Canon SD1100IS
I’ve been using a Canon Powershot I2 IS for the full three years now. Very good digital camera with a great 12X zoom. Yet, I preferred a digital camera to carry in my pocket. Numerus times I just didn’t feel like dragging a large camera with me to parties or events. Canon 1100IS fills the bill. I now carry it everywhere.
The pictures it produces are astonishing. The 8 megapixels and 3X zoom produces a picture that you can crop to the point that you get almost the same picture as you would get with the 5 megapixels 12X zoom lense. The film feature is great too, even better than the I2 IS.
Canon SD1100IS camera feels wonderful in your hand with a solid, superior feeling. If you have used Canon cameras before the menus are very intuitive. I would not have purchased this camera (or any camera for that matter) if it did not have the Picture Stabilization feature. This is particularly a must as you get older.
We did close-up pictures on flowers and even hair and eyelashes and it’s magnificent what resolution we had with the camera and with much clearness. The camera is easy to use and is little smooth and compact. I got the one in brown color and it looks special and sohpisticated without looking too overly girly or masculine. Sound quality through the video recording was clear and pictures were nice and vivid and not at all pixelated.
By the way there is an advantage to the Brown color: If you get to use the optical view finder outside, the camera itself makes minimal glare for you eye to see more clearly through the small opening. The color also makes the LCD playback pop. And as a bonus, it actually makes the camera a luxury feel, you have to see it in person to appreciate the color.
I recently took it to a monthly card party and everyone went wild over it. So much so that one individual sat right down at the computer and ordered one!
If you want a sub-compact, little camera that makes fantastic pictures, I extremely recommend the Canon SD1100IS. Definitely a good purchase and well worth the money.