Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
Customer Review: Very impressive, best camera in its price class
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this camera. It's cheap, does great point and shoot, but still has lots of settings for me to tinker around with to get the shot just like I want. It's small enough that I keep it in my bag all the time, and it's an incredibly great camera to have with you for those random beautiful scenes that life occasionally throws at us. It takes incredible outdoor photos and decent indoor/poor lighting photos. As with all the Canon digitals I've used, the color is great and continues to impress me, even photos taken in totally dark rooms with the flash looked surprisingly nice. I usually skip the flash, simply because of the way flashes make people look- oily and bright- but this camera usually does just fine without it.
I am very happy with the speed I can take photos- so many cameras in the sub-$200 range have a long lag. I'm not sure if it's the sensor or if the camera is waiting to write to flash, but this is a cheaper camera that is very fortunately free of that frustrating issue.
Showing it to my mom, she got all excited and wanted a digicam of her own. My aunt bought her one for Christmas, a chunky point-and-shoot HP model that cost the same as what I paid for the SD1000. It's slow as all get out, lower pixelage, poor color, poor night shots, a crappy LCD, and no useful settings for improving the shot without navigating through menus for a week and a half. I'm constantly trying to figure out a scheme by which I can wreck the other camera and buy my mom an SD1000 as a replacement.
It's a great upgrade from our ancient 2 MP (but still a very nice camera in other respects) S100. It's fun to see them side by side- the S100 seemed so small when we first got it! The S100 is a rock, and it took some cajoling to convince my wife we needed to upgrade, and if I'm lucky this little guy will last like the S100 did.
Customer Review: Great retro design & functions!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having recently ventured into photography as a hobby, I couldnt resist buying the Canon XTi thats received so many positive reviews. After using it for a few weeks, I noticed how the portability factor really becomes an issue - cant take it on a date, cant place it anywhere but around the neck (the summer heat makes it worse)... silly to even bring along on a hike. That being said, I decided to invest on a smaller and more compact camera for all the small everyday moments that I had missed out on with the SLR.
You cant go wrong with the Canon SD1000.
Not wanting to spluge on another camera, the SD1000 is the perfect combination of form, functions, and value. If you're here, you probably already read about its aperture capabilities, ISO (1600!!), and the specs for the photographer in you. So Im going to skip all that and go down to the "goodies".
One thing that immediately wowed me is the motion sensor equipped within the camera. Much like the unrelated iPhone, the SD1000 is able to orient pictures base on the camera's position (vertical/ horizontal). As a bonus, horizontal alignment brings up the time, and vertical brings up the date. You can even change the background color - how cool is that!
Another thing not found on cameras of this price is the color swapping technology. Now I can pretend I have a new paint job on the car! But seriously, being able to concentrate on a single color can really make some shots inspiring and artsy. Canon even allows you to automatically save the original and the tempered one right after the shot is taken.
I simply cant wait to tinker around with the SD1000 thats sitting right next to me, so here ends my review.
You have to try out this camera (Canon's done it again!)
---Great software package too!
Customer Review: This is a great camera for everyone!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was nervous after reading some reviews on here that were really critical on the camera, but i have to say that this is by far the BEST camera Ive ever owned. Ive owned a lot of digital cameras. everything from minolta SLR to Kodak to Canon. Canon is by far superior to most other camera companies on the market and up to par with a few others.
the great thing about this camera is that it is very compact. It can fit in any purse or just be carried and it doesnt feel like a burden or bulky in any form.
it has so many functions for every type of situation and the manual mode is great too. it really is a fully functional camera and has pretty much every feature you could ever need in an ultra compact. the face detection is really nice as well.
I did notice that sometimes the flash seems really overbearing on pictures when looking on the LCD but as soon as you upload your images it turns out the flash wasnt as harsh as it had looked in the first place.
I love this camera and bring it everywhere with me. I even got my boyfriend wanting one for when he goes on trips.
Ive spent sometimes $300 at a time on a digital camera but have never had one as good as this and at such a cheap price of $159.99 although i noticed the silver price went up and now the black is $159.99 last i checked but its worth the $160 for a great camera!!
I suggest getting a case for all cameras, but the one that canon made specifically for this camera sucks. so I wouldnt recommend that case. the problem is you cant fit the strap through the hole provided on the case and additionally the flap that is magnetic doesnt close when you have the camera in the case.
Customer Review: Thought I would buy a Sony but decided on Canon
Summary: 5 Stars
When I started my research to buy a digital camera, I quickly narrowed the models to be considered down to two from Sony and one from Canon.
Unlike most consumers, one of the things that was madatory for me when choosing a digital camera was an optical viewfinder. I also liked the idea of a digital camera that would operate on AA batteries. My megapixel requirement was not very high; 6 megapixels or more was all that I needed.
I checked many resources and reviews of the three cameras online and found that all three were highly rated and well regarded by consumers and experts alike. I was leaning toward a Sony if for no other reason than that I own several Sony products and I am very happy with them all. Once I went to a store to actually see the cameras, I quickly disregarded one of the Sony models because I just did not like the fact that the zoom toggle was on the back of the camera. The other Sony and the Canon have the zoom toggle around the shutter button which I much prefer. The other reason I decided against the Sonys is because they both had very flimsy covers over their A/V and A/C jacks. The plastic covers were so flimsy I was afraid they would soon break even with careful handling. I found no such concerns anywhere on the Canon model.
In the end, I made my choice based on build quality. This Canon camera is well constructed and works great. It does not operate on AA batteries but that's OK by me. It is the smallest of the three cameras I was considering and that was of some concern for me as I would prefer a slightly larger overall camera. But I am very happy with this camera and believe I made a good choice.
Customer Review: Great camera, with minor drawbacks
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera addressed all of the complaints I had about my 5 year old Olympus. The SD1000 powers up FAST and is ready to take pictures in a split second so no more missed shots. I'm very happy with the image quality and overall features and value (especially good now that the price has dropped since I purchased mine about a month ago), all of which are covered well here by other reviewers so I'll only point out a few things I wish I had known before I made my purchase.
It only comes with a 32Mb SD card so I recommend purchasing a 1 or 2 Gb card. I also recommend purchasing a second battery as a backup. My only significant complaint about this camera is that it doesn't provide a way for you to know what the battery level is. It only gives you a warning at the very end and you can maybe get around 6 more shots at that point. You can't just pop in AAAs to keep shooting so the backup battery is very important. After using this camera on my trip to Turkey, I sometimes think I should have invested in a Canon SD that had higher optical zoom. And I don't know if other models have a wider angle, but that would have been helpful to capture some of the tall monuments while still standing close to them. Some of the narrow streets or other obstacles prevented me from getting further away to get the shot I wanted. I didn't expect to use the video feature as much as I did, but I really enjoyed being able to capture dancers, musicians etc but I do wish I had purchased a Canon with image stabilization. Such a small, lightweight camera is difficult to hold steady, even with focused effort so most of my videos are a bit shaky.