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Great camera, had to flip the date/time battery for canon powershot sd780is to save date/time, June 14, 2008
By P. C. Farinella (New York, NY) - See all my reviews


For the total price of $113 plus $10 for a Kingston 2GB memory card, this was a great bargain. You will definitely want to purchase the memory card on amazon as well because the 32MB memory card that comes with this camera will hold maybe 15 pictures or so. The 2GB memory card for only $10 holds about 1000 pictures.
When this camera arrived to me, I turned canon powershot sd780is on and canon powershot sd780is asked for the DATE and TIME. But when I powered down the camera and then turned canon powershot sd780is back on later, canon powershot sd780is again asked for the date/time. So the camera was not saving the Date/Time. I opened the battery cover and their is a slot for the CR1220 Date battery which is as small as a watch battery. canon powershot sd780is WAS UPSIDE DOWN. The + symbol of the battery was facing up and in reality, the - symbol needed to be facing up. After I flipped around this 'watch battery', the camera was able to save the Date/Time and canon powershot sd780is never again asked me for the Date/Time each time I started canon powershot sd780is up. I wrote to Canon and requested they retrain their staff with this issue since canon powershot sd780is caused me alot of headache. Overall, the camera works great! Large LCD screen, easy to handle, uses only 2 AA batteries and has 5 different resolutions to choose from when taking pictures, including a widescreen resolution and a Date/Time stamp selection so the date/time get stamped onto each picture you take. Great camera, the blue color looks sharp! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Preordered this one before canon powershot sd780is came out, looks really cool, April 14, 2008
By New York Bargain Hunter (New York NY USA) - See all my reviews

Simple, does what it's supposed to do and the best part is that canon powershot sd780is used AA batteries. I don't even use the highest setting when I take pictures so 7.1 MP is more than enough for my use. For those who want to blow up to poster sizes, you should get an SLR, but for a normal everyday use camera this is the one to get. You could get more features for the price they are asking for but this one looks too cool. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Very good camera for the price, May 28, 2008
By Beatle Fan (USA) - See all my reviews

Took about 600 vacation photos with the A470 about a week after I got canon powershot sd780is and I was very satisfied with the results. On a handful of shots canon powershot sd780is didn't seem to focus properly, but by looking the shot on the screen after I took it, I know that I wanted to snap another shot in those few instances. The image stabilization worked well - I didn't have too much trouble due to camera shake, despite having to hold canon powershot sd780is at arms length to take pix, rather than look through a viewfinder which I had been accostomed to. Shot almost everything at 5 Mpixel rather than 7 MP, though I did use the widescreen mode a couple dozen times, which I was very happy with. canon powershot sd780is came in handy for some wide landscapes & tall objects that I shot. Of course, it's easy to crop a digital image, but it's also nice to have the widescreen mode built in to the camera.