Canon Powershot SD800 Review
story @ Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
With a slim, stylish body, a wide-angle lens, great photo quality and quite snappy performance, the Canon PowerShot SD800 is a great point-and-shoot.
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Canon Powershot SD800 ReviewIf you want a stylish, ultra-compact camera with a wide-angle lens, then the Canon PowerShot SD800 IS Digital ELPH is definitely a good choice. The Canon SD800 IS Digital ELPH features a compact, stylish case with rounded horizontal edges, and a retracting lens to. The Canon PowerShot SD800’s mode dial curves slightly outward, flowing into the design of the camera, making a comfortable resting spot for your thumb. Beyond those quirks, though, the SD800 IS is a standard, straightforwardly designed Canon shooter, with a four-way navigation switch, additional buttons, and the shutter-release/zoom-rocker mechanism we’ve grown used to. The SD800 also uses the recent Digic III image processor, which Canon claims improves image quality, performance, and battery life. What’s really cool, though, is that the Canon ELPH SD800 IS incorporates Canon’s excellent Image Stabilization (hence the “IS” in the model name) technology that drastically reduces the effects of camera shake at slow shutter speeds, or long zoom settings. The SD800 IS is the first Digital Elph to feature both of these exciting lens technologies. This means that with the SD800 IS Digital ELPH, you can shoot in low light without having to put the camera on a tripod to avoid the camera shake. You can even have the Canon SD800 automatically tag the images with a People category for easy retrieval during playback later. There is no obvious grip, but there are sensory clues your hand responds to like the slightly extended chrome edge and the raised lettering on the front that prevent the SD800 IS from slipping out of your grasp. The SD800 has only a few buttons that you use in an easy-to-remember scheme. The Canon SD800 is rugged enough you don’t need to protect it in a case, but you’ll probably want to anyway. A full charge on the Canon SD800’s battery delivers about 270 shots, according to Canon. Price Bargain hunters will likely balk at this camera’s price, but again, its features and performance make it worth the premium over a bargain-basement camera.
The bottom line A slim, stylish body, a wide-angle lens, very good photo quality, and snappy performance make the Canon PowerShot SD800 IS a great point-and-shoot. |
I bought a digital camera (Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 Digital Camera) with 7.2 Megapixel, Compact, 3x Optical Zoom, 2x Digital Zoom, CCD Sensor, Video Capability Included, 2.5 in. LCD Panel, Built-In Flash facilities. Is my digital cam better?