Canon PowerShot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical Zoom by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon PowerShot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical Zoom
Digital camera Review: A Digital Artists First Impression - Frigg'n Sweet!
Summary: 5 Stars
Hello All, I'm typing this review because I'd like to give my input and experience (limited) with this camera.
I'm not a professional photographer or anything of that sort. I'm a digital artist, and I needed a camera to take reference photos and textures for use in 3D programs such as Maya. This is actually my very first digital camera. I did a ton of research, and came to this conclusion after many, many hours of reviewing. Thanks everyone for your great reviews.
On to my review.
The first thing I noticed about this camera was how pretty it was - It was packaged beautifully, arrived promptly and with all the desired and mentioned extra's included. There are various metallic accents around the lens, and on the top and bottom of the camera. Buttons are also chrome like, the photo's of the camera don't do it justice. But besides physical appearance, I've had nothing but positive experiences with my camera thus far.
I was concerned about some of the negative reviews, the lens problems, and boggled by the choices of SD Elphs (SD 850, SD 1000, SD 700, SD 750, SD THAT, SD This, it was kind of overwhelming, especially to someone who had no idea what they were getting into.) I Eventually decided that any lens problems were in the minority, and that any (IF) issues down the road occured, I'd just deal with them, there's a whole support website devoted to fixing the problem, so I really didn't think it would be a problem. *Knocks on wood*
Here are the various reasons I decided upon this camera out of all the other versions.
1. Reviews. The majority of reviews were very positive, and in terms of the ratio of good vs. bad, it came out like so:
475 good reviews (5 and 4 star) Versus 26 bad reviews (2 and 1 star) not counting the three star reviews.
Reason #2. Photo Examples. Out of all the photos I saw taken by this camera, on the amazon website and others, the photo quality seemed to be great. This has proven true thus far from a personal viewpoint, all my photos of my cat and family turn out well lighted and sharp, and I find the flash works well, however sometimes turning it off auto is needed. (Because sometimes the camera thinks it "needs" the flash, when in fact the photo would look better without it.)
Reason #3. Features and Extras. This Camera has a bagoogle of stuff to play with. All kinds of scene modes, Color swap and Color accent features, which can also be applied to video) as well as light distorting filters that I haven't really experimented with yet. The fact this camera has a wide angle lens is also a big plus. The color swap mode is more addictive than tetris or pong on a boring day. I've seen myself green, hulk style (SO much fun, really...Imagine a short video with you ripping your shirt off.) Friends white cars turned pink, hair turned green, etc. I'm sure soon enough I'll have people saying "OKAY, You've seen my skin blue, put the fricking camera down."
Reason #4. Practicality and Navigation: This Camera, and all its bagoogles of features, are integrated into the camera beautifully. I don't find them detracting from my photo-shooting experiences, because they're tucked out of the way, and don't clutter things up. However, when you need them, you need but flip a switch to summon a plethora of options available, such as ISO and Scene Modes.
Reason #5. It's pretty, Yeah, it's got a green light that emanates from the top of the camera, it really looks nice.
Reason #6. Macro. I bought this camera originally as a means of obtaining textures and reference photos. A lot of the textures I need are macros (Skin, dirt, etc) and I found this camera to have a very professional macro that seems to focus very well, even when almost touching the camera to the surface of whatever it is you're shooting.
That's all! That's why I chose this camera. I believe this camera would be a great choice for anyone who's not a megapixelfile, or too picky about having a ton of manual choices. For the shutterbug who doesn't want to get too involved and caught up in all the complexities that a camera can present, I think this little Bugger will serve you well for simply taking good photos.
Thanks for reading! : )
PS: I bought an 8 GB SDHC Card along with this camera - search for transcend 8 GB in amazon. For 35 bucks or so 8 GB is great, and the card is compatible with this camera and very reliable. : )
PS #2: I'll be sure to come back and edit this review as I spend more time with my camera.
Digital camera Review: A Great Overall Package
Summary: 5 Stars
The two main reasons I bought this camera were:
1. I wanted a camera with an optical view finder;
2. The 28mm (35mm equiv.) lens which allows easier indoor & outdoor scenery pictures.
The rest of the cameras features compare equaly or better to most in the price range. The build quality seems really good, and feels solid for a small camera.
In conjunction with my Dig. SLR I have all I need to get the pictures I want.
Digital camera Review: A Great Point and Shoot
Summary: 5 Stars
Tons of options, great image quality, lots of fun to use. A great purchase! No regrets.Digital camera Review: A Masterpiece..But.....
Summary: 4 Stars
From any aspect you look at this camera,it's a masterpiece.Enough has been said about the picture quality of SD800IS.No doubt about it.Just I would like to mention few problems that look strange to me.1- After using the camera almost for a month,I noticed taht the body of the camera is getting faded.Specially the edges.This shows the cheep quality of the body painting.How nice it would be if a company like canon would have been used all metal body with no painting.2-The cover of the battery and memory holder is very flimsy and made of poor plastic.3-And the most important annoying thing,you can not see the battery life on the screen!it only start flashing when it reaches to the end!!Pleaaaaaaase CANON!Digital camera Review: A Nearly Flawless Point-and-Shoot
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for a compact camera to take on vacation with me but didn't want to trade size for quality. After reading many reviews, I decided to go with something in the PowerShot line. I debated between the SD750, SD800, and SD850 for a while before settling on the 800, which seemed like the best value at $300 here on Amazon. I'm glad I chose this one. I prefer the form factor of the 800 - the big power button on top meant I could reach into my pocket, hit the power button while pulling it out, zoom, and snap a shot of a passing Mickey Mouse in under 10 seconds. The 800 takes fantastic one-handed photos, even while moving. The only blurry photos I took the entire vacation were a result of me doing something wrong. There are not a lot of manual options, but the clever user can get by just fine switching from the various built-in modes. There were occasional shots the camera was unable to get in its standard mode, including some low-lighting (though not dark) areas where it's flash was too bright and washed out the subjects. However, the overall quality was more than enough to compensate for these rare instances. I have been extremely happy with my purchase.