Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)

I enjoyed this camera until the lens jammed. I tried all the techniques used by other people who had the same problem to no avail. If a tiny grain of sand gets stuck around the lens or if you drop it from a height of 4 inches this camera my not survive.

Just a few words -

The smaller the camera, the smaller the optical glass. The smaller the optical glass, the smaller the maximum camera aperture. The smaller the cameras maximum aperture, the inability to take excellent photos in lower light is lost.

You buy a small camera for it's portability, and that often means that you give up picture quality for size. This is my 2nd Elph, and like the first, it takes decent photos, but not excellent photos. It has a myriad of automatic options to supposedly make certain photographic situations easier to photograph, but quite honestly, I've tried most of the auto & semi-manual settings, and I still end up having to tweak most every image in photoshop. (Usually having to correct the the contrast levels first.)

I worked for 10 years selling film camera in a specialty camera shop. I watched as the cameras (and lenses) got smaller and the photo quality worse. (We had an in-house photo lab) The great thing about digital pics, is that you can just keep taking a shot (as the situation permits) over and over until you get it right and can delete the rest. If it's still not perfect, you can enhance it in a photo editor. But sadly, a mini camera like this is really going to only ever take it's best pictures in full sunlight.

This camera had a good rating for its quality and sturdyness. This was bought for a teenager who is hard on their electronics. This camera out performed my expectations, very nice photos, easy to use, small to fit in pocket, purse or backpack. Easy to take on vacation or just out with friends. This is our second Powershot/Digital Elph (bought one for our eldest son) and its a keeper. Thinking about buying another for ourselves when our old kodak quits.

What a great camera! Canon makes and intuitive, quality product that produces excellent results. The small size of cameras in this line means that you can take the camera anywhere you go without the annoyance of bulky equipment. I've been very happy with my purchase.

I bought a Kingston Travellite Card Reader with 2 GB SD Card to go along with this, which is very helpful for getting the photos from the SD card onto your computer. Also, be sure to pick up a case to protect the LCD screen on the back of the camera.

great camera,built tough,good picture quality,another overpriced product fron wall street photo.price to high for a camera that has not been made in a year

This is the first Canon I've owned, and while the size and shape of this thing are fantastic for carrying around, the picture quality is sorely lacking even for a little point & shoot.

We had a Kodak EasyShare for several years until the sensor finally bit the dust (everything became pink all of a sudden), and we bought the SD1000 because of it's small size and the fact that it has an optical viewfinder. Cameras with only a screen can be very difficult to use in bright sunlight, or so we thought at the time. Nowadays, the screens are brighter and the technology has improved so that that is not so much of an issue as it used to be. I find myself never looking through the viewfinder at all with this camera, because it is really tiny and because the screen is easy to see in pretty much any light. The Kodak took incredible pictures for a little p&s - bright colors, tack-sharp, and well exposed, often looking better than the ones I took with my Nikon D50. The SD1000 got great reviews so we expected the same kind of performance.

THE GOOD

- small, extremely portable, easy to fit in your shirt pocket or even the front pocket of your jeans. It's great for when you don't want to carry anything around but want to have a camera handy just in case.

- Good quality video, including sound. It's fun to take short videos, even at night, as long as you aren't expecting vidcam quality. This is not something I was looking for when we bought it, but I'vebeen pleasantly surprised and started using the video function all the time.

THE BAD

- FOCUS! We are so tired of having unsharp or blurry pictures come out of this camera, I've had to restrain my wife from throwing it off a cliff. I don't know if it is an optical problem or a processing engine, but there are rarely sharp edges to any of the images from this camera. The closer the subject, the worse it gets, although 10 feet shouldn't be too much to ask for a camera to focus on, should it? I've seen similar examples of focus problems on othe SD cameras from flickr users.

- Flash too bright. On closeups the flash washes out all color. The camera doesn't seem to adjust the flash intensity when the subject is close, and there's no way to do it manually.

- Fragile lens. This is actually the second SD1000 we've owned. The first one lasted 2 months, because I got bumped in a crowd and the camera fell out of my hand while the lens was extended. It landed softly on a pile of jackets, but when I picked it up the lens was bent 20 degrees and wouldn't retract. Maybe it was a freak accident landing at the wrong angle, but it seems like it broke too easily. My wife went and bought a second camera immediately so she could take it on a trip, and this one has lasted6 months so far with no problems, but has never been dropped either.

