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 great all-around camera...
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera (and all Canon SDs in general) is perfect for a non-professional photographer. It produces great quality pictures, is easy to operate, and offers many features that are both useful and fun for the user.Digital camera Review: A great little camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great little camera! I bought it to replace my aging Nikon CoolPix 950, and so far I am very pleased.
Pictures seem to be of very high quality, and the extra pixels are a godsend. At my recent high school reunion, I took a lot of pictures, some of people I couldn't recognize. Later, I was actually able to zoom in and read their name tags! (Good for the Image Stabilization too!)
The camera has way more features than I can possibly use. I love its video capabilities! The continuous shot capability allows me to "get the shot" even when things are moving fast. Also the auto-rotation saves a lot of time in transferring photos to my PC.
The Canon software is pretty useless, but it works fine with Picasa or Corel Photo Album.
The operation is pretty simple. I was surprised that several "normal" options were only available in "manual" mode- such as slow-sync flash and always-on (fill) flash, but I'm getting used to it.
So far, no major complaints, although the LCD screen does get smudged pretty easily, and the battery/card door is pretty flimsy as others have noted.
Going from a 256MB CF card to a 2GB SD card is really liberating- even at a higher pixel count, I never have to worry about running out of room, and extra cards and batteries are so small, they're a non-issue!
Digital camera Review: A great point and shoot camera.....and then some
Summary: 5 Stars
I was looking for a camera that was easy to carry around and not as massive as our Rebel XTi, and did not want to give up the great picture quality. This camera has met all of my expectations. My only suggestion would be for Cannon to include a battery level indicator........Digital camera Review: A lot of Camera
Summary: 4 Stars
Good camera. Nice and small and fairly easy to use. If you want to keep it simple, controls are easy. For more complex photography, the menu system gets somewhat involved. Only substantial complaint is that the red eye reduction mode does not seem to eliminate (or even reduce) red eye effect. Camera should have red eye elimination system built in (similar to what HP has on their comparable cameras).Digital camera Review: A mixed bag.
Summary: 3 Stars
What I want from a digital camera: High quality photos, wide angle capabilities, at least some manual controls, good build quality, compact size.
I bought this camera because I wanted a small wide-angle camera. My Canon S80 is great, but just too big when all I have is a little purse. I thought about the Panasonic/Lumix wide-angle cameras because they have slightly more manual controls than the Canons, but after trying one for a couple days, I wasn't happy with the picture quality. I tried the Casio Z850, which I loved, but no wide-angle. (But if you have to have manual controls and a tiny camera- that's the one for you).
So I've settled for this guy. I can't complain about picture quality, but I wish there were manual controls. Also, the design leaves much to be desired. The mode dial is difficult to use, the battery/SD door is difficult to open, and the door to the USB outputs, etc. is extremely difficult to close properly. All I can say is that I'm happy I'll never open that later door again.
So if you want wide angle in a small size, go with this. Otherwise, I think there are better options.