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The Canon Powershot SD770IS is a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom, face detection, and a 2.5 inch LCD display.
Ten megapixels is more than enough to print poster-sized quality prints. Chances are, if you’re shooting from a compact camera that costs this little, I doubt you’re printing posters from it. But, you have the option if need be.
Image Stabilization is standard on this camera, and it should be. All but the most basic digital cameras offer this feature and it’s a must-have in my books. Image Stabilization eliminates or reduces camera shake. The camera doesn’t shake. You do. Rememeber all that coffee you had? or maybe tea? When shooting in low light you’ll wish you hadn’t. But wait – all is not lost, as you have Image Stabilization. Image Stabilization gets you photos that are sharp, instead of blurry even when the light and the shutter speeds are slow.
2.5 inch LCD display is considered a little small, as most cameras have now ‘upsized’ to a 3 inch LCD screen. But, this screen is still bright and clear to allow you to compose and review your photos easily.
Motion Detection Technology in this camera is a feature that allows the camera to detect motion and adjust the shutter speed and exposure to compensate. Again, you get better results.
Face Detection is a feature that, while once considered new is pretty much standard on any digital camera in this price point. As the name suggests, the camera detects the faces and exposes and focuses on the faces. When the face is in focus and has a proper exposure, a lot of times the rest of the image just falls into place. This is a must have feature. A blurry or poorly exposed face is just no fun. Nobody looks at the edges of the photos, it’s the faces that need to be sharp and well exposed.
Canon will try and use marketing terms such as Digic III, but all that really means is there’s a computer in the camera that figures out all the stuff like exposure and shutter speeds, so you don’t have to. In short, it does all the exposure and red eye stuff for you. They don’t call these cameras ‘point and shoot’ for no reason.. There’s some customization available, but the market for this camera is ease of use, and you’re better off just letting the camera do it’s thing.
One feature worth a mention is red eye reduction. The problem with the flash unit on this camera being in the same focal plane as the lens is the good chance of getting ‘red eye’ in your photos or portraits. The Canon offers 3 different methods of removing or reducing red eye. Firstly, it compensates for red eye as the image is being shot. Secondly, the Canon SD770IS will adjust for red eye before playback of the images on the LCD display, and lastly the camera will allow you the user to remove the red eye using editing tools built into the camera.
The Canon SD770IS is currently on sale at just over $150, and has a very nice feature set for the price including image stabilization, red eye reduction, ten megapixels and a 3x optical zoom. All in the familiar ELPH shape Canon has become known for. It’s a good little camera.
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