Canon PowerShot SD800 IS - Memories In The Palm of Your Hand

The PowerShot SD800 IS is the latest edition to the Canon family. Canon, known for their image quality and practicality, has not fallen short with this model. With its shapely curves, glistening accents, and durable frame, the PowerShot SD800 is another point-and-shoot camera that offers attractiveness and functionality.

Like many other point-and-shoot cameras, this model fits right in the palm of your hand, giving you 100% controllability over the camera. The majority of the buttons are right at your fingertips, with the exception of a few that are so tightly integrated, into the frame, they might be difficult to find.

Regardless of its size, there is still plenty of room for the crisp 2.5-inch LCD screen for instant viewing of your photos. Canon has increased the sharpness, of the LCD screen, by increasing the resolution to 207,000 pixels. While viewing images, instantly, is a breeze, determining battery life is not, as it does not appear on the LCD display.

The 4-way navigational menu is conveniently located just to the right of the LCD display, on the back of the camera. This layout, while pretty standard, allows for ease of use with menus and manual operation. Speaking of manual operation, there are only four adjustments that can be made in manual mode, on this model. Those adjustments would be white-balance, exposure compensation, color correction, and metering. All other adjustments would be done after the picture was taken.

Manually adjusting your ISO range is becoming increasingly popular. The PowerShot SD800 allows you to adjust ISO up to 1,600 - typically used for low light shooting environments. This particular model; however, tends to get a bit noisy at this setting, and images turn about a bit grainy.

The PowerShot SD800 is one of the first point-and-shoot cameras that allows for wide-angle shots. This is possible via the 28mm-equivilant wide shot lens, along with the 3.8x zoom. The zoom alone, on this model, is above par when it comes to point-and-shoot cameras.

Image optimization and stabilization are tightly integrated in all of Canon's cameras, including the PowerShot SD800. Digic III is an image processor that increases performance and battery life, along with optimizing image quality. One of the most fascinating abilities, of this technology, is the removal of blur from shaky hands.

There are a handful of other functionalities, available on this model. One of which is the burst mode. Burst mode allows you to take multiple sequential pictures with just one click. You can also video different events with 30fps VGA to 60fps QVGA output available. A 16MB memory card comes with every model of the PowerShot SD800. An additional memory card will be needed, as this size will only store a handful of high quality images.

Spending time looking for the right price is definitely worth it with this model considering it ranges anywhere from $200 to $400.

The PowerShot SD800 IS is the product of one of the most infamous camera makers - Canon. Regardless of a few minor quirks, the camera takes high quality pictures, is easy to travel with, has a durable frame, and is backed by a very well known manufacturer.

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