Canon PowerShot SD750 7.1MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Silver)
Manufacturer Description
Canon’s iconic Elph design achieves a stunning new evolution with the PowerShot SD750 Digital Elph. Utterly simple edge lines and cut surfaces gleam subtly with high-grade finishes; now offered in a choice of silver or black and silver. Of course, style means little without substance, and here the SD750 Digital Elph more than delivers. 7.1 megapixels and DIGIC III create magnificent images, while exciting advanced technologies include Face Detection, Red-eye Correction, and time lapse movies. Always sized to go, the SD750 Digital Elph is now extra-durable, with a tough scratch-resistant coating on its anti-reflective, brilliantly colorful 3.0-inch LCD screen.
PowerShot SD750 Highlights
Stylish 7.1-megapixel Digital Elph with 3x optical zoom Certainly the PowerShot SD750 Digital Elph’s design credentials and high-profile beauty are impossible to ignore. But a quick look beyond the iconic design reveals a camera seriously equipped for high-end performance.
The 7.1-megapixel CCD captures an extraordinary level of detail. Enlarge and crop as far as your vision takes you - you’ll have all the detail you need for sharp, rich prints.
The camera’s genuine Canon 3x optical zoom lens gives you all the benefits of Canon’s legendary optics technologies along with the power to zoom in close. Expect clear, brilliant shots all through the zoom range.
1x zoom/3x zoom
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Canon resumes its position at the top of all camera manufacturers. Their design, performance, and quality is hard to match. Now onto the camera:
I have shot around 4-5 Gigs worth of photos in various settings, so I have a good idea of what this camera has to offer. The features itself within the camera are excellent. Aside from increased megapixels, it’s not much different than the SD700 except for some odd reason, Canon decided to opt out of the IS (Image Stabilization) feature. I almost gave it 4 stars based solely on that aspect. But other than that, the camera is brilliant.
For portraits and close-ups, the Face Detection feature is phenomenal which is a reflection of the new DIGIC III technology. The camera will lock in on the human face or multiple faces (I’ve locked in up to 
and keep it in focus no matter where you move or pan the camera. And if you’re shooting indoors or in low-light, the ISO can be set as high as 1600 so you have a lot of Flash Exposure control if you don’t like that spotlight look when using the flash. There is also an Auto ISO setting which gives the user a lot of range to shoot. It will determine proper ISO setting and shutter speed and also will predict camera shake resulting in less blurry pictures. I guess this makes up for not having IS. 
If you are a novice photographer and don’t like to mess with ISO, aperture settings, and shutter speed variations this camera will fit your needs just fine. It has 17 shooting modes including “scene” modes for the different settings you may be shooting in such as the beach, fireworks, snow, portraits, night, etc. Fully automatic so any beginner can pick up this camera and shoot like a pro.
The most popular feature has to be the 3″ LCD screen. It’s ginormous. But in order to get that big of a screen on such a compact camera, Canon forgoes the optical viewfinder. So if you’re a viewfinder shooter, then you may not like the fact you are limited to just the LCD screen for image framing.
One shortcoming of the camera is that it still has a weak zoom. 3X optical is nothing and so the zoom feature is pretty much non-existent.
The movie features on the camera are awesome. i like the Time Lapse movies where you can record time lapse of up to 2 hours and condense it into a 4 or 8 minute movie. So if you want to make that cool “cloud moving” effect or the “budding flower” you can accomplish that with this camera. The video resolution is excellent and has a VGA frame rate of 30fps.
Overall, the camera satisfies all users with being simple enough to use for beginners and also boasting features a professional can appreciate. It also looks bitchin and has a two tone effect that people admire. The corners are intelligently rounded so it slips easily in and out of any pocket you may want to put it in.
