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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Good for outdoor still pictures"
Pros: Clear pictures, good build quality
Cons: Needs IS, red eye, blur in continuous mode
Summary: I first purchased the Canon SD900. It was a good camera, but needs image stabilization. If you are taking still shots in fair to good lighting it is a good camera. Well, with 4 kids (three of them 2 year old triplets), life does not stand still for a picture. I took the SD900 back and got the SD800IS. Best choice I have ever made. The image stabilization is great. I can chase the kids around taking pictures and they are very clear. Both the 900 and the 800 have a fair amount of red eye in indoor and low light pictures and of course anything over ISO 400 gives a great deal of noise.
The lower pixel count makes no difference for my use. I also use a Canon EOS-1D Mark II N with 4 different high end lenses if I want to use manual settings and try to get the perfect picture to crop and enlarge. But that camera does not fit in my pocket. I love the 800IS for what I am using it for. After looking in depth and trying Fuji, Panasonic and Sony, the 800IS is the best pocket sized camera that is out right now for a wide range of uses. The battery door is a poor design. When it is open you do need to be careful, but when closed it locks into position well.
Just be aware of opinions that are looking for SLR capabilities in a tiny package. Also be aware that there is not a single perfect camera. Fuji does great in low light but picture quality is not very good. Panasonic does great outdoors but again picture quality is not very good. Canon 800 does good (not great) indoors and outdoors but picture quality is much better than Fuji or Panasonic. If you want faster continuous be sure to spend the extra money and get the highest quality, fastest memory card that you can. With a Sandisk Extreme III 2GB card there was only a slight difference in continuous speed. Almost not noticeable, but with the SD900 pictures tend to blur in continuous where they were all clear in the 800IS. As for the Sony N2 cool touch screen but very disappointing in every other category.
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I could not agree more. This camera is capable of awesome pictures, but more often disappoints. I can't begin to count the pictures I have missed due to its low light, let's say mid light weakness. Wish it had a shutter priority.
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Canon PowerShot SD900:
$299.00
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