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Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital ELPH 12.1 Megapixel
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Product ID: EPID77613333
Description: Canon's iconic ELPH has always been a show-off, with the looks and smarts that make you want to carry it out in the open for everyone to see. The PowerShot SD980 IS takes the concept even further with Canon's first-ever touch panel inter...
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Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital ELPH 12.1 Megapixel
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
I really want to like this camera but I think this may have to go back. Indoor pictures are relatively grainy (ISO is 500+ on most even with the flash) and outdoor pictures look washed out. I compared the pictures to a 870 IS and the 870 came out ahead 5 out of 6 times (Not a scientific test, but both were with similar setings and mounted on a tripod and shot with a 2 second time delay to eliminate hand shake, ISO 200 on both cameras).
Granted, as I've only used a Canon 30D DSLR with pretty decent lenses for the last few years, but I didn't think that the pictures from my 7-year old 4MP Konica KD400Z were awful. (A lot of the ones from this camera are just awful)
The HD video is pretty good and even the 640x480 movies look decent on a 47 inch tv - so high marks for that.
The touchscreen is pretty useful but it would have been nice to be able to assign any camera function to the 4 allowed 'gestures'. It is great for touch-focussing on 'this-one' and it holds the focus point pretty well as you pan the camera. All in all, I like the touchscreen.
The 'click wheel' is very well implemented (much better than my Canon HG10 HD vid cam) and is nice and responsive. I have a gripe about the tiny triangular on/off button as it is not responsive on the narrow side, but that is a minor inconvenience.
I'll play with this a bit more (Reset to factory settings; turn off some of the 'Smart' functions etc) and see if I can get the picture quality to improve. Othewise I'll be looking closely at the S90 - even though that doesn't have HD video capture (whose bright idea was that? The S90 product manager should be taken out and flogged for descoping HD video).
Granted, as I've only used a Canon 30D DSLR with pretty decent lenses for the last few years, but I didn't think that the pictures from my 7-year old 4MP Konica KD400Z were awful. (A lot of the ones from this camera are just awful)
The HD video is pretty good and even the 640x480 movies look decent on a 47 inch tv - so high marks for that.
The touchscreen is pretty useful but it would have been nice to be able to assign any camera function to the 4 allowed 'gestures'. It is great for touch-focussing on 'this-one' and it holds the focus point pretty well as you pan the camera. All in all, I like the touchscreen.
The 'click wheel' is very well implemented (much better than my Canon HG10 HD vid cam) and is nice and responsive. I have a gripe about the tiny triangular on/off button as it is not responsive on the narrow side, but that is a minor inconvenience.
I'll play with this a bit more (Reset to factory settings; turn off some of the 'Smart' functions etc) and see if I can get the picture quality to improve. Othewise I'll be looking closely at the S90 - even though that doesn't have HD video capture (whose bright idea was that? The S90 product manager should be taken out and flogged for descoping HD video).
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Wonderful Camera.This is the best camera that I have had. I love how it does wide views.
Picks up different lighting environments very well. I like the no blink option, the touch options on the screen .The battery has a good life for a lot of photos.
Takes great pictures of diamonds without having to use macro or a loup.
The only down side , is a couple blurry photos inside. Not sure why. It is a random thing. Over all I love this camera!
Picks up different lighting environments very well. I like the no blink option, the touch options on the screen .The battery has a good life for a lot of photos.
Takes great pictures of diamonds without having to use macro or a loup.
The only down side , is a couple blurry photos inside. Not sure why. It is a random thing. Over all I love this camera!
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Canon Powershot SD980 ISI've had the camera for about a month and it is so far the best camera that I have purchased. I previously had the Canon A590 IS and I decided to upgrade to this one. I love the touchscreen. It isnt too, too much to deal with, and if you dont feel like using the touchscreen you dont have to. The camera is very small and very easy to carry around. The LCD sceen is 3 inches and very accomodating. The battery lasts quite a while, which is very convenient compared to the last camera I had which required AA batteries. The video is HD and has great quality. The only issue I have with the camera is that I wish it had come with a screen protector. Fingerprints are easily smudged on the screen and I am trying to find a screen protector that will fit it. All in all though, the camera's great for Canons first touchscreen
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