Canon PowerShot SD630 6MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot SD630 6MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
Customer Review: Whoa!! Best camera I've ever owned!
Summary: 5 Stars
Unfortunately, I'm a gadget freak! I admit! It's driving my husband nuts! It's difficult for him to see the point of me buying all this techno stuff when they all "seem" the same. However, my brand new Canon SD630 gave me the two thumbs up from my husband!! He is amazed at how brilliant my photos come out compared to the 7 or so digital cameras I've had in the past. Yes, you read that right "7 or so"...I know!! Anyway, just check out the photos I posted at the top. I'll let my pics do the talkin'! Too bad Amazon doesn't let me preview the great movie clips I have..it's awesome! I don't have to lug around a separate video cam when we travel. We've always been the type to take loads of footage on a standard 8mm cam but never find time to sit in from of the TV to watch them. All I need to do now is use the movie feature of the Canon, load it to my computer which makes it much more convenient to show to family and friends. Although the battery life is adequate, I would suggest purchasing a cheap off brand back up battery, and the 2GB memory card. Oh, I love the camera so much, I even splurged on the waterproof case. Shhh...don't tell my husband how much I spent on that!! :)Customer Review: I think I'm in love!
Summary: 5 Stars
First of all, I am a Canon girl. My first digicam was one of the first Digital Elphs on the market (the really thick ones). When everyone was getting their Sony cybershots for Christmas, I bought a SD10 and everyone was jealous of it. Then I moved on to the Canon digital rebel, but I was in the market for a new compact one. I still love my SD10 as a compact camera, but I wanted one with more features.
My first choice for my new digital camera was going to be the SD700. I was determined to get it by the time I got to my local best buy. The SD630 and the SD700 sat right next to each other in the display and the SD630 was the one that caught my eye. I think it was the bigger screen. I wanted to play around with the SD700 a little bit, but it was not charged so I couldn't really get a feel for it. But after going back and forth with the SD630 and the SD700, I decided on the SD630 for 2 reasons: (1) I didn't really need the stabilized zoom of the SD700. (2) I liked the bigger screen of the SD630. Those were pretty much the big differences between the two. That and the $100 difference which I used to splurge on a 2 gig memory card.
Customer Review: Terrific camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a big fan of the Canon Elphs since the late 1990s, when I had an APS Elph. The form factor, picture quality, styling-- all were great.
I carry a digital camera around with me everywhere, and between two photogenic children and lots of travel, I can easily take 1000 pictures a week. So having a good camera is important to me.
The SD630 is tremendous. It's light (especially compared to the Sony Cybershot I had before) yet feels very substantial, and has some nice subtle styling details. The 3" screen is amazing, it starts up very quickly, and the pictures are fantastic-- in sunlight, low light, flash, whatever. Technically there's no image stabilization, but I've taken pictures with shutter speeds of as low as 1/6 second, and they've come out crisp. So far, the battery life is better than advertised-- a welcome change!
Get a 1 GB memory card. Being able to store 500+ very large, very high-rez pictures (or 2000 merely large, high-rez) is a kick.
I also bought the Aquapac underwater camera case, and have been shooting pictures of the kids swimming. Very cool combination.
Customer Review: Really happy with the Canon SD630 camera
Summary: 5 Stars
Just got back from the first vacation with this camera. Wife and I both really like it. It is small and light yet has a solid feel in the hand. No viewfinder is a positive for me, the tiny view finders on these very small pocket cameras are almost impossible for me to use and with glasses on they are useless. I've found that using the display screen is no problem and very easy with the 3" screen. The screen is viewable in direct sunlight, but it is a bit washed out, you can still get your aim.
I put a 2G card in and have been shooting like crazy and a couple of short movies. Looks like 600+ images at full resolution.
The startup time and trigger to image time are very fast.
Showing the pictures to others on the 3" screen is really nice, almost like having a mini picture book along.
Everyone that you hand the picture to to take a picture for you or to look at a picture comments on how nice the camera is.
Image quality looks good to me.
Highly recommended camera. This is my third digital camera.
Customer Review: I love this little camera
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera takes GREAT photos. I had a sony cybershot before this one and used to get a lot of blurry photos with it and had a hard time with close up shots. This canon takes almost no blurry shots (even "action" shots) and photographs close up with no problem. I take close up photos of jewelry a lot and used to struggle with the Sony....I would take 10 shots and if I was lucky, one would come out good. This camera takes them beautifully.....clear and crisp. It also doesn't have near as much shutter lag as my sony had. The 3" screen is great and I don't miss the viewfinder window....never used it in my last camera anyhow. The battery seems to last forever and with my 2 GB card I never worry about losing a shot. I did buy a spare Lenmar battery (much cheaper than the canon spare and lasts as long) but have never had to use it in a crunch. The menu is easy to use even though I don't think I have scraped the surface of all that it can do. The software is so so but I don't use it. I highly recommend this camera.