Great camera

Great camera , April 1, 2008
By avid reader "ary" (NJ) - See all my reviews

For a digital camera novice who has used the same one for the last 5 years, this is a great design in terms of portability and lightweight. I wish the buttons were easier to interpret and that there were a simple mode to take basic pictures. I have found that the face detection aspect of canon powershot sd780is does slow down the picture taking. This is especially hard to overcome when trying to take pictures of small chilren who do not hold poses. The quality is excellent though. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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Good Results for Its Size, BUT..., September 6, 2008
By Confederate (Bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews

This camera is unremarkable in its output digital camera, but is rich in features. canon powershot sd780is makes a good traveling camera, but if you decide on it, I'd set the image compensation to +1. Set at zero, the images tend to lack contrast and rich saturation. This is true with most cameras, both digital and print. The extra boost in exposure fills in shadow detail and boosts color saturation. Owners also should invest in a copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements, if they don't have canon powershot sd780is already.

If you can cart around a slightly bigger camera, canon powershot sd780is should pay off with better quality photos; but if you want to travel light, this is as good a way as any.
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overexposes, a bit slow, and background audio too loud, otherwise nice, May 7, 2008
By roko roko - See all my reviews

There are three annoying problems that I can see so far, otherwise the camera seems nice. The first problem is that in auto, the camera tends to overexpose so that whites are badly lacking detail. The second is that the background audio digital camera in movie mode is loud, so that if you're taking a silent movie, even a very mild wind sounds like your movie was taken during a hurricane. The third is that the recovery time is a bit slow so that the time lag before you can zoom the lens or take the next picture is noticeable. There may be a way to compensate for these faults, but I haven't found them yet. On the other hand, the size is nice, build quality seems nice, pictures are generally excellent in both sharpness and color.