Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP
Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
Manufacturer: Canon
Chic, simple. Canon looked to the very first ELPH for inspiration when designing the PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH, and came up with a quintessential iteration of the icon: slim, clean-lined and fully flat. Inside, the SD1000 Digital ELPH looks only to the future: 7.1 Megapixels, a 3x optical zoom and advanced DIGIC III ensure top-quality images, while focus is fast and sharp and red-eye is automatically corrected. The large and more colorful LCD screen now has a tough, anti-reflective coating that makes it as durable as it is beautiful. Shutter Speed - 15-1/1500 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec. Metering - Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot; Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection Shooting Modes menu - Auto, Camera M, Portrait, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Underwater, Indoor, Kids & Pets), Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap, Digital Macro, Stitch Assist, Movie Image Files - Still Image - EXIF 2.2 JPEG / Movie - AVI (Image - Motion JPEG; Audio - WAVE (Monaural) Selectable image resolutions - Still Image - 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 3), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 2), 2,592 x 1,944 (Medium 1), 3,072 x 2,304 (Large), 3,072 x 1,728 (Widescreen); Movie - 640 x 480 / 320 x 240 (30 fps/15 fps) available up to 4GB, 320 x 240 (1 min. at 60 fps), 160 x 120 (3 min. at 15 fps), 640 x 480 (2 hrs. at 0.5 fps/1 fps. Playback at 15 fps) Play modes - Still Image - Single, Magnification (approx. 2x-10x), Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotate, Resume, My Category, Histogram, Index (9 thumbnails), Sound Memos, Sound Recorder, Slide Show, Red-eye Correction; Movie - Normal Playback, Special Playback, Auto Rotate, Resume Video output is NTSC and PAL compatible Has USB 2.0 port for image transfer to PC or Mac Unit Dimensions WHD - 3.38 x 2.11 x 0.76 in. / 85.9 x 53.5 x 19.4mm; Weight - About 4.41 oz. / 125g
Lowest Used Price: USD 115.00
Lowest New Price: USD 275.00
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 175.99
- 7.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
- DIGIC III Image Processor; Face Detection Technology and Red-eye Correction
- Vivid, high-resolution 2.5-inch PureColor LCD
- 17 Shooting modes, including 8 Special Scene modes
- ISO 1600 and High ISO Auto settings
Color: Silver
Model: SD1000
Release Date: 2007-03-19
Excellent - buy it!
I was torn between the previous model and the current newer one. After carefull consideration, I decided to save a few bucks and went with this previous generation SD1000. The only thing upgraded that I miss is the antishaking feature. It's not really affected my photography. This baby has lots of features for an amateur to use. You can point and shoot. You can also play around with options to customize your photo taking. My favorite is being able to select a color then only that color is intensified in a photo while everything else is turned into black and white!
It's been over a year - not a single problem with this camera. Battery charger works as expected. if you have a PS3, thesame controller charger can be used on this camera to connect to a usb on a PC.
Lens Error ( 2nd Canon to do this to me )
I've had this camera a little over a year. My daughter took it on a trip and the very moment she went to use it the lens barrel got stuck in the open position. My older SD200 also gave a "E18" error and stopped functioning. I called a local camera repair. They said it would take 3 weeks and -80USD to fix it.
Canon camera
Makes excellent 8 x 10s with my inkjet printer. Plenty of battery life. Average flash distance. Good view screen size.
Lens problem
I used this camera for about 8 months with no problems. On vacation the camera had a lens error problem. Before you buy this camera google lens error problems on this camera. I was amazed that they had so many complaints.
After 18 months the motor failed. Common occurence apparently.
loved my previous Canon Elph, a 110 bought around 2000 - it still functions just fine (albeit with 1 meg pictures). I bought this SD1000 camera under two years ago, and the lens motor is now non functional. I've taken about 2K pictures with it.
Canon wants to charge about 150 bucks to fix it now. A quick search shows at least one class action suite against Canon for a similar problem, and just as I was moaning to the customer service representative my co-worker mentioned he'd had 2 Canons recently fail in the same way.
I'm hoping against hope someone from Canon contacts me, but for the mean while, here, Canon, suck on this.
