Customer Reviews
Excellent Camera 
2008-09-30
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.
Wonderful Little Beauty 2008-09-29
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!
Just what I wanted & needed in a camera 2008-09-18
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!
Love it 
2008-09-15
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!
best camera for a great price 2008-09-11
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!
cute size, bad canon quality 
2008-09-03
Chic, simple. Canon looked to the very first ELPH for inspiration when designing the PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH, and came up with a quintessential iteration of the icon: slim, clean-lined and fully flat. Inside, the SD1000 Digital ELPH looks only to the future: 7.1 Megapixels, a 3x optical zoom and advanced DIGIC III ensure top-quality images, while focus is fast and sharp and red-eye is automatically corrected. The large and more colorful LCD screen now has a tough, anti-reflective coating that makes it as durable as it is beautiful. Shutter Speed - 15-1/1500 sec.; Long Shutter operates with noise reduction when manually set at 1.3-15 sec. Metering - Evaluative, Center-weighted average, Spot; Control to incorporate facial brightness in Face Detection Shooting Modes menu - Auto, Camera M, Portrait, Special Scene (Foliage, Snow, Beach, Fireworks, Aquarium, Underwater, Indoor, Kids & Pets), Night Snapshot, Color Accent, Color Swap, Digital Macro, Stitch Assist, Movie Image Files - Still Image - EXIF 2.2 JPEG / Movie - AVI (Image - Motion JPEG; Audio - WAVE (Monaural) Selectable image resolutions - Still Image - 640 x 480 (Small), 1,600 x 1,200 (Medium 3), 2,048 x 1,536 (Medium 2), 2,592 x 1,944 (Medium 1), 3,072 x 2,304 (Large), 3,072 x 1,728 (Widescreen); Movie - 640 x 480 / 320 x 240 (30 fps/15 fps) available up to 4GB, 320 x 240 (1 min. at 60 fps), 160 x 120 (3 min. at 15 fps), 640 x 480 (2 hrs. at 0.5 fps/1 fps. Playback at 15 fps) Play modes - Still Image - Single, Magnification (approx. 2x-10x), Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotate, Resume, My Category, Histogram, Index (9 thumbnails), Sound Memos, Sound Recorder, Slide Show, Red-eye Correction; Movie - Normal Playback, Special Playback, Auto Rotate, Resume Video output is NTSC and PAL compatible Has USB 2.0 port for image transfer to PC or Mac Unit Dimensions WHD - 3.38 x 2.11 x 0.76 in. / 85.9 x 53.5 x 19.4mm; Weight - About 4.41 oz. / 125g
Great for concert video 2008-09-01
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.
Best in it class. 2008-08-31
Small, comfortable, great pictures, easy to use, awesome vids for it's kind. Overall a winner.
Essential Camera 2008-08-28
I love this camera because it's so small that I can take it anywhere, even in a very small purse or even a clutch. I've had it for just under a year and have yet to experience a problem. It's lightweight and sleek and comes packed with different modes and functions. The only thing I can say about this camera that bothers me is that it takes a bit of fiddling for it to capture dark skin tones indoors without the aid of flash. The 'dark skin' setting actually hasn't been a help. But otherwise, this camera is ace. It takes beautiful pictures outside and does well in low light/mood lighting.
The video it captures is very utilitarian but it has colour modes and sound which is really all that a very point-and-shoot camera needs.
Best parts: comes with battery and charger (no fussing with AAAs), very streamlined and compact, many functions, great colours
Cons: some adjusting needed for darker skin, if viewfinder gets dusty it stays dusty (on the inside!)
Great Camera, video feature is the best 2008-08-26
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.
