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Summary: It's a RIP OFF!
Review: Buy Canon SD100 Elph instead and save $50. This is basically the same camera as SD 100 and Canon simply threw in a couple more softwares (which you don't really need) and by changing the body color to white silver, they jacked up the price $50 more. O, yea, and then they named it SD110. How awful is that?! I will get SD100 and use $50 for another SD memory card.
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Summary: Best of the ultracompacts as of March 2004
Review: Compared to Nikon Coolpix 3200, Minolta Dimage series, untested new models from Fuji. Budget = $(price).At $(price), the closest competitors were the larger 4-AA battery A series from Canon and two models from Sony: one old, one new. I was leaning toward Sony until I priced their memory. The SD110 had everything I wanted: steel body, small size, fairly affordable media, optical zoom, video w/sound, TV out. Why four stars and not five? Two reasons: SD memory is expensive compared to CompactFlash and the battery is proprietary (not purchasable at a corner store). Why not the S400? It was fourty dollars more and thus over budget. I figure last year's top-quality camera is still okay. SD is still cheaper than Sony Memory Stick and smaller. Price 'em out and you'll see any benefits from Sony are dampened by high memory costs. Further, MMC cards will fit in the SD110 and work fine, so if you see a closeout on MMC 128 MB (the largest size in MMC) you're free to buy that too. And generic batteries on Ebay are plenty cheap. This camera rules for so many reasons. Read the S100's review at Cnet.com and add the new printer standards like PictBridge. UPDATE: I bought the Canon i560 PictBridge-compatible printer and tried the technology for the first time. Results? Eh, middlin'. I didn't have the opportunity to edit the picture or change the advanced printer settings. Today, it's easier to put the image on your PC and print from there. However, in the future, I could see PictBridge becoming a retail kiosk standard, where you could print pictures by plugging in your camera. This beats plugging in your memory card to the Sam's Club computer, because such cards could easily contain virus proggies, which I bet companies have developed PictBridge to help avoid...
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Summary: Very Nice Indeed
Review: I got this camera a week ago and I can find nothing to complain about. It's quick, takes great pictures, small but sturdy, bright vivid LCD, with a great battery, charger and print functionality. The only minor issue is the 16M card in a 3.2 MP camera. But, a 16M card is still about standard for any company so no marks off here.
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Summary: SD100 + PictBridge
Review: I've chose this camera over Pentax Optio S4, Minolta Xg, and I've tried SD100 as well. Both Minolta and Pentax had better specs (x3 Zoom, 4Mp), however SD110 ends up making better pictures, and with no effort what so ever. It is, probably, one of the easiest cameras to use. Automatic settings work perfect in almost all the cases. If you'd want to get comparable picture quality from other cameras you'll have to fiddle with manual controls for a few minutes, otherwise you get 4Mp worth of crap (and with high zoom factor as well). Manual mode is rather simple, although lets you take good night shots (up to 15 sec. exposures). Macro mode is not as great as in other cameras, though. Start up time is fast enough. Zoom is fast and very easy to control. Other controls are also well placed. One feature I particularly like is that it has separate "Func" and "Menu" buttons. "Menu" has basic camera settings, which are not used very often, and the "Func" menu contains all the picture settings, such as exposure compensation, ISO mode, compression quality, resolution, etc. It makes it much easier to find and change the settings you really need. The only thing I find inconvenient is the lack of a separate "quick view" button. It is necessary to use the mode selector instead. Movie mode could be better too. Zoom and exposure are fixed the same moment you start shooting, so you do not have the same flexibility as a regular video camera (or Minolta Xg) has. At 640x480 resolution, max you can get is 30 sec at 15 fps, which makes this mode pretty much useless. The 320x240 mode is more practical in this sense. And the in-camera movie editing can help save some storage space when you need it. As for the lens, you do get some purple fringing in rare cases. Vignetting is lower than in other ultra-compacts. Auto focus and resolution are also pretty good compared to the competition. I guess Canon decided to go a different way than the competition. They traded off zoom ratio instead of picture quality for the compactness. To put it all together. If you want fast and easy to use point-and-shoot camera that takes great pictures as well, there is nothing better to choose from. Even considering all its weak points, it is still the best camera there is in its market segment. I regret that I didn't get an SD100 for $60 less, though. Since I print all my pictures at Costco anyways, and do not need the stupid PictBridge button.
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Summary: Smallest of the Canon cameras delivers in every way!
Review: I've had this camera for just over a month now and I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am with it. But I'm gonna try. From my understanding, Canon went with the SD format on this camera to cut down on its body size, and it shows. Stylish and sturdy without the bulkiness and weight of other cameras, you can literally throw it in your pocket or purse and go. Usability on this little number is top-notch. The AiAf focusing helps to ensure that you get the best photos every time, and the red eye reduction is on par with some of the best consumer cameras I've seen. Best of all, it's easy to use for anybody to use (my kid brother loves it more than I do), but when you're ready for something more, the camera's Manual Mode gives you a bevvy of options to work with. The battery seems to go as long as you do (though I recommend buying an extra battery to be on the safe side), and how Canon managed to pack 3.2 MP's worth of quality into the SD110 is beyond me. Setup on my computer was a snap. Running Mac OS 10.3, all I did was plug my camera in and voila, the camera was recognized immediately! I haven't tried the included software but if you have Apple's iPhoto you really don't need it. In addition to an extra battery (the batteries on this camera are rechargeable, by the way), you would be wise to purchase a bigger memory card as the included 16MB SD card simply doesn't do it justice. With a 256MB SD card (I've been using Delkin's eFilm card), I can fit 152 photos at the camera's highest quality and size settings. In short, if what you're looking for is a no-nonsense camera for those precious moments that treads the balance of form and function, look no further than the SD110.
