Very good value for money I'm a professional photographer who shoots with two Nikon SLRs and an array of Nikon lenses; some of the lenses alone cost five times the price of the Canon SD800. But I got tired of lugging heavy camera equipment around for family and travel photos and general grab shots. So when I'm not working, the SD800 is what I use.
It's not perfect for sure. To name just a few annoyances: it suffers from red-eye effect when you take flash pictures of people; like all point-and-shoot cameras, ...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by Rogier van Bakel "X-Scribe" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Rogier van Bakel "X-Scribe" | | Review Date: | 02/02/2007 | | User Location: | Maine, USA | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (61 of 61) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I really like this camera In my opinion, this camera is worthy of a 5 star rating, one of the few I've ever given.
My experience with cameras in this class started with a Canon S-100, which I upgraded later to a Canon S-400, both of which proved to be excellent for my on-the-go photography needs. My only criticism with this class of cameras was that they lacked two features I really wanted:
1. wide angle lens
2. image stabilization
I guess the Canon folks read my mind with the introducti...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by C. Winton "cwinton" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | C. Winton "cwinton" | | Review Date: | 11/19/2006 | | User Location: | Jacksonville, FL USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (60 of 60) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Best point and shoot - period. This is a nearly perfect camera -- it's feature-packed with excellent photo & movie quality. An important feature that is a "step-up" from the SD700 is the DIGIC III system (SD700 has DIGIC II). This means better quality photos & movies, AND the movie limit goes up from 1 GB (just 8 min. in hi res) to 4 GB using the SD800. The SD800's DIGIC III also incorporates facial recognition & intelligent focus (not the gimmick I thought it would be, really useful!) Battery life is better by 12%, among ...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by J. Mourer "JMo" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. Mourer "JMo" | | Review Date: | 11/19/2006 | | User Location: | MI | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (40 of 40) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Wonderful camera...case could use a little improvement First...A lot of other reviewers have talked about how 'cheap' or 'flimsy' this camera feels...I think I have a different take on this coming from a Mechanical Engineering background (and actually making similar products in consumer electronics)
I had an old SD100 and decided to upgrade, and indeed the old SD100 'feels' like a tank, and this new one 'feels' flimsier...but I dont think it ACTUALLY is. First off, the new camera is very lightweight, and from a customer usability stand...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by B. Alexander can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | B. Alexander | | Review Date: | 10/11/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (37 of 37) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Best reason to upgrade your point and shoot I have a Canon 1DMarkII Pro DSLR and all Canon L series lenses. I studied photography and love manual control, BUT I also want to take my camera everywhere for those impromptu moments. For a point and shoot, I want the camera to be well priced and take great pictures on auto mode, yes, AUTO - otherwise I might as well take my professional camera body with me. Another reason why I want Auto mode to work as advertised is because I want others to hold this camera and take photos of me. How many tim...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by Kevin Chung can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Kevin Chung | | Review Date: | 12/30/2006 | | User Location: | Australia/Canada | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (34 of 34) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent Camera !!!!! What a great camera!
I am an ex-wedding photographer and am very picky about the equipment I buy. This camera produces beautiful images and downloads them very quickly to your computer using the included Canon software. Be sure and get a 1GB fast SD card...it pays off in fast image save times as well as image upload times.
The 28MM eq. lens is very rare in this size camera as is the optical image stabilization system. The portrait mode does a great job of elimina...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by Joe B. can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Joe B. | | Review Date: | 11/15/2006 | | User Location: | Oakdale, NY United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (31 of 31) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Best in class. Sure, there are some legitimate quibbles about the SD800. For example, while generally solid in construction, the USB and video out are hidden behind a remarkably flimsy cover. In fact, when you pull back on the lid, it feels as if the slightest additional force would break it, although so far so good. And, yes, as some reviewers have noted, the mode changing dial might be difficult for someone with clumsy fingers.
You also should know that, while it has a manual mode, this is a not...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by Maine Writer "David" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Maine Writer "David" | | Review Date: | 12/26/2006 | | User Location: | Maine, USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (30 of 30) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Overall excellent subcompact. Some shortcomings compared to slightly less compact models. I've gotten this camera to replace a Canon S45 that I bought in January 2003 and this review is meant as a contrast to that type of camera (i.e., this review may not be too useful if you're coming to this camera from another point of view). I chose the S45 at the time over the top ELPH model back then (S330, I think) because I expected that it would be my only camera for a while and so wanted manual control, RAW support, etc. As it happens, the Digital Rebel came out in September that year and...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by David Vandevoorde can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | David Vandevoorde | | Review Date: | 10/12/2006 | | User Location: | New Jersey, U.S.A. | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (30 of 30) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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VERY pleased with this camera
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review by Amy Davis can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Amy Davis | | Review Date: | 10/21/2006 | | User Location: | St. Paul, MN United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (28 of 28) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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It works for me I think this is a great camera for its size and price. But don't expect it to do the job of a larger and more expensive camera.
I consider myself to be serious about photography, and I have an EOS 20D as my main camera. But I'm not going to take that everywhere, so I need a small point and shoot camera for snapshot occasions. I've taken this approach since film days, when I had a Leica Mini (way bigger than this camera) for my "little" camera.
I was in the market for a ...
[Canon Powershot SD800 IS 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Image-Stabilized Optical review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/17/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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