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Top Canon Powershot SD630 Camera Reviews
Digital Trends wrote a review of the
Canon Powershot SD630 and said: "I really enjoyed shooting with
the Canon SD 630 Digital ELPH. It takes very nice photos with colors
that are spot on. The compact camera feels right and can be easily
carried for the spur of the moment snapshots. It’s designed for the
point-and-shoot crowd or someone who just wants a shade more options
in their photographic arsenal. Anyone who wants to adjust the
aperture or shutter speed should look elsewhere."
Cnet wrote a review of the
Canon Powershot SD630 and said: "The Canon PowerShot SD630 is an
extremely solid ultracompact, with performance and photo quality
that more than make up for its few design flaws. It's a surprisingly
good shooter, and its feature set makes it quite flexible for a
camera of its size. That said, it's basically a more expensive
version of the PowerShot SD600 with a larger screen and no optical
viewfinder. If you're willing to give up the big LCD, the SD600
would be a more economical choice."
Canon Powershot SD630 News Release Summary:
The PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH camera maintains the classic
trim, thin, linear design aesthetic that is the line's hallmark.
Despite a body thickness of less than an inch, the PowerShot
SD630 Digital ELPH camera accommodates a retractable 3x optical
zoom with an equivalent 35mm focal length of 35-105mm.
The PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH camera features an ultra large
3.0-inch wide viewing angle type 173,000-pixel LCD screen with
adjustments for 15 levels of brightness. What's more, the camera
also features an innovative new touch control dial—similar to
those found on many popular MP3 players—that allows users to
easily scroll through captured images or change the camera's
menu settings. In order to accommodate the larger LCD screen,
the PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH camera does not include a
real-image optical viewfinder, which Canon offers on most other
Digital ELPH models.
The PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH camera will be available in
April for an estimated selling price of $399.99.
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 21, 2006—Canon once again ups the
ante on performance and persona with three scintillatingly
stylish and photographically powerful new Digital ELPH cameras.
The new six-megapixel PowerShot SD700 IS, PowerShot SD630, and
PowerShot SD600 Digital ELPH cameras maintain the petite profile
that has characterized the line since its inception while adding
big new features designed to make these the boldest and easiest
to use Digital ELPH cameras to date.
With these new Digital ELPH cameras, we once again confirm the
adage that great things come in small packages, and from these
great things come great pictures. It is truly a gift that keeps
on giving," stated Yukiaki Hashimoto, senior vice president and
general manager of the Consumer Imaging Group at Canon U.S.A.,
Inc. "We recognize that if we continue to make digital cameras
easy to use, easy to take along, and attractive enough to fit in
wherever one goes, people will carry them as a matter of course
and chronicle their daily lives for fun, whim, and whimsy and
not simply for the momentous occasions that occur."
Featured enhancements on all three of these new Digital ELPH
cameras include Canon's newly designed six-megapixel image
sensor that together with Canon's proprietary DIGIC II image
processor helps to dramatically reduce "noise" for better image
quality and achieves ISO equivalent speed ratings ranging from
80 to 800. This increased sensitivity allows the use of faster
shutter speeds, thereby reducing the effects of camera shake and
subject blur during hand-held photography in low light.
Light weight and feature packed, these three fashionable Digital
ELPH models are easily slipped into a pocket or nestled in a
purse making them the quintessential go-anywhere cameras.
Despite their diminutive dimensions1, these new Digital ELPH
models all feature large, easy-to-read 173,000-pixel LCD screens
ranging in size from 2.5 inches to three inches.
DIGIC II Image Processing Technology—Hi-Speed USB 2.0
True to the PowerShot tradition, the new Digital ELPH cameras
have many of the latest advances in Canon technology including
the proprietary DIGIC II imaging processor. The processor
enhances picture definition, vibrancy, and quality, while
helping increase the speed of the cameras' startup, autofocus,
shutter response, playback, and image processing speed while
reducing power consumption by 35 percent compared to the
original DIGIC chip. Consumers benefit from accelerated image
transfer speed (when used with a USB 2.0 compatible computer,
printer, or other peripheral), thanks to the inclusion of a
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. The USB 2.0 port is backwards compatible
(at no increased speed) with computers featuring standard USB
1.1 connections.
New Features and Special Effects
All of the new models offer a new widescreen 16:9 ratio
resolution setting that facilitates creating panoramic-style
prints. Additionally, all new PowerShot models support 23
languages (now including Thai and Arabic). The new cameras have
an improved direct printing function that permits greater
flexibility in print settings, including a face brightener
setting for backlit photos.
Canon also enhanced the "My Colors" mode found in the new
PowerShot line. Where previously, users could only enable "My
Colors" while shooting, the current iteration permits captured
images to be retouched as well, without the need for special
software applications or tools. Available "My Color" playback
modes include Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, and Vivid Red; lighter
and darker skin tones, as well as options for creating black and
white, sepia, neutral and positive film effects. A color accent
setting turns all colors but the one selected by the user to
monochrome and the color swap mode enables users to alter
specific colors in an image by sampling another color from the
same image or any other image on the camera's memory card. So,
"My Colors" provides PowerShot users with an incredible range of
creative photo effects that can be accessed directly in the
camera with no need for post-processing in a computer.
Underwater Adventures ELPH-Style
For those who consider the ocean depths part of the Digital Elph
camera line's go-anywhere promise, Canon offers individual
optional waterproof housing systems. With a depth rating of
40m/130 feet for the PowerShot SD700 IS Digital ELPH, the
PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH and the PowerShot SD600 Digital
ELPH cameras, these models are a natural choice for underwater
photo enthusiasts, SCUBA divers and even snorkelers.
Direct Print
Like all PowerShot digital cameras, these new Digital ELPHs work
seamlessly with Canon's petite SELPHY Compact Photo Printers—an
essential PowerShot accessory. Consumers simply connect their
PowerShot digital camera to a SELPHY printer—such as the SELPHY
CP510 and CP710 models. Press the lighted Print/Share button,
and within seconds3, images emerge. Presto! It is that simple.
Canon's SELPHY Compact Photo Printers are PictBridge compatible.
They work with PictBridge enabled digital cameras and offer
excellent image quality and ease-of-use, especially when paired
with a Canon digital camera. At 28 cents per print4, printing
photos directly from a digital camera is both easy and
affordable.
Canon will debut the new line up of PowerShot Digital ELPH
cameras in its booth (#3509) during the Photo Marketers
Association (PMA) exhibit in Orlando, Fla., from February
26-March 1, 2006.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and
industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of
Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is rated #35 on
the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company
Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent holder of technology,
ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues
of $31.8 billion. For more information, visit
www.usa.canon.com.
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