No fewer than 11 of Canon's ultrapopular, ultracompact digital cameras are still widely available, some are still going strong after more than a year--remarkable in such a fickle, high-churn market. With street prices ranging from about $150 to $400, there's not a lot of room for price differentiation, unless you're really pinching pennies. For the most part, they're all of equal quality, with extremely similar feature sets. The PowerShot SD430, which is more than two years old by now, stands out as the only model with Wi-Fi support--no hard decisions there. So if you've set your heart on one of these other sleek little snapshooters, how do you choose among them? Let a salesperson steer you toward the one that happens to be in stock? Perish the thought! Make your own decisions. Here are some guidelines that should help--we hope.
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Canon PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH (Silver) |
Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS (Brown) |
Canon PowerShot SD750 (silver) |
Canon PowerShot SD850 IS |
Canon PowerShot SD870 IS (Black) |
Canon PowerShot SD950 IS |
| Review date | March 14, 2007 | March 05, 2008 | April 04, 2007 | June 05, 2007 | August 29, 2007 | September 19, 2007 |
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| Review summary | Small size, excellent image quality, and a solid, though not extensive, feature set make the SD1000 a great choice for a compact camera. | Canon's SD1100 IS adds optical image stabilization to last year's hit SD1000, while delivering just as impressive image quality. | The Canon PowerShot SD750 has an attractive design, large LCD, and excellent photo quality for an ultracompact. | The Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot. | While the Canon PowerShot SD870 IS doesn't have an optical viewfinder or manual exposure controls, it captures beautiful images with its wide, 3.8x optical zoom lens and ranks among the top compact cameras we've seen. | Canon's SD950 IS looks great and can take very nice images, but the digital camera's whopping 12 megapixels will leave you waiting between shots. |
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| Video input type | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera | Digital camera |
| Digital zoom | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x | 4 x |
| Effective sensor resolution | 7,100,000 pixels | 8,300,000 pixels | 7,100,000 pixels | 8,000,000 pixels | 8,000,000 pixels | 12,100,000 pixels |
| Light sensitivity | ISO 80 , ISO 100 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 800 , ISO 1600 , ISO auto | ISO 80 , ISO 100 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 800 , ISO 1600 , ISO auto | ISO 80 , ISO 100 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 800 , ISO 1600 , ISO auto | ISO 80 , ISO 100 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 800 , ISO 1600 , ISO auto | ISO 80 , ISO 100 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 800 , ISO 1600 , ISO auto | ISO 80 , ISO 100 , ISO 200 , ISO 400 , ISO 800 , ISO 1600 , ISO 3200 , ISO auto |
| Still image format | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | RAW , JPEG | JPEG |
| Lens aperture | F/2.8-4.9 | F/2.8-4.9 | F/2.8-4.9 | F/2.8-5.5 | F/2.8-5.8 | F/2.8-5.8 |
| Optical zoom | 3 x | 3 x | 3 x | 4 x | 3.8 x | 3.7 x |
| Equivalent 35mm focal length | 35 - 105 mm | 38 - 114 mm | 35 - 105 mm | 35 - 140 mm | 28 - 105 mm | 36 - 133 mm |
| Manual focus | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Flash memory form factor | SD Memory Card | SD Memory Card | SD Memory Card | SD Memory Card | SD Memory Card | MultiMediaCardplus |
| Display (projector) diagonal size | 2.5 in | 2.5 in | 3 in | 2.5 in | 3 in | 2.5 in |
| Display (projector) technology | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | TFT active matrix | Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS) | Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS) |
| Battery technology | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Weight | 4.4 oz | 4.4 oz | 4.6 oz | 5.8 oz | 5.5 oz | 5.8 oz |
| Memory storage capacity | Info unavailable | 32 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| Product name | Canon PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH (Silver) | Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS (Brown) | Canon PowerShot SD750 (silver) | Canon PowerShot SD850 IS | Canon PowerShot SD870 IS (Black) | Canon PowerShot SD950 IS |
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| Price range |
$153-193 from 11 stores |
$210-270 from 24 stores |
$156-250 from 23 stores |
$206-350 from 21 stores |
$240-409 from 20 stores |
$330-550 from 23 stores |