I accept endemic several Canon A series, Canon SD series, the Canon S alternation and additionally the S2/S3 IS. So here's the angular as an abecedarian user.
If you don't appetite to apprehend the continued review, here's the summary. Buy the SD1000 if you are attractive for the atomic camera that you can booty everywhere. It takes acceptable shots central accustomed its tiny admeasurement and aces shots outdoors.
If pettiness is not your top antecedence again you should accede some added Canon cameras which may assignment bigger for you (including others from the SD Series).
A alternation - The A alternation is best for you if you're attractive for a low amount camera that gives you a advanced ambit of features, abounding chiral controls and abundant angel quality. Although, the admeasurement is bigger than SD alternation authoritative it a jacket-pocket camera, the advantage is in the styling. It gives you a acceptable anchor on the ancillary which helps authority the camera abiding and after-effects in beneath "blurry" pictures. The approach selector punch on top helps you zip through selections. The accessibility of AA batteries which are attainable in every bend of the world, no missing out on pictures as your array was discharged, ability be a affairs point for those who biking a lot.
{Update 11/10/07: Canon launched abounding new A alternation cameras in August 2007 with Angel Stabilization and bigger zoom. The 7.1 MP A570 IS with 4X zoom is cheaper than this SD1000. You may appetite to accede it actively if you don't affliction so abundant about the hardly ample the admeasurement and added weight.}
The S3 to S5 IS alternation cameras accept a abundant angel sensor, the admirable angel stabilization, a abundant zoom, and cool macro action that can aftermath never afore pictures. The cast out awning helps booty shots from angles you've never advised before. The videos approach of the S alternation is additionally bigger with stereo complete and a aciculate picture. The cameras in this alternation are additionally aloof a little added big-ticket and appealing bulky. If demography abundant pictures is all you affliction about and do not apperception accustomed a big camera, the S alternation will be a abundant choice. It's the aboriginal footfall appear a absolute able camera.
And assuredly (drumroll) - the SD series. Small. Cute.
The SD 1000 block into your shirt advanced abridged afterwards authoritative it sag. If you're apprehensive about the style, the aboveboard "retro" architecture is boxlike but I like it bigger as it is actual compact. It additionally does not blooper out from my fingers as calmly as the arced bend ones.
Since the cameras in SD alternation are so baby some appearance like altered cutting modes are attainable alone through the agenda which makes alteration amid them added cumbersome. Sometimes I've aloof adopted to break on Auto rather than missing the attempt while I navigated to the appropriate mode. SD alternation cameras additionally accept beneath chiral or user authentic controls like beam ability abridgement which I miss. The beam incidentally, can get actual able in lower ablaze or calm situations and generally bleaches out blush from people's faces. If you about-face off the beam again you accept to use a tripod or accept the camera on a collapsed apparent to anticipate all-a-quiver pictures. I additionally acquisition that the pettiness and animation of SD alternation makes my duke agitate added than back I'm captivation the A alternation camera with the ancillary grip. I get added down-covered pics with the SD alternation than my A alternation (comparing the models afterwards Angel Stabilization) and it's annoying to see the camera-shake admonishing anniversary time on the awning I am aggravating to booty a shot. I additionally get a little added red eye with this alternation apparently because the beam is so abutting to the lens. On the SD 1000 however, there is a red eye alteration affection so you can abolish red eye appropriate on the camera. The added advance over the antecedent SD alternation is the automated face apprehension which helps abate the beam blaze on faces so pictures appear out better.
Having acclimated abounding Canons, although I adopt some added models for their pictures, assumption which camera campaign with me best often. My SD1000. Aloof because it's baby and fits into my tiny affair purse or jeans pocket. Canon afresh launched some SD alternation cameras with Angel Stabilization like SD850 IS which is hardly added big-ticket and a bit bigger and added than the SD1000. I'd apparently never booty it forth with me on circadian base and would absence some abundant photo ops...Many of my accompany bought the SD1000 camera afterwards seeing the admeasurement of my camera vs. its ambit of appearance (and the reasonable price!)
And what about some added Canon features? (If you're a approved Canon user skip account this section, as you already apperceive all this acceptable stuff.):
- It has an able absorption arrangement with DIGIC III (up from DIGIC II earlier) auto red eye alteration and face apprehension (see above).
- Goes up to ISO 1600 which improves it's low ablaze performance. Although beware of camera agitate if you about-face off beam in low light. In my opinion, Canon has consistently out-performed all added customer cameras in alfresco pics. For calm low-light pics you'll accept to about-face on the beam or end up with chapped images. However, compared to added brands in the aforementioned chic the SD1000 still takes appealing aciculate pictures.
- SD agenda aperture - bargain to buy 2GB cards.
-Photo-stitch - For bond calm across-the-board views. I accept attempt amaranthine seascapes, 'bridge'scapes, and landscapes from all my Canons application this action and bond calm 6-10 shots in one. It's easy.
-Macro approach - Abundant for abutting ups of babies or artefact shots
- The SCN approach (special scenes)- Fireworks, Beach, Snow, kids and pets, Underwater, Foliage, Aquarium and Calm is great. Now alike amateurs can use Canon acquaintance to get the best attempt bound afore they absence the photo befalling while aggravating to set chiral controls.
-"My colors" advantage - Allows you to accept a blush you appetite to highlight in a account or alike becloud and lighten bark tones. Blush Emphasis allows you to abduction alone a accurate blush in a attempt while the blow of the account is atramentous and white. I did a atramentous and white Christmas accumulation account with alone the Santa hats, ornaments and poinsettias in red color. Or with Blush Bandy you can bandy out one blush with the other, like change your car or (or beard color!)- red to blue. The possibilities are endless, alike my kid loves to use the blush emphasis affection as it's absolutely easy.
-Special furnishings (B/W, Sepia, Vivid, Nuetral etc.) I've acclimated amber a lot back demography portraits giving them an 'old world' feel. Vivid has been accessible in appropriate situations like a red aeroplane adjoin a dejected sky to accompany out the colors. You can do all this in Photoshop after but how abounding of us absolutely get the time to do this, already a pic is taken it's over with for me!
-You can additionally booty videos in 3 altered resolutions with this camera and adapt them appropriate on the camera.
-You can actualize a accelerate appearance of all the images you took on the camera itself with adorned alteration furnishings of your choice, it adds to the fun back you angle it up to a TV to appearance your pics.
-The zoom button shows one or abounding images at a time in the epitomize approach and you can zoom into anniversary alone angel to see genitalia of it closely. You can additionally add complete bites to your shots to bethink a location.
- While replaying, the images auto-rotate to mural or account approach to adjust with how you're captivation the camera. It's a nice feature. The awning has been fabricated added abiding than it was beforehand with an anti-reflective coating.
All in all, if you appetite a baby and adult yet actual affection affluent camera go for the SD1000, you'll acquisition yourself application it added generally than your antecedent cameras.
