Canon PowerShot SD1100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Blue) | List Price: $199.99
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Brand: Canon
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2008-02-15
Features: - 8.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16x 22-inch prints
- 3x optical image-stabilized zoom
- 2.5-inch PureColor LCD II monitor
- Face Detection; Motion Detection Technology automatically reduces blur
- Captures images to SD memory cards (not included)
great little camera for the road [Posted on 2008-08-31]
This camera is very small and fits comfortably in ones hand. Small changes in the camera's body make it feel smaller than one of its earlier predecessors, the Powershot SD 600 even though the actual dimensions are pretty much the same.
There is much to love about this camera, but the most important points are: its small size, robust metal body, decent picture quality and surprising array of functions, which let you shoot under a wide range of conditions and override (or fool) many of the automatic settings. To make the most of this camera you need to read the manual carefully because many cool features are deeply hidden.
My only complaint is the use of a special rechargeable battery. I like to take my camera on extended trips and after a about 250 pictures I have to hunt for an AC outlet (with my other camera, a Powershot A710 IS, I just pop in two new AA's). That's when the (pretty cheap) optical viewfinder comes in handy.
The image stabilizer is nice - the usefulness of the face detection algorithm is debatable, but its presence sure doesn't hurt.
In summary, its a great point and shoot camera. I have it in my jacket pocket almost every day.
First Canon in a long time - worth the wait [Posted on 2008-08-31]
Not going to try to compete with the highly obsessive (but informative) fellow reviewers except to say I'm pleased with this feature rich, light, small, ergonomic, 8MP image stabilized camera with a (now hard to find) optical viewfinder.
I've always wanted to do time lapse video. This, like most canons, apparently, will do 1fps for up to 2 hours (20 minutes will net 40 seconds of capture - use tripod or set on stable place and work on your crossword puzzles).
The regular VGA quality video is great with good mono sound. And I've been pleased with the quality of the photos shot at the 'fine' quality setting. Handles shadows and tonal values well.
This SD1100IS is a pocket rocket for features - the manual (all in English) is over 100 pages. You NEED to read it to get the most out of it, but of course you can just start on Auto and do OK.
Size was a major consideration and this beauty sits in a belt case I had and takes very little space. I use with an 8GB SD card now, so the sky's the limit!
I recommend you give this serious consideration if you have some of the same requirements I did.
camera [Posted on 2008-08-31]
I have not used the camera very much yet but it is working well and I am very happy with it. I love the size and the color blue. It takes nice pictures also.
Good camera at an excellent price [Posted on 2008-09-01]
This camera has impressed me. It is a good thin camera with great resolution at an excellent price.
easy but got bells [Posted on 2008-09-01]
I got this camera 3 days before leaving on a trip so I did not have a chance to learn how to use it before leaving. I took the instruction book along to be able to learn about some of the features.
Instruction book is very poorly written and if you do not know how to set up a camera it will be worthless.
During the trip I got better at taking pictures. The basic mode (point and shoot) is adequate, but the zoom, no flash and so on settings are not hard to figure out and I used them extensively. I found that it did not take good pictures out of a moving train (blurry), so if you want to use it for something as "sophisticated" as this buy something else (may be I need to look deeper into the instructions).
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