Canon looked to the very first ELPH for inspiration when designing the PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH, and came up with a quintessential iteration of t
Canon looked to the very first ELPH for inspiration when designing the PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH, and came up with a quintessential iteration of the icon: slim, clean-lined and fully flat. Inside, the SD1000 Digital ELPH looks has a 7.1-megapixel sensor, a 3x optical zoom, and advanced DIGIC III processor for top-quality photos. Focus is fast and sharp and red-eye is automatically corrected. The large and more colorful LCD screen now has a tough, anti-reflective coating that makes it as durable as it is beautiful.
I bought this camera because I unfortunately dropped my Canon A95, and needed a replacement. The A95 is a 5Mg camera, so i thought another 2 megs would be even better, and more compact. WRONG!
This thing STINKS - picture quality, color quality, contrast/intensity/saturation. AND it chews thru SD cards like they are doughnuts. i'm 3 months in and on my 3rd card.. it starts to take a loooong time to process pictures, then it begins taking F-O-R-E-V-E-R to download to the computer, then finally just quits being able to transfer the images... still takes them, but the files are corrupt apparently and can't be seen by the computer. i know this is the camera because it's done the same thing on three different computers.
anyway, spend the money no a better camera or get another brand. i am NOT a fan. let me also say that the A95 was more than i had ever hoped for in the price range camera. it was wonderful. i am going to be purchasing a new camera, and will probably get another canon, but not this low-line model. i'm a bit put off by the horrible quality of this canon. i'm surprised that they would stake their reputation on this camera. if i wasn't already a Canon fan, and this was the first camera i bought from them, i wouldn't be back.
Strengths:
compact.
Weaknesses:
if picture quality and color correctness isn't important to you, this camera would be fine. if, instead, you are capturing your memories, steer clear.
nice camera for the price as long as you have a steady hand, alot of my pictures with no flash come out blurry because of the motion blur. not sure how well optical image stabilzation would fix this so i cant really compare it to anything. but i can say that all of my still pictures are very sharp and nice
Strengths:
picture quality
size
design
ease of use
accurate lighting and color
Rating Reviewed by: Laura Clifton(Unregistered User)
(Casual)
Review Date September 17, 2007
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$293.00
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Summary:
My son bought me a Canon SD1000 camera for Mother's Day. I liked it fine. Until the LCD screen broke. Then I went to various camera shops and was told the LCD screen would cost anywhere from $135 to $200 to repair. I contacted Canon and was told to send the camera and a self addressed return postage paid envelope and they would send an estimate for repair or repair the camera and send it back.. I was told by Canon that the repair would cost $89 and the shipping would cost $8.
I looked through the internet and have found that these cameras are notorious for the screens breaking. There is no lip to protect the screen and they tend to break from the inside as mine has. Canon is well aware of this and they do not stand by the products LCD screen at all in anyway. This camera is not even 6 months old and there is no warranty for this product failure.
Just a word to the wise. If shopping for a new camera. Go with Olympus. I recently got my Husband an Olympus Digital camera and I have to say, the quality of this camera is far superior and the price range was exactly the same as the Canon.
I paid for the repair only because my Son gave me this camera. In the future I will not deal with Canon again.
Thanks for reading my venting, and please take my advice on this one. You will be glad you did.
Strengths:
Compact
Weaknesses:
Canon does not stand behind their products. Unless you want to pay a fee.
Customer Service:
Told me that if I sent a self addressed postage paid return envelope they would sendback my camera. They still charged $8 for shipping.
I am a Canon EOS 1DsII user, but needed a pocketable camera. I tested several cameras in store (well outside, in better light), and found this one to be the best for the price, quality, and handlability. Among others I tried were the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ2 (and Leica equivalent), Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30, Canon PowerShot SD800 IS, Canon PowerShot SD900, and Olympus FE-240. The Olympus was clearly the worst in terms of image quality. The Canons are all similar in quality (whether higher pixel or not, viewed at 100% on a large Apple 30" display). The Panasonics are jewels of cameras, but all suffer from the well-known noise and smearing problems. That's really too bad because they would be my camera of choice otherwise, especially with RAW capability in the TZ2 model.
Strengths:
Fast focussing, responsive, small, easily carried everywhere, good quality files (but see problems below), cheap! Noise is quite well handled.
Weaknesses:
My first camera had noticable softness on the right side of the image (sensor alignment?) and I returned it. The lens is of course nowhere near as good a SLR lenses. There is some corner softness wide open at the 35mm equivalent, and some vignetting and color distortion for those images that are flatter in nature (skies, sand, etc).
I use a Digital Rebel but wanted something smaller to take on my bike to shoot road rides and single-track adventures. The elcheapo Kodak I was carrying finally wore out. This cam seems like it will fit the bill nicely; sized like a deck of cards, and very light in weight. The menus are intuitive, however the view finder is too tiny. Lithium battery powered and very sleek and sexy.
Strengths:
Size, priced right, Lithium rather than AA power. Wide screen aspect ratio as a choice.
Right now Circuit City has it 50$ less than Best Buy. You can pick up a 2GB card that will hold over 800 wide aspect ratio pictures at the highest quality and a case for 308$, tax included.
Weaknesses:
Screen smudges easily. Almost too tiny, be careful you dont drop it. The battery, memory card slot cover seems very flimsy.
Similar Products Used:
none in this class really.
Customer Service:
unknown, however I did deal with a Canon Service Center on Oahu a few years back--service was extremely fast--they fedex aired it to a bigger repair center on the west coast--120 bucks are so to fix a bent pin inside--that was on the digital rebel.
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