Reviews Written by JasperH

Superb Digital Camera!

Pros: Very easy to use, Loaded with features (16 shooting modes!), Large and vibrant 3.0" LCD screen, Has Canon's new Digic III Image processor - Superb battery life and AF face recongnition so your pictures look their very best.

Cons: The screen does not show the battery meter unless it's close to dying. Not much of a complaint. The pros defintiely outweigh the cons if there are any.

Just last week I purchased the Canon SD1000 digital ELPH camera at my local Costco warehouse and I must say I've never been more satisfied with any other camera. I replaced my 2 year old Konica Minolta DiMage camera with this one and I'm glad I did.

The Canon SD1000 has SUPERB battery life thanks to Canon's new Digic III processor, and it has AF face recognition which finds and tracks each face through the camera lense (CCD). Sure it sounds a little bit farfetched, but it really TRACKS the faces even if you shift the camera slightly, the AF face recognition system will follow. This allows the camera to focus more intently on what you want the picture to be of and allows your pictures to look their very best.

The 3.0" LCD screen was definitely a welcome change to my previous 2.0" LCD screen, and there are no stray pixels, operating up to par with canon's guarantee that 99.99% of the pixels work. The camera is fully loaded with 16 different shooting modes, 30 fps AVI movie recording and 7.2 Mega-pixel shots allowing for high quality photos. The digital camera takes normal SD memory chips and also the new SD HC (high capacity) memory chips allowing up to 2 GB storage space! WOW.

The 3x optical zoom is normally plenty for me, but the 4x digital zoom is also welcome, and because of their new Digic image processor, the digital zoom looks almost as good as the optical zoom! The shutter speed is nice, capturing the picture right after you press the button, the flash is quick and effective, providing true to life photos that everyone is looking for.

My only complaint is the battery meter thing which I mentioned in the cons, and that the camera did NOT come with a carrying case in the box, although it did come with a wrist strap and a 32 MB memory chip (good for maybe.. 50 photos on medium quality)

With so many digital camera's on the market, it's hard to choose from nowadays, but I guarantee if you purchase the Canon SD1000 Digital ELPH camera, you won't regret it.

-Happy shopping! ...