Canon powershot SD700 Review

Yesterday,I bought canon powershot for my sister and she has been extremely happy with it. It's actually quite expensive but worth the price.So I will introduct the camera.

The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS is compact, though slightly larger than the other two models. Still, it's the right size to slip into a jacket or a loose pants pocket. At 6.8 ounces, it's a bit heavy for its small size, giving it a nice, solid feel.

The PowerShot SD700 has an average bundle. Inside the box, you'll find:

The 6.0 effective Megapixel Canon PowerShot SD700 IS Digital ELPH camera

16MB Secure Digital card

NB-5L lithium-ion battery

Battery charger

Wrist strap

USB cable

A/V cable

CD-ROM featuring Canon Digital Camera Solutions, ArcSoft PhotoStudio, and drivers

24 page basic manual + 137 page advanced manual (both printed)

Canon includes a 16MB memory card along with the SD700, which is pretty small for a 6MP camera (holding just four photos at the highest quality setting). That means that you'll need to buy a memory card, which drives up the initial purchase price of the camera a bit. Like the other cameras in the SD series, the SD700 uses Secure Digital memory cards, and I'd suggest a 512MB card as a good starter size. The camera takes advantage of high speed memory cards, so it's worth spending the extra bucks for one of those.

While the "old" SD550 had decent battery life compared to the other Digital ELPHs, it was a bit lacking compared to the competition, so Canon came up with a new, more powerful battery. This new battery, known as the canon NB-5L, packs 4.1 Wh of energy, up about 40% from the SD550's NB-3L battery.

The main camera controls rest in a four-way-plus-OK pad, while menu, print, and display buttons sit next to the LCD screen. You change the flash, timer, macro, and ISO sensitivity settings directly through the control pad, while more technical settings such as exposure compensation, white balance, and color adjustment are accessed via the function menu. The buttons are round and responsive, and they feel comfortable even under large thumbs. My only real quibble with the SD700's control layout is the tiny, finicky power button, which is wedged in an uncomfortable position just above the LCD screen and to the right of the viewfinder.

The SD700 IS's quick and responsive performance hits the right note. A shutter lag of 0.5 second in bright light and 0.8 second in dim light are about average for an ultracompact, but its 1.5-second time to first shot and 1.6-second shot-to-shot time definitely rise above the crowd. Even with the onboard flash enabled, shot-to-shot time rose to only 1.9 seconds. And it keeps up the pace in continuous-shooting mode--about 2.1fps in burst mode for an effectively unlimited number of shots.

The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS is a very strong, compact digital camera that produces great pictures. Its price is a bit high compared to that of its little brothers, the SD600 and SD630, but its great image stabilization and subsequent blur-free photos are worth the extra few quid.

I hope you can love the Powershot SD700 digital camera with high quality NB-5L battery ,Great performance and pictures; effective image stabilization; attractive, comfortable design.