- battery life - probably not any worse than the average p&s that's packed with features, but it won't last through a full day of tourist snapshots. Since it uses a special battery and not AAA's or some standard size, once the battery dies you're out of luck until you get back home and charge it up.


Overall, this camera has been handy and the video feature has been fun. But the lack of sharpness just leads to disapponting results when other similarly priced cameras take perfectly sharp images. For that reason (and the fact that I have heard the same thing from other users), this will be the last SD series Canon I ever buy, despite how handy this thing is to carry around.

This is a great camera.

PROS: Light, compact, and easy to use. We have taken so many pics and videos since the purchase. Small but sturdy. Takes GREAT videos (this really surprised me). Since owning this camera, we have not used our camcorder.

CONS: It has difficulty focusing when the lighting is between light and dark. I have missed some great shots because the camera is taking too long focusing.

I love this camera from the first day I bought it. I have never had a problem with it and was very satisfied with its performance. This camera has been dropped, crushed, been around water and all the damage a 15 or 6 year old can bring upon it. It still worked up to the day I sold it and shipped it. The only reason for selling it is to buy a 10MP camera with image stabalization and higher zoom capacity. If you are on a budget, this camera will never let you down. It performs better in conditions where there is more light in the background, but in the end, it works really well.

I've had the SD1000 for a couple of years now and have been very satisfied with its performance. Its small size is particularly convenient for vacations. Solidly constructed, good photographic features and easily transfers images to my computer.

This is a great camera, with high quality pictures and very easy to use functionality. It shoots nice and fast! It's also very compact which makes it easy to carry around in purses and pockets. I've never had a problem with this camera for the past year and a half and I can confidently say that it's an excellent multi-purpose camera for the casual photographer. The only thing that might deter people is that because of how small it is, it can be very_hard to keep it stable and reduce blurriness when taking pictures without flash or taking night pictures in which case I'd recommend a stand. Overall a good buy!

I love this camera, and I will keep this short. I love to travel, do photography, and I am a seller on Amazon & eBay. This camera works on so many levels, and is perfect for what I do. Its multiple shooting features offer something for everyone, and there are so many ways to alter an image that you take. Highly recommended to anyone!

I've had my camera for a while now. I get compliments on my pictures all the time. And I keep discovering things this camera can do.. (I hate reading operating manuals..)
It's ease to use. The zoom is awesome.
I highly recommend this camera!

When I was shopping for cameras, of course, i wanted the best, easiest to use, for the best price. This camera takes excellent photos, and has many great photo options, including selective color! The digital Macro setting for taking close up shots (ex. flowers, bugs, jewelry) is the best ive ever seen on any point and shoot camera.

Great for college kids, or someone just needing a nice point and shoot camera. Highly recommended!

I'd like to say this was a happy camera to be with, but after a few months it petered out with the dreaded 'lens error'. I decided to write a review because i think there has got to be a bug in the price, i bought mine dec 07 and it was 170 bucks brand new. 300+ for this hunk of crap? I have a 450 that has withstood snow, sand, dirt, and rocks for several years with barely a mark. This one wasn't even close to a beach when the lens got stuck and wouldn't retract.. Canon needs to install a force sensing circuit on their bellows claw so that the motor doesn't jump the track when its got a lens obstruction. It wasn't the case on mine, but the it still would help.

I have snuck this little wonder and other Canon SD cameras into the following concerts and have captured wonderful quality video: Rush, Heaven And Hell, Testament, Slayer, Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Iron Maiden and Megadeth. Canon Powershot SD cameras are capable of taking excellent video with clear (although mono) sound. When burned onto dvd and viewed on a tv, the colors simply pop off the screen. For those of you interested in capturing your own concert memories, always pack a Canon.

Small, comfortable, great pictures, easy to use, awesome vids for it's kind. Overall a winner.

This is a great overall camera for our family for a great deal. It is small, feels relatively sturdy compared to my previous cameras, and has all the basic feasture that I need in a camera. It also has good battery life, and you can easily purchase spare rechargeably batteries on Ebay. Since it has so many features, sometimes its difficult to get to what you want quickly, but I think Canon did the best they could.

The one feature that I was most pleased with was the video feature which was important to me because I have kids. It takes decent video even indoors at night when you just have regular lamp lighting. My previous camera - Kodak C743 - couldn't take a proper video unless you were in sunlight.

