator upside down. As with any calculator, the word "heLLO!" appeared on the screen. (There's a whole book of these calculator tricks, which I mean to look up on Amazon as at the earliest opportunity!)
Well, the little Canon LS=82z does fit nicely in the palm of my hand, and works just as well in my home, as it does at the bank. The keys are HARD plastic -- which means they do NOT get soft and difficult to use after a while. However, "hard" does not mean "difficult" here -- the keys are a pleasure to use! They are small enough to keep the size of the calculator down, but big enough for adult hands to use. And -- this IS a solar AND battery calculator. You can always test this on any calcu- lator. Just be sure the calculator is on, and showing numbers. Then put your finger over the solar-battery panel. If the numbers fade, then the calculator is a solar-powered calculator, only. If they do not fade, then obviously a battery is in the calculator, too -- as is the case here.
It's true this calculator has only a three-key memory, and some people find this a great inconvenience. To me, it's only a very minor inconvenience, and one I can easily live with. The "change -sign" (from plus to minus, or vice versa), key is strangely printed on the same key as "%". Sadly, there seems no way to use the "change sign" function, as directions are not given on the back of the package, and there are no other directions given. I don't change the sign, often -- so again, this is a minor inconvenience, for me. But if you must change signs from plus to minus, or vice versa, often, I sadlty must suggest you "adopt" another calculator.
The biggest disappointment, though, is that, although this IS powered by a battery, (presumably a button model), as well as solar power, THERE ARE ONLY TWO SCREWS, ON TOP, IN THE BACK OF THE CALCULATOR. This means that it's all but impossible to take the battery out, and one will be left, eventually, with the choice of either using this as only a solar calculator, or getting another calculator altogether. A mean thing to do to both calculator... and user.
Still, I plan to use and enjoy my litte LS-82z. And if I anthropor- morphize once in a while, what of it? Sometime back, an entire TV show, ('WONDERFALLS'), was based on this idea of anthropormorph- ism. It stayed on the air only a short time...but during that time, made money for everyone connected in its production!
  The Zoologists Choice. August 7, 2008 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Heralded by Zoologists and some more extreme factions of Entomologists as the single most useful field instrument in the history of Zoology, this nifty little calculator performs animal specific calculations and permutations.
In order to enable the patent pending Animal Function, shake the calculator thrice, then twice in a turnwise rotation (Clockwise if you are in the northern hemisphere). Voila! The calculator will now perform calculations for all your favourite animals and even the ones we don't like.
Ever wanted to know what an elephant divided by a hen to the power of antelope equals? This calculator will provide the answer. (Hint: The answer does not contain any decimal points) And simply turn the calculator upside down and you can now perform insect specifc calculations - up to 10,000 ants long!
Canon, as the famous song goes, You are Simply The Best! for having created a zoologist specific calculator.
  Battery Please April 22, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this is nice, but I have yet to find the alkaline battery this requires. I have been to 2 stores and they didn't have the particular kind needed. So if you want to use it right away, don't order it. But if you don't mind driving around to find the battery it needs, then it is probably fine. I should have just driven to a store to get a calculator with a battery.
  Perfect desk companion February 9, 2008 I had a need for a solar calculator that did not take up space but at the same time was not too small. I like the display angle. It's the perfect basic calculator. I would have given it five stars but for the fact that the On/C button would have been better placed if it was the first one in the column and not the second.
  User-friendly! February 5, 2008 The designers at Canon responsible for this product appear to have actually used a calculator before. This product is thoughtfully designed and ergonomically appropriate. The battery back-up is great for low-light conditions and works seamlessly (if you happen to be "ciphering" and walking at the same time). Highly recommended!
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