I just got myself a new toy! Yay for me! My wallets been crying a lot lately though. We haven’t got along that well. He says I’ve been spending way too much and I blame Derek.
Anyway, I’ve been due another digital camera for awhile. I’ve had the Canon PowerShot S400 since sophomore year of college and it has all in all done extremely well. It wasn’t until a year ago when it started having problems and began corrupting my compact flash memory cards. I actually lost a Kingston 1GB CF memory card to it and have been using my spare Viking 1GB memory card ever since. I can’t even view or format the Kingston card on a USB memory card reader. And once in awhile, my camera would say: memory card error. I did however figure out what to do in that situation. All I have to do is turn my camera off and pound on it a few times, and then turn it back on. *Poof* memory card error gone!
So when Derek showed me the deal last week where the Canon PowerShot SD1000 was on sale for $150, I had to jump.
The feature set is rather good:
- Slim, stylish 7.1 Megapixel Digital ELPH with 3x Optical Zoom lens
- Chic modern minimalism in the ELPH’s classic Box & Circle design in two color variations to suit your personal style
- DIGIC III Image Processor with improved Face Detection Technology and Red-eye Correction for sharper images and improved functionality
- Vivid, high-resolution 2.5-inch PureColor LCD with scratch-resistant anti-reflection coating for easy on-camera viewing
- ISO 1600 and High ISO Auto to reduce image blur and expand low-light shooting capability
- Five movie modes including 30 fps VGA, Time Lapse and Fast Frame Rate
- Print/Share Button for easy direct printing and downloading, plus ID Photo Print and Movie Print with select PIXMA Photo Printers, CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers
They’ve also messed up the naming of the cameras. You’d think that SD1000 is better than the SD900 which should be better than the SD800, but the fact of the matter is, the PowerShot SD1000 is the same as the PowerShot SD800IS in every aspect besides the fact that the SD800 has IS (image stabilization). On the other hand, the PowerShot SD900 is a 10.0MP camera compared to 7.1MP which the SD1000 and SD800 have.
So I got my digital camera today and haven’t had much time to play with it yet, but it’s so sexy and thin:
Their packaging wasn’t as cool as my 3rd gen iPod, but still rather neat. Unfortunately it didn’t come with a case, so it looks like I’ll have to splurge some more on something like this: Canon PSC-1000 Deluxe Grey Leather Case for the Canon SD1000 Digital Camera
Using my new Samsung SGH-t519, I took some pictures comparing my old camera (Canon PowerShot S400) with my new camera (Canon PowerShot SD1000). The camera phone’s photo quality wasn’t that good, plus it wasn’t taking in good light condition, so please ignore the fuzziness due to my shaking hands.
The PowerShot SD1000 only came with a 32MB SD memory card, which I’ll probably never use. I took out the SD card from my phone and will be using it in my digital camera until I find a good deal for a replacement SD card.
I also found my old PowerShot S400 retail box. It even still has an unopened 32MB CF memory card in it. Haha.