Videos are saved in AVI format, making them easier to edit instead of Quicktime on my old camera which was impossible to edit. You can also adjust if you want 15 or 30 fps and at high or low quality pixels. One thing to note is that if you record at 30 fps with high quality, then be prepared to need a lot of disk space. I normally record at 15 fps in low quality to save disk space and I think its good enough.

This is the best point-and-shoot camera which gives you picture quality as good as Digital SLRs. I have used many other camera's but never got the picture and video quality as good as this one.

Its has so many great features, including the color accent, color swap, black & white picture, and the time lapse movie mode which makes it the coolest camera ever.

Its is so easy to use that even an novice can take professional quality pictures in minutes. The battery never disappoints me and it lasts incredibly long, more than you would expect, keep surprising me all the times.

Read the other reviews for info about image quality and such. I am very satisfied with the photos that I have taken with my camera and I especially like the built in panorama mode which allows you to take a series of shots and stitch them together to create a panorama. However, I have had my camera for a little over a year and it has broken 4 times - 3 times the lens would not retract and once the lcd screen cracked. I have an extended warranty that covered all of these problems but each time it breaks, I have another 4 weeks without a camera because I have to ship it off.

for the sice the quality is great but the camera needs a little bit longer to be ready again than I was used to.
Also the small battery is holding up about 4 hours so you should buy a 2 one just in case.

This camera takes excellent pictures and has good battery life! I am going overseas to Bolivia soon, and it will serve my needs perfectly for documenting my adventure.

It does take the occasional blurry picture in dark lighting, but it's quality is still better than your average "point-and-shoot" camera. Unless you are willing to get something that is considerably larger and more manual, this is really pretty darn good.

Especially if you can get it "new (used)" from Amazon for under $200. Then I'd say the deal is incredible.

Advantages:
1. Small, Lightweight, Pocket Size
No excuse to not take it with you. Excellent for travel. Never miss a photo.

2. Excellent Picture Quality
High resolution; can crop image and maintain detail.

3. Real Image Viewfinder
Great for action shots e.g. panning kids sledding on a snow covered hill. Viewfinder is great for photographing in bright sunlight when the LCD is difficult to see. Camera is always more stable, less blur, when using viewfinder vs. LCD screen.

Must Have Accessories:
Buy a 2 or 4 GB SD card. Get a small, Samsonite zippered case ($ 8) to protect the camera while traveling with camera in your trouser or jacket pocket.

Features You Have to Learn to Use:

Auto setting for everyday photos

Night setting for flash photos of people in low light buildings. If not set to Night, the background is dark/black = high contrast. Setting to Night lightens the background scenery = better contrast

CM manual settings:
Set color to Positive Film for rich, saturated colors

Reduce exposure for sunsets

Portrait setting = soft effect for portraits

Photostitch = essential for pictures of landscapes, wide buildings, etc.

How to Zoom Beyond 3X Optical Zoom:
Don't use Digital Zoom. Turn it off on the menu unless you want crappy, low resolution photos. Instead, take very sharp, highest resolution photos. For outdoor photos in bright light, use CM manual setting with ISO set to 80, and SuperFine, Large files. This will produce the sharpest, highest resolution photo. The jpg file is larger and sharper than you'll ever need. Use software to "zoom" 2 or 3x by enlarging and cropping the photo. It's like having a camera with a 6X optical zoom lens.

Limitations:
1. The major limitation is low light photography. The camera sensor cannot collect enough light to take excellent pictures in low lighting such as in a cathedral. The high ISO settings produce poor quality, very grainy pictures. If you carry a tripod or monopod, you could overcome this limitation. But who does that with a pocket camera?

2) Flash is for relatively short distances, but it's good enough for family photos.

3) The wrist strap has hard plastic sections. The hard plastic can press against the LCD screen while the camera is in your pocket and permanently damage the screen.

4) There is NO pocket-sized (credit card sized) documentation listing all the menu options, at least the frequently used settings.

Conclusion:
Overall, it's an extremely powerful, low priced, extremely versatile camera packaged into a tiny, lightweight case. It takes great photos. You can't go wrong with this camera. A slightly better camera with Image Stabilization for better, hand held, low-light photos is the new Powershot SD1100. Image stabilization is a must have if you want to take photos in cathedrals, museums, etc. I bought the SD1100 for my wife.

