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4.5 stars
"An outstanding camera!"
Pros: Outstanding images; nice size; solid build/feel; size on menu items on LCD
Cons: Proprietary battery; buttons a little small for my big fingers
Summary: I got this camera about a week ago (good price at Newegg.com) and am very please so far. My first digital was an Olympus (nice, and expensive back in the early days), then a Fuji (VERY GOOD quality photos, but not a good viewfinder). Over the past few years I've been using a Canon Powershot A95 and a Canon EOS Rebel XT -- both very nice. I've been very impressed with the quality of images from Canon cameras, and the SD950 continues that trend.
Primary pros for me are the size, quality of images, short lag time for the first shot, and rapid time for multiple shots. All very good. High quality LCD screen is very nice. A really nice function is that you can have the selections (such as flash on/off, macro, shot selection (single, multiple, timer) etc show up in a large display on the LCD. So many times it was a challenge to know if I had turned the flash on or off -- no issue with this camera.
I like the 12 megapixels as it allows me to shoot at Large/superfine and have plenty of bits for cropped as I desire. Combined with the 4x zoom, very nice. I also like the use of an SD card as they are becoming the standard -- and very reasonably priced for lots of good storage.
I chose a high-speed (Sandisc Extreme III) SD card for this camera. The card really does make a difference in the speed of the camera for taking multiple shots. The faster cards write the data much faster, thus allowing for faster repeat shots!
I am very pleased with this camera. I miss the flip/rotatable screen from my A95, but I'm adjusting to this one very quickly.
I highly-recommend this camera.
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Canon PowerShot SD950 IS:
$499.95
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