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Canon just updated its Digital Elph line of point-and-shoot digital cameras with the SD750 ($350) and SD1000 ($300), both set to ship in March. They're both offered in the original stainless steel but now also are available in this two-tone black and silver motif that Canon has dreamed up. Both cameras have a 3x optical zoom lens, as well as a 7.1-megapixel CCD with Canon's updated Digic III image processor with face detection and noise reduction technology.
What's the diff between these two shooters?
Even though it's like solving a puzzle trying to find out when reading Canon's bullshit press release (go ahead and try it, it's linked below), essentially when you pay an extra 50 bucks for the SD750, you get a 3-inch LCD viewfinder instead of the SD1000's 2.5-inch LCD. The SD750 has a touch control dial on the rear panel making it a bit easier to use, while the cheaper SD1000 stays with the old-style function setting button. Too bad neither of them has image stabilization, but that's just a 3x zoom so maybe it won't be too hard to hold 'em still enough.
Anyway, we like Canon's Digital Elves and have been using them for years, and these look like a couple of good entry-level additions to the compact line with their updated image processor and neato styling.
Press Release [Canon USA, Inc.]
Comments
I bought an Elph SD10 when they first came out. It stopped working within a year. I contacted tech support and they said it would cost me $200 for them to take a look at it. I only paid $250 for it new so basically I would be paying for the camera twice. I'll never buy a Cannon product again.
I'm guessing there's a size difference as well... sd1000 looks more svelte.
And the SD1000 looks like it's got the manual viewfinder while the SD750's larger screen doesn't leave room for one.
And these two models are cheaper than the SD900, which is a good $100-150 more for the full 10 megapixel option.
Why can't they just make their numbering system more consistent? And the black and silver looks crappy.
Seem to be replacements for the SD630 (750) and the SD600 (1000). Digic III and another megapixel seems to be the main differences between the new models and their older counterparts.
I have to say the SD1000 looks nice...I love the old squarish "box and circle" design that Canon seemed to be getting away from on recent models. I traded up from an SD400 to an SD700is, but still can't get past the roundish curves and lopsided design of my new cam.
The 750: I hate that they've switched to a vertical sliding switch for the camera mode. Too easy to bump it with your thumb when you are taking a shot. They should have left this as a horizontal slide switch at the top, where it's out of the way and would not be bumped in a way to change its function.
Nothing special to make me want to upgrade from a SD630. Also, I don't like the black/silver styling.
The difference in thickness between the two is .2mm. So nothing to talk about.
"Both cameras have a 3x optical zoom lens, as well as a 7.1-megapixel CCD with Canon's updated Digic III image processor with face detection and noise reduction technology."
IIRC, Canon uses CMOS technology instead of CCD technology.
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