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Canon PowerShot SD960IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch LCD (Silver)
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| 12.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints |
| 4x optical zoom; 28mm wide-angle lens |
| HD movie shooting capability plus HDMI output |
| 2.8-inch widescreen PureColor LCD II screen |
| Compatible with SD/SDHC, MMC/MMC Plus/HC MMC Plus (not included) |
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Customers Reviews
2009-11-10
Very good purchase
I did not buy this from amazon, but made the decision to buy the camera based on amazon reviews.
So far so good. I think it is a very good buy which suits all my purpose. HD Video, High resoloution images, decent zooming and a compact camera which i can carry.
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2009-11-10
It's kinda slippery
I'm not a camera expert. This camera works great. It's just a little hard to hold on to.
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2009-11-05
Awesome camera!
I was looking for a nice point and shoot camera and I believe I have found it. The pictures are amazing. They are extremely clear and the colors are vibrant-- not like my old Sony Cybershot (though it was kind of old) where the picture colors were dull. I think everything about this camera makes it a really good quality point and shoot, but I've heard others say that it isn't a "professional" camera, which is true. If you're a family-photo taking person like me, you'll love this. The only con about this camera is that I think the controls and menu take some getting used to-- definitely not as user-friendly as my old Cybershot.
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2009-10-21
You may want to get the SD980 instead
I bought this from Amazon. The day after I ordered it, Amazon sent me an email about the SD980, which was just about to come out. I would have rather had the SD980. It is the same size, but it has a 5X zoom, a bigger LCD and a touch screen. You can see the reviews. Some people love, but others say there are problems with it.
ABOUT THE SD960:
I bought it because it has a wide angle lens (28 mm equivelant). It is great for the pictures I take. I don't know why everyone is wrapped up in zooms. Most of the pictures I take are either sight seeing pictures or group pictures. You need a wide angle lens for that.
It also has a panoramic or wide screen mode. The standard picture aspect ratio is 4:3. You can put this camera in wide screen mode and get a 9:16 aspect ratio, similar to a wide screen TV.
But, the wide screen picture is not 12 MP. It is something like 10 MP. To get widescreen, the camera just cuts off the top and bottom of the picture and then widens it. It is similar to digital zoom, in that you can basically do the same thing with your computer. But, it is convenient to have the camera do it for you.
This camera has a ton of features. The menus are a little different than older Canon models, so that takes getting used to. I don't like how difficult it is to change between the wide screen and normal aspect ratio modes. It would be nice if you could do that in one click.
I like the picture quality. I think it is as good or better than any other the other compact Canon cameras I have had. It takes fairly good pictures at night, unless it is really dark and the object is far away.
The LCD is 2.8", but that is misleading. Since it is a wide screen, if you are viewing pictures of a normal aspect ratio, the viewable area is only about 2.4" or less.
The only other problem is that in video mode, the zoom doesn't work. This is an issue with a number of Canon cameras. I don't know why.
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2009-10-11
Terrible face recognition = useless camera
Had an SD880IS for a year and was really happy with it, unfortunately I lost it in a trip. Canon released the SD960IS in the meantime so I bought it thinking HD video will be an added plus. BIG MISTAKE! This camera has a major flaw: face recognition does not work well in 80% of pictures. It only works on less than 6ft if sun hits directly on the face and if the subject does not wear glasses, sunglasses or a hat. If face recognition does not detect the face, it will not meter the exposure correctly thus it will not trigger the flash when needed and/or not focus on the subject and you will end up with dark faces, overexposed pictures and out of focus subjects. Now, I did try to overcome this by using the few manual controls available with not much luck. My 5 yr old Canon S70 is much much better in this respect. It is very interesting that face recognition on a $150 Sony DSC-W220 my girlfriend has performs flawlessly and not just with one subject in the picture but even with 5-6. Now, I would not recommend the Sony for other reasons (no wide angle, very noisy, etc) but come on Canon, you cannot release a $330 (at the time of purchase) camera with such poor facial recognition in 2009. SD880IS wasn't perfect when it comes to facial recognition but unlike the SD960 it worked really well in 90% of cases and that's good enough for me. There are other things that I don't like about the SD960 such as the cumbersome menu (worse than the 880), a tendency to use macro mode in Auto mode when shooting scenery, unable to use the flash in auto mode, etc, but no camera is perfect and I wouldn't consider them a big issue. This camera is going to craigslist or ebay soon at a $150 loss after only 4 months.
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Product Details
Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Canon
Color: Silver
EAN: 0013803108989
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Has Red Eye Reduction: 1
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Label: Canon
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Model: SD960IS Silver
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Special Features: nv:Sensor^12.1 Megapixel|Size^1/2.3-inch|Image Resolution^1600 x 1200|Image Resolution^640 x 480|Image Resolution^2592 x 1944|Image Resolution^3264 x 2448|Image Resolution^4000 x 3000|Movie Resolution^320 x 240|Movie Resolution^640 x 480|Movie Resolution^1280 x 720|Storage Media^MultiMediaCard|Storage Media^HC MMC Plus Card|Storage Media^SD/SDHC Memory Card|Storage Media^MMC Plus Card|Optical Zoom^4x|Digital Zoom^4x|Combined Zoom^16X|Focal Length^F= 5.0-20.0mm f/2.8-5.8
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