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Canon PowerShot SD800 IS (Digital IXUS 850 IS / IXY Digital 900 IS)7.1 megapixels | 2.5" screen | 28 – 105 mm (3.8×)
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Average rating:
4.27
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Opinion: A well-rounded point and shoot camera that takes very good pictures. The lack of manual controls is what bored me and caused me to sell this camera.
Opinion: I've had this camera for about a year now and it is one of the best compact cameras i've ever had. I love the construction, the size and weight is perfect. It takes some great pictures and i like the 4x zoom.
Problems: None encountered during the past year.
Opinion: Well got this camera almost a year ago, and it has taken some great shots. It is a
fantastic outdoor camera. ISO settings on auto and manual are decent and the LCD is
pretty good in bright sun light. I would have given it a 4.5 or 5 for construction but
they cheapened the door where the battery and SD card go.
Problems: Well the "WHITE SPOTS" have overtaken me, I heard rumors about this and didn't
think anything of it, till about 30-40% of my indoor shots are shot because of this.
Some one said they put the camera lens too close to the flash in a earlier post, this
isn't true, most ELPH cameras have the same type of design but don't pick up these
dust spots in mid-air. The real problem is the flash is too intense and in dusty or
slightly dusty areas the camera picks up the dust particles floating in the air. :(
Opinion: I got this camera as something small and easy to carry around in the pocket. It takes good pictures, and hasn't given me any problems after thousands of pictures, where I haven't been particularly careful with the camera (there's even a small dent in the metal frame). I also think the screen is very nice, a big upgrade from previous cameras I've used with half the resolution.
Problems: The 28mm lens was a selling point for me, but I think the corners are really soft at that width, and, even worse, there's a whole lot of distortion. So I end up mostly using it zoomed in a little bit. It's a little heavier than expected given the small size, and I wish there were manual controls. As with all P&S cameras, it's best to leave it at the lowest ISO setting, and forget about it at ISO 400+. ISO 800 & 1600 was a selling point for me, even if I knew the quality wouldn't be good. But it's worse than imagined, they're totally useless.
Maybe for most people this isn't important, but also the camera doesn't give readouts of the F-stop and shutter speeds (unless it's 1/60th or slower). Sometimes I want to use the compact camera as a light meter for older cameras without a light meter, and it can work in a pinch in low light, but it's kind of fiddly to do that.
Also it wasn't cheap. I was about to but the Panasonic model that supposedly has a distortion-free lens even at 28mm, I wonder if that would have been a better choice. Maybe it has worse IQ at ISO 200 or 400, but really P&S cameras aren't very good at anything over ISO 100 anyway.
The big green power button on top mars what is otherwise a really beautiful camera.
Opinion: Ibought this in favor of the newer SD870IS, as I wanted the optical finder, and I did not care for the cutesy controls on the 870. I received it in late January and took it on a 10 day cruise the following week. The purpose for buying the SD800IS was to replace a Canon S70 which was a little too big and too heavy for a pocket camera. The image quality is very good and I like the convenience of a pocketable camera like this. I also had my G7 along on this cruise, and I thought the SD800IS did very well in comparison to the G7, which takes excellent pictures. Not to say that the SD800IS can replace a G7, it can't, or that it took identical quality shots, it doesn't; but rather to say that given the small size it does surprisingly well compared to the G7. The 28 mm focal length was critical to me as the camera was to be used at dinners and parties on-board ship (and at home) and space is often tight. I did use the camera outdoors a bit, and the results were well exposed and sharp.
I use the camera mostly in the M mode with Custom color settings for sharpening, saturation, and contrast.
Overall, I'm pleased.
Problems: none so far
Opinion: I have used this camera for over a year. I also own a Canon 20d, and I find myself taking it ever fewer places since I got the 800. It is amazingly compact and takes great pictures. I especially appreciate the wide angle lens. The ISO, amazingly, can go to 1600. It has a somewhat limited set of manual options (I wish there were a few more), but that is a small criticism of such a tiny and outstanding camera.
Problems: None.
Opinion: I'm not sure how much the IS helps, but I'm convinced that the 28mm (equiv) focal length at wide zoom is something I will never ever give up. It's just such a great relief no longer having to squish myself into corners and shoot through doorways and such to get more than a couple people into the shot. It's like taking off the shoes at the end of the day, you don't realize how much they're cramping you until you're free of them.
Opinion: I found that allot of my low light/flash pictures had white spots on them. Also the pictures were not nearly as good as a friends Optio camera which had a much lower mega pixel.I was really bummed. I took it back and got another.Same problem. Tried to live with it but so dissapointed. Finally took it back two days ago. I got the cannon SD 870 is. Photo is much better but still I get spots with flash.
Problems: White spots. Noise, Softness, Poor quality on color and
pretty dissapointed. Dont know whats up with cannon . I thought they were supposed to be so excelent but thrre cameras with a major flash problem. I took it to the camera store they said it has dust inside on the lens or and the sensor. The dust lights up with the flash and showes the fuzzy shape in low light and dark backround.
Opinion: I had SD700 IS which is a great performer. Sadly it got lost recently. Base on that positive experience, I ordered SD800 from Amazon without too much thinking. Boy was I wrong! The indoor shots from SD800 is very grainy, soft, and of wired color. outdoor shots are ok but noticeably softer than those from SD700. I promptly returned the SD800 back to Amazon for a full refund.
Now I'm start searching again. Seems SD850 IS gets much better and consistent reviews from users.
Problems: Image quaulity is subpar.
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