Jia once mentioned that i will write a review of her new camera on my blog, a long, long time ago.
I never had the chance or time to do so.
After the chaotic days of assignments and exams, i can finally sit down now and write this long ignored, yet not forgotten review.
The Canon Powershot SD750
The specification of the camera is as follows:
Resolution : 7.1 Megapixels
Sensor Resolution : 7.1 Megapixels
Sensor Type : CCD
Light Sensitivity : ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO auto
Optical Zoom : 3x
Digital Zoom : 4x
Before i start the review, i must clarify that i have very little exposure towards the usage of a digital camera ever since my old kodak 5 megapixel (or was it 4?) camera, which was just a simple point-and-shoot with no whatsoever fancy features for me to play with (either that or i didnt discover any). Thus, things that i find interesting in this camera might have already appeared in others.
Physical Appearance
The first digital camera i had was a big, bulky, first-generation Casio digital camera. I dun remember much about it, only that the pictures taken are exremely blurred and i told myself that this technology is useless. Its not like that anymore at this era of digicam.
The front view is simple, consisting the lens and the flash, with quite a simple yet elegant labelling of the brand and model number of the camera.
The Front View
A closer look at the camera front shows an obvious feature missing from the camera: a pathfinder. Remember those little, small windows we squint our eyes to look through to see what are we taking? Those has been elimanated from this digicam.
Not a big hoo-haa thing to be complained though, coz whats the usage of it when you have a big, clear 3-inch LCD at the back of the camera?
The Back View
The LCD took up most of the back of the camera. This is one of the rare feature u can find in a point-and-shoot camera, as most LCDs uses only a 2.5-inch LCD. The rest of the spaces are taken up by buttons and a scroll wheel that is necessary to function the camera.
Looking at the top of the camera, there are only 4 switches to be seen: the on/off button, the take photo button, the zoom in/out switch, and the mode switch,
The Top View
From the bottom, there is only the battery and memory card compartment and a hole to be screwed on a tripod.
The Bottom View View
On the left side of the camera, there is...wellzz...nothing, except for a kinda-spiral-shaped-holes which i think where all the "beep-beep" and "ka-cha" sounds come from.
The Left-Side View View
The right side of the camera consist of only a hole to tie the string (or whatever weight u wanna put on the camera) and the connectors of the camera, covered by a protective cap.
The Right-Side View View
Connectivity
As following universal standards, this camera connects to the computer using the USB port.
AV OUT and DIGITAL ports
There is also an AV OUT port to be connected to the TV to view the photos and videos in the camera on TV, which is quite a common feature in most of the digicam.
Battery and Memory
Both battery and memory are covered by a metal protective cap.
The Battery and Memory Card
The battery can last a good amount of time, approximately 2-3 days taking a total of approximately 350-400 pictures (we on it to take a picture, then we off it, then on it again when we need to take a picture). However, one flaw with this camera is that there is no indication of how much battery life is left, until the very end when the camera is dying only it will have a red battery icon flashing.
The Battery
It will be good to purchase an extra battery as the battery is needed to be taken out to be charged. Thus, if you have only one battery, the camera will not be able to be used when the battery is being charged. And no, it cant be charged using the USB cable connected to the computer. Somehow, even though many handphones have already adapted this technology, digicam hasnt. Maybe its due to the amount of power needed to charge the camera.
The memory card that comes with the camera is only a 32MB SD Memory Card. However, Jia's sis bought her a 2GB memory card, which, in a way its a convinience as she never needs to delete any picture from the camera. The capacity of a 2GB memory card is approximately 1000 photos. Good enough for us casual camera users =P.
The 2GB SD Memory Card
Functionality
Start-up time of the camera is fast, i mean, real fast. Some old digicams take it's own sweet time to start up by first displaying a 3 seconds animation, then play a short theme. But Canon decided that its too much of a hassle for us consumers to wait for such a long time just to start up (which is true), thus, as for this camera, it takes a total of less than 1 second from the moment the power on button is pressed to the camera ready to be used. Same goes to shutting off the camera. Bravo, finally something that is designed for convinience instead of looks.
As i said, digicams that i used does not consist of much features. Thus, the discovery of many features in this camera does amazed me. One of it is called the Stitch Assist. What it does is it allows you to take a stretch of object by helping you match up pictures by pictures.
Take it
As seen in the picture above, you first take a picture from the beginning point, then just connect to the next scene, and take again, and repeat till you are satisfied =).
Connect it
Cool eh? A software is provided by Canon as well to later upload the pics into the comp to be "stitched" together. The picture below is what sticthed photo of the construction outside my house, used a total of 3 photos:
See the Rainbow? [Click Picture to Enlarge]
An attempt to capture a whole rainbow, which, kinda succeeded =P.
Other functions are also included in the camera like the different modes of Beach, Night, Underwater, Snow, Indoor, etc, and you are able to manually adjust the ISO settings for your own desired light sensitivity.
Another cool function it has is called Color Accent. Basically what happens is that you are able to filter out all other colors except for one selected color. Ive seen these stuff on a SLR camera before, but not in a point-and-shoot. Check out the images below:
Green [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Red [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Purple [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Orange [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Considering this camera being a normal point-and-shoot, i would say that it is a pretty well feature-packed cameras and provides quite a reasonable flexibility for self customization. More pictures below, all taken with the resolution of 3072x2304 in auto mode, if not stated otherwise:
Sun in the City [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Buildings [Click Picture to Enlarge]
State Library [Click Picture to Enlarge]
The Famous Shot in Melbourne Central [Click Picture to Enlarge]
The City [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Sandringham Beach, using Beach Mode[Click Picture to Enlarge]
Sun Rise, with Normal ISO [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Sun Rise, with High ISO [Click Picture to Enlarge]
The Sky [Click Picture to Enlarge]
Thats all...hopefully i will have a chance in the future to get my hands on to a SLR camera and try it out...or even better, to own one. =P
Updates (2 Feb 2008): The equivalent model sold in Malaysia is actually the IXUS 75, as the model reviewed here is actually from the US. =)
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