Canon PowerShot SD800 IS Reviewed

Cannon is a company that most often puts it’s best foot forward, and offers digital camera’s of superior quality that any photographer – whether professional, hobbyist, or the regular snap-and-shoot Joe – can be proud to own. The Canon Power SD800 IS is no exception to that, and in fact is a stand out product among a crowd of many. Canon simply over and over again delivers – and they’ve done it once again.

With the SD800 IS great picture quality is practically inevitable with the powerful 7.1 CCD megapixels of power that this baby provides you. Photo’s will be bright , sharp, and clear…and with the ease of use and automatic functionality of the camera people may just automatically assume that you’re a professional photographer. This however isn’t even the feature that makes this camera really standout, although it is one of the many reasons. The SD800 IS also features a very distinctive wide angle 3.8X optical zoom that’s even more enhanced with the coveted Image Stabilizer Technology that will give you crystal clear steady shots as if the steady hands of an engineer had actually done the photo shoots himself. With the precise steadiness of a sniper, you’ll be taking important shots from distances that will be captured with sharp detail and brilliant colors, as if you were right there close! You can view these pictures on the large 2.5 inch LCD display monitor with a wide viewing angle feature. This means that as you review your photos you’ll be able to do so with a more sharp and crisp display, letting you pay much attention to the important details that make your photos come out just the way you like. The SD800 IS makes it easier than ever to get an accurate focus. Its auto focus feature delivers 9-point AiAF (Artificial Intelligent Auto-Focus), a single-point Auto Focus function, the FlexiZone Auto Focus (FlexiZone is a Canon technology that lets you liberally move the auto-focus point around the frame, and this allows you to select which section of the frame you want to focus on without having to move your camera and re-frame the whole shot), and Face-priority Auto Focus – which is a technology that helps to enhance faces within a picture making them the center of focus rather than theobjects around. This brings added light, contrast, red eye elimination, etc. to the faces in the frame. Another of the great features of this camera lies in the fact that it comes equipped with the DIGIC III Image Processor with Face Detection technology. This provides greater image quality, plus highly responsive speed and performance so that you don’t miss out on crucial shots…nor will you sacrifice the quality of the shots by snapping them in a hurry. Also very importantly, the DIGIC III Processor helps extend the life of your battery saving you money in the long run, and keeping you from missing shots because of dead batteries in the worst possible times. The DIGIC III processor also empowers new Face Detection technology which enables your camera to find all the faces in the frame and set the most appropriate focus points. This option is employed when the shutter button is depressed half-way. This works by exposure and flash control so that proper illumination of the faces as well as the overall scene is achieved. This will help to eliminate the common problem of darkened or overexposed faces. You’ll notice a huge difference in the quality of your photos after you see this technology in action. Faces suddenly become focused and clear, giving you crystal clear memories forever. One neat feature that you won’t be able to get enough of is the Color-Accent and Color-Swap. You’ll have a ball changing the color of your home, rooms in your home, your car, and even bringing out the color in the eyes of your subjects. If you really want to capture a moment, then video mode will give you high quality clips, letting you never miss out on the blowing of the candles at first birthdays, the first steps, or the 50th Anniversary, or the making of the goal at the soccer game. All in all, when you invest in a camera you’re investing in the greatest chance to capture the greatest of memories that will last forever so that you can relive them time and time again. The Canon PowerShot SD800 IS is perfect for just that. You’ll never have to experience another dull or blurry memory again.