The Canon SD800 IS Digital ELPH scores a compact, stylish sampling with rounded in line edges, again a retracting lens to set up real pocket-friendly. The Canon SD800IS includes a 7.1 megapixel imager, also a Canon-branded 3.8x optical dash lens covers an optimized align of 28-105mm equivalent, a appropriate wide-angle to moderate telephoto.

What's really cool, though, is that the Canon ELPH SD800 IS incorporates Canon's exquisite Image Stabilization (hence the "IS" prominence the perspective name) technology that inordinately reduces the effects of camera quake at rural shutter speeds, or big league rocket settings. This aspect that with the SD800 IS Digital ELPH, you can shoot in low light without having to put the camera on a tripod to avoid the camera shake. IS typically lets you take crisp shots under light conditions four times darker than you could manage without it.

Exposure is largely automatic, but the user importance tweak irrefutable with 2.0 EV of demonstration compensation, besides three metering modes to helve titanic lighting, past 10 agility modes sustenance the camera approachable for beginners. A long-exposure mode in the Canon SD800 ELPH also lets you manually set exposure times up to 15 seconds long, and a large 2.5 inch LCD display plus an optical viewfinder -- rather rare on digicams these days -- gives you a choice when framing images. The Canon SD800 Digital ELPH also sports a rather wide ISO sensitivity range, from 100 to 1,600.

Basic Description

• 7.1-megapixel CCD
• 2.5-inch color TFT LCD monitor with 207,000 pixels
• 3.8x, 4.6-17.3mm lens, equivalent to a 28-105mm lens on a 35mm camera
• Maximum 4x digital zoom
• Automatic exposure control, with Long Shutter mode for longer exposures
• Shutter speeds from 1/1,600 to 15 seconds
• Maximum aperture of f/2.8 to f/5.8, depending on lens zoom position
• Spot, Center-Weighted, and Evaluative exposure metering
• White balance (color) adjustment with seven modes, including a Custom setting
• Built-in flash with seven modes
• SD memory card storage, 32MB card included
• Power supplied by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack (charger included)
• Canon Digital Camera Solution Software v29.0
• Print/Share button
 
Special Description

• Image stabilization
• Face Detect mode
• Category tagging
• Canon's attractive Perpetual Curve design
• DIGIC III image processor with face detection technology
• True 28mm equivalent wide angle focal length on zoom
• Adjustable ISO settings of up to 1600, plus Auto and ISO HI settings
• 16:9 Widescreen still image capture mode
• 10 preset Scene modes
• Five Movie modes with sound up to 640 x 480 at 30 fps or 60 fps at 320 x 240
• Continuous Shooting mode
• Stitch-Assist panorama mode
• Infinity, Macro and Digital Macro focus modes
• Customizable "My Camera" settings
• Two- or 10-second Self-Timer for delayed shutter release.
• Sound Memo option for recording captions
• My Colors menus for color adjustment
• Unusual Color Accent and Color Swap features for special effects in still images.y
• USB cable for connection to a computer (driver software included)
• A/V cable for connection to a television set
 
Inside Pieces

The Canon SD800 IS ships with the following items in the box:

• Canon SD800 IS digicam
• NB-5L lithium-ion battery pack with cover
• Battery charger CB-2LX
• 16MB SD memory card WSDC-16M
• Wrist strap WS-700
• Canon Digital Camera Solution Disk v29.0 software CD
• USB cable IFC-400PCU
• AV cable AVC-DC300
• Operating manuals and registration card