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Summary: Excellent Still Picture Quality !
Review: If you just need a digital camera to take pictures in the sun light, you can almost pick any digital camera. But if you want your camera to take great pictures under all different light conditions (i.e. in door, with dark background, wedding photos and other complex light situations), then Canon SD110 will be the only choice. Thanks to Canon DIGIC Image Processor and iSAPS Technology, this Canon SD110 really takes perfect pictures in all different light conditions, which no compact digital camera from other vender can match. However the Canon case for SD110 is very dispointing, which is really designed for the bigger S500/S410 and is too big for SD110/SD100. I found the most beautiful, perfect fitting leather case for Canon SD110/SD100 from http://stores.ebay.com/ProCases
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Summary: Great inexpensive digital camera for simple pont and click
Review: Let's be serious. Most people aren't going to need that $2000 digital SLR camera with the 15X opitical zoom that looks like it'd be really cool to carry around and make everyone else very jealous of you. If you're looking for a great camera that you can carry around in your front pocket and not have people laugh at the bulge, then the SD110 is great. It's got just enough for you to have great photos of the people you care about without having to worry about things like shutter speed and ruining the moment. Best of all, it's inexpensive. I just got mine delivered last week and would definitely buy it again. One thing that is a must is buying at least a 64mb SD card; the 16 mb card that comes with the camera is pathetically small and will force you to have to keep running back to the computer all the time. Other than that, it's a great buy. Especially at amazon's price.
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Summary: Fun Little Camera
Review: So today is my third day with my SD110, and I've been having a great time with it. So here is a neat pros and cons list: pros:
size- It's small, which is convienient.
nice outdoor shots- Every shot I've taken outside has turned out very beautiful. I took it out to a nearby garden and took pics of the flowers. The colors are vivid.
video with sound- Well, a lot of cameras offer video with sound, but I really like this feature. It's really fun taking random clips of thing.
easy to use- I read most of the manual because I'm a real dork about that kind of stuff, but most of the things I could have figured out on my own.
battery life- so far, so good. I've been liberal with the number of photos I take to get a feel for how long the battery will last. I've taken about 60-70 photos, not to mention a number of movie clips, which add up to about 10 or so minutes. Not to mention all the time spent playing around with the menus (yeah, switching to foreign languages is fun!). So I might be near the end of the battery soon...maybe tomorrow...
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indoor shots- It's kind of difficult getting an indoor shot that I like, especially at night. The flash seems a little too strong and a lot of things in the foreground end up looking all over-lit and such. Although, I'm not a very experienced photographer and I'm still working out all the different functions so perhaps as I get more practice these will turn out better.
battery- After taking a lot of photos in a row, the battery pack starts to get kinda hot...and it's at the spot where you hold the camera, too. I vaguely remember the manual saying something about being careful about that. Also, the battery takes a long time to charge, so that isn't fun if you're wanting to take pictures. not sure whether it's pro or con: zoom- The zoom on this camera is not very strong. That was my biggest argument against buying this camera, since I'm kinda crazy about zoom when I use my film camera. However, I found the zoom to be adequate for the types of photos I take (snapshots of friends, etc)...not as much as I'd like, but also I don't feel like I'm missing out, though. All in all, I think if you're just a casual photographer, this camera is pretty good. After looking at so many cameras before finally buying this one, I came to realize that what mattered the most is your intended use for the camera. So buying a 5.0 MP or higher camera just b/c there's more pixels is not going to do you much good if you never make huge prints of your photos. If you just want something that can take some decent pictures of the school picnic or your dog and is easy to carry, SD110 might be the right camera for you.
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Summary: LISTEN TO THIS....... GET THE CAMERA!
Review: The Canon Powershot SD110 is the most practical, compact, easy to use digital camera. Yes, it's expensive and I do recommend an extra 256 SD card, but the money is all worth it. I just bought the camera a few weeks ago, and the reviews for the SD100 are basically the reviews for this one. None of the bad things that they say about the camera are true exept I do recommend an extra battery. The battery takes 95 minutes to charge and the manual says it can take over 210 images with the screen. If, however, your battery is running low, it will give you a 10 second warning. Not much... The SD100 and the SD110 are just about the same camera but the SD110 has a much faster shutter speed and has a print button which I find no use of. The quality of the pictures of this camera are absoulutely beautiful. The camera has settings of normal (1 mp), fine (2 mp), and superfine (3 mp) (I think). I took pictures in fine mode and they were the most beautiful pictures I've ever seen! The superfine mode pictures were even better. The inside shots are sweet! People lie about the quality of the pictures indoors. Why sit here and read my review about the camera..... GO BUY IT, YOU WILL ABSOULUTELY REGRET IT IF YOU DON'T!
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Summary: Just an SD100 with "pictbridge"
Review: The SD110 is identical to the older SD100 model in every aspect, both technical specs and picture quality, except the SD110 model comes with the new PictBridge button, which gives you one-button printing to PictBridge-compatible photo printers. It's convenient if you never post-process your digital images, but I think most of us do perform some kind of enhancements like contrast adjustment and cropping. So it's better if you get the SD100 model for a lot less. I don't like the 2x optical zoom. Everyone else is doing 3x, why is Canon still giving us 2x on ultra-compacts?
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