Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD
- 12.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality poster-size prints
- 3x optical zoom lens with Optical Image Stabilizer
- HD movie shooting capability plus HDMI output
- 2.5-inch widescreen PureColor LCD II screen; Face Detection
- Compatible with SD/SDHC, MMC/MMC Plus/HC MMC Plus (not included)
Product Description
It may be the slimmest Digital ELPH Canon has ever created, but the impact couldn’t be bigger. The PowerShot SD780 IS Digital ELPH captivates the senses with bold saturated colors and a daringly original design that matches the intensity of Canon’s most innovative camera technology. Even when picture-taking conditions seem pretty unforgiving, you’ve got Canon on your side. Plus, you’ve got an advanced DIGIC 4 Image Processor with evolved Face Detection Technology and the Face Detection Self-timer for extraordinary control and performance. This technology finds and tracks the faces of moving subjects until you’re ready to shoot, then delivers perfect focus. In addition, exposure, flash and white balance are compensated, so that faces exhibit natural skin tones and backgrounds are properly exposed. The camera also makes it easy to enjoy HD movies (and still photos) in beautiful high definition (1280 x 720 pixels) on your HDTV with a mini-HDMI connector for direct connection to a high-definition monitor. You’ll enjoy the HD experience with no degradation of image or audio in the signal, plus the ability to display up to 130 still images at once. So the shots you used to miss are the images you’ll now be sharing, and the movies you never took before will be HD unforgettable. Focal Length - 5.9-17.9mm f/3.2-5.8 (35mm film equivalent - 33-100mm) LCD Monitor - 2.5-inch TFT color LCD widescreen with wide viewing angle, Approx. 230,000 pixels ISO Sensitivity - Auto, ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600 equivalent Continuous Shooting - Approx. 0.8 fps Compression Mode - Still Image - Exif 2.2 (JPEG); Movie - MOV (H.264) Storage Media - SD/SDHC Memory Card, Multimedia Card, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card Number of Recording Pixels - Still Image - up to 4000 x 3000 (Large); Movie - High Definition - up to 1280 x 720 (30 fps) Video Output - NTSC/PAL Dimensions - 3.43 (W) x 2.15 (H) x 0.72 (D) Weight -
…but it’s pathetically small for everyone else. I don’t own this camera, but after trying it out in several stores, I found its buttons are just about too small to be usable. Just take that for what it’s worth ahead of time
Rating: 2 / 5
Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD
Before this camera I had owned only sony cameras,thus I am comparing to them.
The first thing that bothered me about this camera is how slow the operations is. Let me explain:
Let’s imagine I have it in my pocket and I walk down the street and I see something interesting I want to take a picture of? With Sony T20 I reach into my pocket and by the time I get it to my eye level I have already slid the cover turning the camera on and it’s fully operational, I am ready to take a picture.If I need to use the zoom,it’s fast and responsive.
With canon: I reach into my pocket, I have to look at the camera to find the power button which is not raised and is also the same color as the rest of the background. 2-3 sec later I locate the button and now I need to press with my nail on it to turn it on. Very hard to do because it’s also very small! Now I have to wait another 2-3 seconds for the thing to boot up. Then I have to wait for it to focus another 1-2 sec, the it tries to detect the scene ( I always leave my cameras in auto mode in case I need to take a picture fast and I have no time to play with settings). Scene detection doesn’t work on this camera very well,so it will take another 2-3 sec until it just decides to switch back to auto mode.
If you need to use zoom, after each zoom adjustment it needs to start the whole focusing and scene detection again. So on average it might take you around 15 sec to take a shot!
Yesterday, I was walking in the park and this amazingly hot girl ran by me in booty shorts. Naturally I wanted to snap a picture of that. By the time I got the cam to be operational she was getting further away from. I decided to use zoom ( which is only 3x) but the camera could not focus on her body as she was running away from me. And that’s when I decided to return this camera!
The intelligent scene detection is a joke! I took about 200 pictures in different environments and it almost never detected the right scene. I only see it detecting macro consistently but it also detects macro when you try to take a picture thru the window glass. Of course you get a picture of the glass and not of what’s outside. I took pictures inside my room using different lighting,outside also with different lighting conditions, the intelligent scene detection does more harm than good. I’ll never forget how my camera decided to use flash on a bright sunny day when I was taking a pictures of the mountains miles away! wow!
One of selling points of this cam was HD video. It looks good if there’s enough lighting,but under any other conditions it’s grainy with way more noise that any sony camera has. If you don’t have a mac computer you will most likely not be able to play videos anyway. My pc computer which has no problem playing latest 3d games like “Crisis” and also having an ATI HD video card could not handle the video from this camera. I don’t understand why would Canon decided to use Apples MOV format? Basically if you have a PC, you are not going to able to edit or even play videos.
The zoom on this camera is really slow too. The lag is about a second between you pressing on the lever and anything happening,then of course the cam needs another 2 seconds to focus. Whe it does start to move it moves way too fast,so you have to go back and forth before finding the right setting. Forget about taking pictures fast when you need it.
Also the optical zoom is disabled when shooting movies, and if you use digital…hm..let’s just say the tiny 12 mega pixel sensor is not going to perform well. Just use your cell phone camera and you probably going to get a better picture!
After about two weeks, the lsd screen started losing pixels, so about 25 of them are gone already.
To sum it up:
extremely slow,
hard to operate
forget about movies unless you got a mac comp.
zoom is slow
the intelligent scene detection doesn’t work at all!
noise in pictures and movies
lcd failed before 30 days.
ask me questions, I’ll keep it until next Monday when my new Sony t90 comes in.
Rating: 2 / 5
Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD
I bought this camera from best buy on sale. I did a few days of research and was leaning toward the sony t500. Then I saw this canon on sale so I picked it up. I am now returning it because the video quality is really quite terrible. There is noise all over it! Even on a bright sunny day outside, you could still see noticeable noise in the video. Also, beware the HD video. I had seen online where some people warned that it takes a lot of cpu to edit it. Well my pc couldn’t even play back the video file without it being choppy. And I have a very nice pc! Just keep that in mind. I do have to say the camera itself looks very cool and the menu system is very intuitive. But looks can be deceiving.=)
Rating: 3 / 5
Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD
Have had this camera over a week. Took many very good pictures. Took a lot of video. The pictures were easy to view after up loading with Zoom Browser EX (supplied). However, cannot view the video because the SD780is only produces MOV files. Canon recommends using Quicktime ONLY! Programs we use on our WINDOWS PC, do not support MOV files.
So, if you own a MAC this a great camera. If you own a Windows PC don’t waste you money!
Rating: 2 / 5
Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD
Unfortunately, I ordered my camera from this seller and it never arrived! I usually have nothing but trust for most of the sellers on Amazon, but this one is not worth the risk. Now I have to go through the trouble of getting my money back… so I have no idea how good this camera is. Happy camera hunting!
Rating: 1 / 5
Canon PowerShot SD780IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD