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4.5 stars
"Overall Fantastic!"
Pros: Image quality, compactness, video quality, looks, screen, speed.
Cons: The scroll wheel could be a little more accurate, I had a little trouble with my screen at first. 3x zoom is on the bottom end of optical zoom, but I don't mind.
Summary: I bought this camera a couple months ago, and it has been really awesome. The pictures it takes are fantastic, and they have great quality. I love the angular look of the camera, and the video is amazing (the mic faces backwards, yet still gets all the sound. How is that possible?!). The big screen size is fantastic and doesn't seem to take a big hit off battery life. I have brightness maxed and rarely use flash, and get about 500+ shots per charge. As a little side-note: the picture files are pretty large (I shoot at the max quality), so I invested in an 8 GB SDHC card and get 1745 pictures before purging.
If you are wondering about the screen thing, I have put this camera through thick and thin (left in overnight in a 10-below 0 degrees F garage, dropped (in a small case), and it has been hit (through a 1/2 inch of neoprene...not much protection there), and I noticed some blue spots on my screen (not like dead pixels, but splotches). I brought it to best buy and the Geek Squad said it looked like moisture, but needless to say they sent it out to be repaired, free of charge (even though I bought the camera like 6 months ago). Decent service!
As for the scroll wheel, it also clicks in the four directions. It can be a little oversensitive but that is probably because I don't use the scroll wheel often vs. just pressing down in the four quadrants.
So overall, this camera is fantastic! Enjoy!
Updated on Jun 5, 2009I got my screen fixed, and it works better than ever! I bought my camera from Best Buy, and it was still under warranty so they sent it out to be fixed free of charge. It came back all polished, too! The only bad thing was I had to replace all my settings, but that basically comes in at turning on the mute.
Also, in the mean time, I purchased a Canon Digital Rebel XTi. It takes great pictures, sure, but nothing beats the portability of my little SD790 (it helps that it doesn't need extra lenses, either).