Got the camera about a month ago, we have a larger Canon, I just wanted something pocket-sized to take pics of friends. So far, it's perfect! Easy to use, easy to carry, great pictures, definitely a good buy.

I bought this camera to replace another Canon that I owned that got destroyed when it got wet. That older digital took fabulous photos. This one takes horrible ones. They almost universally look grainy especially if using the flash or the zoom. If I could do it all over again, I would most definitely NOT get this camera. Thank goodness that I have a new Canon SLR as well. However, that one doesn't take pictures as well as the one I had before it either. Obviously, Canon's quality is going downhill - say downhill.

The camera is what I expected as far as taking pictures. I can say that my use is limited compared to some so I want the camera to be intuitive, easy to use, without having to remember a lot things. The menus are not the easiest to navigate. Maybe if you are used to this menu but my last camera was a powershot and I still can't find things that I'm looking for. My only other complaint is that the zoom feature should be much easier to access. Yes, it is in the normal spot on top but it is very flat and difficult to press to the right or left quickly.

Besides that, the pictures look very nice and it is very impressive in low light situations... at least in my opinion.

If you are looking for an easy to understand and operate camera, this is one. And pictures and video quality is very good in all modes. But follow the manual.

Nice Camera with nice quality photos. I would suggest getting some sort of screen protector... Its worth the few dollars to prevent scratches. There is also a way that you can add software and added features to the camera. I would suggest this product to anyone.

It's with me every where I go. Incredibly useful and great for capturing life's unexpected moments. It's by no means going to live up to more professional cameras, but as far as getting shots of my friends at a party or a great view is concerned it's tops.

Always with me in my bag or back pocket. Easy to navigate options as far as exposure/pixels/focus are concerned.

The only thing this camera isn't going to do for you is take super super detailed shots. If you're just looking for something to capture moments and great views, but don't want to worry about lugging around a huge item you're worried about breaking this is an amazing buy.

I recently purchased this camera after I dropped my other one and bent/broke the lense while extended. I'm a wildland firefighter and this thing lives in my pocket 24/7 while on fires. So it gets it's fair share of abuse and it takes it. I bought an Otter Box and with a small amount of added padding it protects it very well while not adding too much bulk. It takes great pictures for my intended purpose.

This is my third digital camera and by far the most compact and easiest to use of all my previous cameras -- including the point and shoot box cameras of my youth as well as more advanced SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses and the two earlier digital cameras. The instructions are detailed but understandable It actually does fit in a shirt pocket since it is no bigger than a deck of playing cards. I particularly like its battery pack with supplied charger.

I purchased this camera based on the positive reviews it and other similar Canons have received on this and many other websites, and because I have several friends who own either an SD1000 or SD750. We also use the SD750 at my office for structural inspections and it's a great camera. It's been several years since I've purchased a camera - our old Sony Cybershot has been a very good one, but at 3.2MP it's not going to cut it anymore. When it comes to electronics, I've always been a Sony person in the past, so I was a little skeptical at first. But the reviews don't lie, and this camera has lived up to it's good name thus far.

I'm not a photographer. I just want to be able to pick up a camera and take quality pictures of my family whenever it's convenient, and the SD1000 has been a great purchase. I had a hard time deciding between the SD750 and SD1000 - it looks like the only difference is the size of the LCD screen (the 750 has a 3" screen but no viewfinder, and is slightly larger overall)- but I went with the 1000 because I wanted a viewfinder. Our last camera's LCD screen cracked in the middle of a Disney World trip, but we were still able to take photos by looking through the viewfinder.

Overall, I highly reccomend this camera for anyone who wants to take great photos without a lot of fuss.

i own a more expensive, higher mp powershot which is fantastic. i bougth this one for my 15-year-old granddaughter who is a great photographer. she is in love with the camera, the quality of the photos, the size, the features - she just loves it! i was quite pleased with the price.

Item was delivered on time and camera is excellent. I would highly recommend the product.

I purchased this camera based on the positive reviews. After minimal use the lens cover became stuck. I examined it carefully for damage (none noted, not surprising given the camera was kept in the box most of the time) and packed it carefully and sent to Canon for warranty repair. They claimed I damaged the camera and refused to honor the warranty. I strongly believe Canon did not deal with me in good faith. I will not purchase Canon products in the future.

The SD 1000 is light enough to be carried for any occasion, plus durable to resist most bumps and shock, ( it can be dropped on concrete, and survive). The camera fits in most pockets for easy access. The picture quality is as good as other camera's in the $150-$180 price range. Plenty of features, fun to use. Good buy.

