Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver) by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
Digital camera Review: A little gem
Summary: 5 Stars
I had purchased a Canon Rebel XT DSLR as my "main" camera, but wanted something really small and simple that my wife could stick in her purse. The SD1000 was just the right size and that was the main reason I bought it. To my great surprise I quickly fell in love with this little camera and my wife doesn't get that much chance to use it. It's not a substitute for my DSLR, but it takes great pictures for its size and sure is handy to pack along. I bought the matching Canon camera case and hang it on my belt whenever I think I might want to have a camera along -- it is small and unobtrusive and the magnetic catch on the cover makes it easy to pull out the camera and snap a one-handed shot at a moments notice (makes me feel like an old-West gunslinger!) Another nice surprise is the video capability, which I wasn't even thinking about when I bought this. I setup the programmable button to enable video recording and I find that I use that a lot. It takes surprisingly good videos, and it's so simple and inconspicuous that I don't have to make a big production of it. (You can capture a lot of video on a 2GB card!) Actually, even when I get out my DSLR and assorted lenses for "serious" photograpy, I almost always take the little guy along too. It allows me to mix still pictures and videos, and when I've got a long lens on the DSLR, I can pop out the 1000 for a quick reasonably-wide-angle shot without worrying about changing lenses. There are probably "better" general-purpose cameras, but I've had this little gem for over a year now and am still delighted with its tiny size and big capability.
A postscript -- I'm currently in Vail and have been packing this camera along to take pictures while snowshoeing and skiing. Not only is it really convenient, but the rest of my party has been amazed at the quality of the photos. The detail, contrast, and color is great and rarely is there any reason for subsequent photoshop enhancement -- even in snow scenes. The pictures I've been getting actually hold their own with the very expensive (and very heavy) professional style Canon DSLR used by one of the other folks on this trip, but I have mine with me all the time, whereas his mostly sits back at the lodge. I wouldn't claim this little point-and-shoot takes pictures at a par with a good DLSR with large-aperture lenses, but it sure won't embarass you either!
Digital camera Review: A little wonder
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are looking for an easy to understand and operate camera, this is one. And pictures and video quality is very good in all modes. But follow the manual.Digital camera Review: A very good and small digitial camera
Summary: 4 Stars
I have now owned this for a couple of weeks and while I have not completely experienced all the functions, I have used it enough to know I like this camera. I bought it first off for it's size. I wanted to be able to slide this into my jean or coat pocket. Camera starts up very fast. Once you read through the basic operations, I found the menu driven screen with its icons just excellent. I was able to do the self-timer quickly or change mode of shooting. I can't say enough about how impressed I was about the menus being easy. The reason for the 4 star instead of 5 stars is I am still unclear of the picture quality. I have a bigger Olympus 7.1 camera and took the same pictures of some of the same items to compare them. The Olympus barely did better, but I have yet to have any of the Canon pics printed. The other thing was I thought the telephoto would be better/closer. The good news is, it wasn't any better than my Olympus, which surprised me very much. I think I could've scored it a 5 and probably should be. For the price ($218) and what you get is a 5 star. I also opted to buy the 2GB scandisk because I like to take pictures on the highest quality.Digital camera Review: A wonderful little camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this camera because my wife needed one that was small enough to fit into her purse and yet would do a great job of taking pictures. She also wanted one that had a view finder, not just an LCD view screen. I have other digital cameras, and invariably when we get into bright sunlight it is almost impossible to compose the picture on the LCD screen. But this camera has both. It is just what we needed, and I use it almost as much as my wife does. It is easy to use, has a wide variety of adjustments, and is very lightweight. In addition, the Canon software that came with it is great. (I find, for example, that the photostich program works better than the photomerge program in Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.) I can give this camera only the highest recommendation.Digital camera Review: AWSOME CAMERA
Summary: 5 Stars
THIS CAMERA IS AWSOME. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CAMERAS AND YET I HAVE BEEN TAKING SOME AWSOME PICTURES AND IS MAKING ME MONEY ON EBAY.
FRANK FERNICOLA, EAST HAVEN, CT.