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36 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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33 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Trendy
Compact design
Wide viewing angle on the LCD screen
High quality 4x optical zoom lens
Effective image stabilization system
Fast burst mode with serious endurance
Jump feature makes navigating large memory cards simple
Cool My Colors modes
Excellent low-light performer
Very effective built-in Image Stabilizer with three modes
Low noise at high ISOs -- 400 & 800
Stylish new tri-colored design
Vibrant
Appealing color
Good skin tones
Fast start-up and virtually no shutter lag if you pr...
Good resolution
Excellent edge-to-edge sharpness
4x zoom range
Very clean results at lower ISO settings
Perfectly usable up to ISO 400
Reliable exposure system
Very fast and accurate focus
Very responsive
Excellent user interface
Easy to use
Ima...
Great performance and pictures
Effective image stabilization
Attractive
Comfortable design.
Excellent image quality
Optical stabilizer
High quality lens
Excellent metering
Excellent colour rendition
Capable of long exposures
High quality construction
Image stabilization seems effective
Focuses swiftly
The editors didn't like
Poor placement of the viewfinder and flash
Inaccurate viewfinder
Substandard LCD screen resolution
Can’t delete lots of pictures without deleting them all
Expensive price tag for a 6MP camera
Small plastic mode dial turns raggedly
Difficult to quickly access special scene modes
16
9 widescreen mode is for still images only
Not movies
Very inaccurate optical viewfinder with just 80% coverage
No dedicated...
AiAF focus a bit unpredictable - turn it off
Battery life when using LCD not fantastic
Very little manual control
ISO 800 noisy (low noise reduction means there is detail
However)
Finish very susceptible to marks and scratches
Still no exposure info...
No aperture-priority or shutter-priority modes
Awkward optical viewfinder and power button.
Flash a bit weak
Noisy above 400 ISO
Mode Dial easily rotated out of position
No indication of precise ISO used in the EXIF data of images captured using Auto or High ISO
Abstract: Canon PowerShot SD700 IS Digital Camera Resources The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS is a compact 6-megapixel digital camera, with a 2.5 inch color LCD, image stabilization, and a 4x Optical Zoom lens built into a sleek, tri-color body. Canon PowerShot SD700...
Abstract: The Canon Powershot SD700 IS almost turns in an excellent performance for an ultra-compact cameras. It does produce well-focused images with accurate exposure, low image noise and good color but its ultra-compact lens lets it down with the usual corne...
Easy to use, reliable, fast in operation – and delivering pictures that, for the most part, require little if any post processing – the Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS suggests itself as one of the better (perhaps even one of the best) compromises b...
Abstract: A popular saying is that great things come in small packages, this certainly seems to be true in the case of the Canon IXUS 800IS digital camera.
With several trade shows to attend each year, a couple of my colleagues ended up with the SD700 IS. They don't like to carry large cameras, but were getting increasingly disappointed with the images from their older, slim cameras that didn't do well ...
Good resolution, excellent edge-to-edge sharpness, 4x zoom range, Very clean results at lower ISO settings, perfectly usable up to ISO 400, Reliable exposure system, Very fast and accurate focus, Very responsive, Excellent user interface, easy to use, Ima...
AiAF focus a bit unpredictable - turn it off, Battery life when using LCD not fantastic, Very little manual control, ISO 800 noisy (low noise reduction means there is detail, however), Finish very susceptible to marks and scratches, Still no exposure info...
Whereas virtually ever other Ixus/ELPH camera Ive reviewed over the last few years has failed, in some way, to produce image quality that quite lived up to the promise of such attractive and luxurious external design and construction, the SD 700 IS r...
Excellent low-light performer
Very effective built-in Image Stabilizer with three modes
Low noise at high ISOs -- 400 & 800
Stylish new tri-colored design
Vibrant, appealing color
Good skin tones
Fast start-up and virtually no shutter lag if you pr...
Expensive price tag for a 6MP camera
Small plastic mode dial turns raggedly
Difficult to quickly access special scene modes
16:9 widescreen mode is for still images only, not movies
Very inaccurate optical viewfinder with just 80% coverage
No dedicated...
Though its a pricey little camera, the 6-megapixel Canon PowerShot SD700 IS offers some great tools for improving your photos that go beyond megapixels. In particular, the camera might change how consumers think about taking low-light photos. Instead ...
Abstract: The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS Digital ELPH ($499) isnt just another ultra-compact camera: it also features a 4X zoom lens (versus the 3X models usually found on such cameras) and an optical image stabilization system (which will give you sharper ...