I bought this camera about a year ago. I live in the US in a very scenic area. I've used this camera for photographing people, wildlife, and scenery. Yesterday, I was out getting some area shots for a scrapbook I'm working on and as an aside played with some of the features I hadn't used much before.

Some wildlife showed up that I was able to get some great shots of, a great blue heron, a doe and her fawn, then the doe running when her baby went out of sight. I have so many pictures of the heron that I don't really need all of them which will make it difficult to decide how many and which ones to print.

I tend to use it mostly in auto mode but have begun to experiment. Yesterday I experimented with the mode which takes one photo right after another. It worked great and enabled me to photograph a man learning to hang glide as the parachute looking glider went from flat on the ground to airborn and the man going over the bluff to the field below.

My camera said there were 400 pictures on it yesterday when I downloaded the photos to my computer. Most of those were from yesterday. I had charged up the battery the other day and it died on me yesterday so I had to quit taking pictures. That's the first time I've had that happen. Before I've always charged it up when I figured it needed it. Unfortunately I didn't have a back up battery. I have 3 coming that I ordered today.

One thing I really like about this camera is that it takes SD memory which is widely available, available in a range of memory, and can often be found on sale at various stores. My other digital camera has memory that is brand specific.

This is my third digital camera. The first came free when we bought a printer. The second one was much nicer but this Canon camera is much more compact. I carry it around in my purse so I can take a photo at a moment's notice.

Within the last couple of weeks I've taken probably close to 1,000 photos. A lot of them are indeed junk shots but those are easily deleted. The camera gives options to select which photos you want to delete.
The only problem I've had with the camera is that it suddenly wouldn't download from the camera any more. I double and triple checked that everything was set up correctly. Fortunately we have a newer printer that I can load the SD card into and it sends the photos to the computer for me. I can also print right from the printer and bypass the computer entirely.

There are a lot of features the camera offers that I've not played with yet but the one I used a lot yesterday was the kids and pets mode. This mode is great for anything that moves. This is one of the modes that offers the continuous option which I used yesterday for photographing the wildlife and the paraglider student.

I'm a wanna be photographer with no formal training but have been blessed on many occasions such as yesterday to get some great shots even though I don't know as much as want to about shutter speeds, f/stops, and such.

i like the camera. takes good pictures when your outside. they rock. kinda takes a long to take the picture. i like all the different features that it has. i dont like the editing software that came with it for my mac. i also went to a concert and you had to be pretty close to get a good picture with the camera. but it really for the most part takes good pictures.

If you are thinking of buying this camera, don't. I've had it a year and keep getting "lens error restart camera" where the thing jams up. All you need to do is a google search to read all the negatives comments from owners.
Disappointing

The camera is good, but they charged me more the the street price. Also it was a gift and the price was displayed on it. I will deal with them in the future, but only if their price is conpetitive and mailed directly t6o me if it's a gift

We've had several small cameras, both cannon and sony. This one takes the consistently best pictures, is nice and small so you always have it with you, and everything works. I've had mine for over a year, and it has seen its share of abuse. I even dropped it off a 6' ladder climbing out of an attic - not a scatch or dent - amazing, yes it still works. I've had one error due to sand in the lens (use a case when sticking it in your pocket) but turned it off and on again, and everything worked fine since. The battery lasts a long time on one charge, and a 2-gig memory card is decent for quite a few pictures. It downloads fast to an xp computer with the supplied cable. All in all, I love this camera and would buy another one if I accidently dropped it in the lake or something like that.

If you buy this, make sure you get the following:
- huge SD card, 1 GB+ recommended
- carrying case or protective screen cover
- CHDK, modified firmware that enables additional camera features

This is a great little camera for travel, because it fits so nicely in a pocket, is easy to use, and takes decent pictures.

The size of the camera is comparable to a the size of a deck of cards. This is my first camera and I'm not to versed in the world of photography but this is definitely more than a point and shoot camera if you want it to be. If not, it definitely functions as one.
There are manual settings to play around with to capture the shot very similar to how you see it when you take the picture. It's a very nice camera, for a very reasonable price.

