Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Canon PowerShot SD770 IS

By Joshua Kelley

The digi cam community is broad these days with many corporations offering a big selection of equitable cams that range in style, features, and price. With all the digi cams equally priced and different in quality, it is increasingly hard for consumers to make a solid decision in what cam can serve them most.

many consumers prefer the cam to be simple to use and user-friendly while tech enthusiasts and professional photographers want feature broad cameras. most simply want it to look nice and durable to hold around where ever they go. It is the challenge of top companies like Canon and Sony to meet the standards of style, feature sets, and user-friendliness. Mid-range cameras are famous these days because they are quite affordable and do the job well like the Canon PowerShot SD770 and the Sony Cyber-shot DSCS750. They are both reasonably priced are equal in style. Here we will look into the PowerShot SD770 and see how it fares against Sonys model.

The camera comes out small weight just 4.6 ounces while still having to carry the standard 2.5-inch display. The buttons are conveniently laid out on the small device without any annoying wheels to turn. This makes the cam quite friendly in making changing modes and navigating through the modes. The small size makes it easy to handle and quite durable as well.

Most consumers look right to the megapixels that the camera has in making a decision. Just at a glance, you can see that the PowerShot SD770 is a 10 megapixel digital cam while the similarly priced Cyber-shot DSCS750 sports a lower 7.2 megapixel cam This is clear that the Canon PowerShot SD770 is capable of taking photos of a higher resolution. But the megapixels shouldnt be the only reason why the PowerShot SD770 is a must buy.

A closer look of the feature set shows that the PowerShot SD770 has a convienant motion detection technology feature that can see the speed of the subject that you are snapping and automatically fixes the exposure and other settings that most people do not understand. This is great for ordinary cam users as they want to take the finest pictures without messing with the camera too much. Even red-eye corrections are automatically detected after the picture has been snapped.

Face detection technology is a common addon to alot of the new cameras coming out and is shown in both the Canon and Sony models. The face detection technology of the PowerShot SD770 goes beyond what the Cyber-shot DSCS750 does by fixing the white balance more effectively regardless of the light. This means that skin colours come out accurately without the need of pic editing them later on " a regular frustration of cam users. Thanks to the previously mentioned motion detection technology, the PowerShot is more reliable for face detection.

The PowerShot is alot lighter and smaller than the Cyber-shot model, which makes the PowerShot easier to use and carry around. It still manages to have the regular LCD screen size of 2.5 like the Sony model, but goes further with an easier interface. The PowerShot haves additional card media like SD as opposed to the Sony only supporting Sonys memor chip. The Canon PowerShot either outperforms or matches the Sony Cyber-shot in just about all areas and still manages to keep the value in range making the PowerShot worthy the purchase. Anyone looking to buy a camera that is tiny, stylish and newbie friendly wont be upset with this cam. - 16651

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