The Canon 5096B001 PowerShot ELPH 300 HS Black 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Zoom and 2.7 In. LCD Display has a slim profile that will not only make you stand out from the crowd, but it will also deliver incredibly brilliant still images and amazing 1080p HD videos. Once you turn on the camera, be prepared to be amazed at how much is packed into one of the slimmest point-and-shoot digital cameras on the market. So let your imagination run free and let the HS SYSTEM, 24mm 5x Optical Zoom and 12.1 Megapixels help you achieve great images everywhere.
Believe it or not, the SD870IS PowerShot by Canon is one of their best sellers ever, both online, and through bricks and mortar retailers. This PowerShot has a nice compact size, image stabilization, face detection, nice video quality and a generously sized 3 inch LCD screen. But with a lot of products, you need to look a little closer, to find the imperfections. If your even considering buying a Canon PowerShot SD870IS Digital Camera, there are a few negative points you need to be aware of.
Taking good indoor pictures can be the bane of many point and shoot cameras in this price range, and the Canon SD870IS unfortunately is no exception. While outdoors, with plenty of natural light, the SD870IS (as well as just about every camera) takes very nice photos. Great color, high image quality, and well lit. But indoors is another story. The camera seems to have a hard time deciding when would be an appropriate time to use the flash. This quite often results in an overexposed subject, with a background that seems bathed in shadows.
Canon also made the unfortunate decision with the PowerShot SD870IS to exclude an optical viewfinder. I've seen a lot of point and shoot cameras move in this direction, and it's a real pet peeve for me. Having an optical viewfinder on a camera is not a big expense, and actually gives the consumer more choice in how he or she takes pictures. With more pressure on the manufactures to provide larger LCD screens, the viewfinder is being sacrificed. Being able to use a viewfinder to frame your pictures when your batteries are being sucked dry by over-sized LCD screens, and an undersized battery capacity is a nice option.
A few other complaints with the Canon SD870IS Digital include:
- less than stellar results at high ISO settings
- exposure setting is non adjustable
- far too many photos exhibit red eye subjects
- shooting videos restricts manual adjustments of focus and zoom settings
The Canon Powershot SX10 is Canon's 2008 release featuring a 10 mega pixel, an effective 20x optical zoom with an optical stabilizer lens. It is a highly comfortable still picture and movie shooting digital camera.
Specs
Camera Model: Canon Powershot SX10 IS Digital Camera
- Height: 3.4"
- Width: 4.9"
- Depth: 3.5"
- Weight: 23.4 oz or 663g
- LCD Screen: 2.5"
- Lens: 20x zoom (28-560mm eq.)
- Resolution: 10 megapixels
- ISO: 80-3200
- Shutter: 15-1/3200
- Aperture: 2.8
Review
The 20x zooming feature at 560mm elongating lens is what sets apart the Powershot SX10 from other and preceding digital cameras. It weights a convenient 663 grams which means it is highly portable while sporting quite a range of sophisticated shooting technologies. You may choose to employ a tripod although hand-held shooting is very comfortable with this camera. An added feature to its video mode is that you can zoom while shooting a video on the Powershot SX10. Of course settings are available for Exposure, Manual, Aperture and Shutter speeds as well as a selection of shooting scenes. The Canon Powershot SX10 comes with a thumb wheel on the rear to easily make adjustments, navigate through menus or view images in playback. The flip-up flash light provides adequate lighting for both still picture and video shooting.
Where to get it
The Canon Powershot SX10 can be bought online. You can start by going to the manufacturer's homepage and make an online purchase or go to other sites such as Amazon and eBay for more options regarding pricing and condition of camera you are okay with buying.
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