I bought this camera after reading several reviews on the amazon website. This camera has lived up to the great reviews given by alot of people. I will highlight the positives in this camera and they are:
1. Great point and shoot for beginners.
2. Fast booting of the camera to get that important moment shoot.
3. The size of the camera can easily fit in your t-shirt pocket.
4. Several features of this camera can make it a hit with your friends.

The negatives of this camera are:
1. The movie mode can produce high quality movies but it records in avi format which takes up massive amounts of storage.
2. The flash in this camera is excellent when shooting at a close distance at night but if the subject is a distance away, the shoot can be grainy.

I would wholeheartedly recommend this product to anyone considering a point and shoot camera - this camera blows me away. The picture quality is awesome and is an excellent value for the money. I just recently upgraded to the Canon Rebel XSI SLR but I am keeping this camera for those times you don't want to drag your SLR outfit with you. I wish I could share the pictures I was able to take with this camera with you, but you could always do a search on Flickr.

Pros:
- As automatic or manual as you want it to be,
outstanding macros,
- Great color,
- Kids and Pets mode great for action shots,
- Size - easily fits in your pocket,
- Takes awesome video as well,
- Color accent mode is an awesome affect that takes forever to do manually in photo editing software,
- Battery life is great - lasted from open to close at Disney World, averaging over 200 photos and videos per day,
- Considering how small the camera is, the LCD is great

Cons: No battery meter - really, no other con!

Excellent camera for the price, with great features and quality pictures. Also, the camera is light and very portable.

Lots of helpful reviews on this camera. This one replaced my sd200. Just have one problem, maybe someone can shed some light on a cure. When playback a movie there is a timer bar at the bottom of the movie which does not go away when playback on the camera or when transferring to DVD. This occupies about 1/4th of the screen. Have tried everything to get rid of it. Called the company, they said it was part of the camera, seemed surprised at the question.

On stills I can't get rid rid of the date/time on playback on the bottom of the picture either.

Kudo's to the person who can shed light on this -

I am a big fan of Canon cameras, however this time I was very disappointed. I read the reviews about this camera and I thought I will get another great Canon product. But after using it for several months now, I have to say, I am very, very disappointed with this camera. This camera is a great example that smaller is not necessarily better. Yes, this camera is small and handy, it is sturdy (I dropped it onto concrete floor, not a scratch) and it has great features. HOWEVER, the quality of the pictures is bad. The flash (because of the small size of the camera) is not strong enough, so your pictures are very dark. The pictures come out only have focused, especially the outer edges of the photos are always out of focus. The overall quality is just not what I expected. I had the Powershot 500 (Ixus 500) and it was a great camera with fantastic pictures. I will go out now and buy a new camera because this one is just not worth the money. I will shoot for the G9 or something like it. Is bigger but much better quality pictures.
My advise, don't go by the Megapixel, more is not always better. My old camera with 5MP was better than this one with 7.1MP.
PS: This camera does not support Remote shooting within your Canon Zoombrowser software.

Product came quickly from Amazon's source. Start-up time is excellent and the digital delay is minimal - these were KEY FEATURES I was looking for, as capturing my son's events and spontaneous shots was my purpose for purchase. Face recognition works best in bright/outdoor shots - less well at a distance/evening shots, but the colors, especially skin tones captured, are exellent. The pictures appear a bit 'soft', though easily sharpened w/ PHOTOSHOP. THERE IS NO IMAGE STABILIZATION on this model, but I did not plan to use telephoto much - CONSIDER THE MORE EXPENSIVE IS Elph models if this will be an issue; because of the small size, movement artifact CAN BLUR your shots and this is magnified as you use the TELEPHOTO ZOOM (esp since you dont control the shutter speed - see comment below).

The video capture was a great suprise - unlike my old Olympus digital, the VGA resolution is excellent and the limit of video capture time is LIMITED BY YOUR SD-card memory ONLY. ONE exceptionally small device, fitting in my shirt pocket, is now both my primary camera and reliable video!!

I use my Canon XT Rebel for more controlled shots and for 'artistic' input, as MANUAL CONTROLS on the SD 1000 are very limited. In MANUAL MODE you can set the ISO, but not f-stop nor shutter speed. But for a reliable and QUICK/RESPONSIVE 'point and shoot' pocket camera/video, the SD 1000 meets and exceeds all expectations I had for an 'under $200' price tag [I got it around $168 with FREE DELIVERY thru Amazon].

Have had it for about a month. Used it on trips, graduations, ect...I haven't even read the manual yet so I can't put any cons. Love it!