Canon Powershot SD700 IS-IXUS 800 IS
Canon’s SD700 IS is the replacement for the SD500 and SD550 digital cameras released last year. The SD700 IS or Ixus 800 IS is the first of the Powershot SD series to incorporate image stabilization into the camera housing.
The SD700 IS retains the new curvier housing style introduced in the SD500 but cuts the resolution down to 6 megapixels. While the new housings are more stylish they are larger overall than the boxier but more compact design of the SD450 type style.
Some key points of this camera:
- 4x zoom
- 2.5” LCD
- first Powershot compact camera with image stabilization
- ISO 800 speed 16:9 wide screen photos
The new widescreen recording mode (2816 x 1584 recording pixels) captures still images at 16:9 format – designed for viewing images on widescreen television or printing wide photos with a SELPHY CP series Compact Photo Printer. Canon did not extend this feature to the SD700 IS’s movie mode, probably not to take away from their digital video camera business.
DPreview’s full review of the Canon Powershot SD700 IS / IXUS 800 IS concludes:
“Whereas virtually ever other Ixus/ELPH camera I’ve reviewed over the last few years has failed, in some way, to produce…
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