Reviews of the Canon PowerShot SD790 IS
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CNET Review
The Good: Great photo quality; interesting design.
The Bad: Mixed performance; no optical zoom in movie mode.
The Bottom Line: For most people, the excellent photo quality of the Canon PowerShot SD790 IS will more than make up for any slight performance deficiencies or minor shortcomings.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 76/100 and users 86/100. Comparing these reviews to 349901 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 98/100 = Excellent.
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No Rating
ephotozine.com
Review Summary: The Canon IXUS 90 IS a stylish digital camera that should fit quite easily into a pocket. It has 10 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom lens and a large 3 inch LCD screen.
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neocamera.com
Review Summary: The Canon Powershot SD790 IS finds itself among a too crowded market of ultra-compact digital cameras which produce better images than this one. It seems like in its quest for producing a tiny low-cost digital camera, Canon compromised too much on image q
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itp.net
Review Summary: If you can deal with the camera's wheel and can stomach its price, the IXUS is one of the top performers here in terms of photo quality.
Manufacturer: Canon USA
Part number: 2554B001
General
- Product Type Digital camera - Compact
- Weight 5.5 oz
- Width 3.6 in
- Depth 0.8 in
- Height 2.2 in
Main Features
- Resolution 10 megapixels
- Image stabilizer feature Optical stabilization helps prevent blurry pictures, especially for handheld cameras at slow shutter speeds or when using high optical zoom.
- Sensor resolution 10 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Effective Sensor Resolution 10,000,000 pixels
- Total Pixels 10,300,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.3 in
- Light Sensitivity ISO 200, ISO 800, ISO auto, ISO 400, ISO 80, ISO 3200 (2Mpix), ISO 1600, ISO 100
- Digital Zoom 4 x
- Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
- Shooting Programs Aquarium, Digital macro, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, High sensitivity, Sunset, Beach, Portrait mode, Night snapshot, Kids & pets, Underwater, Stitch assist, Indoor
- Special effects Color Accent, Color Swap
- Max Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 15 sec
- Exposure Metering Center-weighted, Evaluative, Spot
- Exposure Modes Automatic, Program
- Exposure Compensation ?2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- White Balance Custom, Automatic, Presets
- White Balance Presets Tungsten light, Fluorescent, Cloudy, Daylight
- Digital video format MJPEG, AVI
- Still Image Format JPEG
- Continuous Shooting Speed 1.4 frames per second
- Color support Color
- Image Stabilizer Optical
- Face Detection Yes
- TV Tuner None
- Video Capture AVI - 320 x 240, AVI - 640 x 480, AVI - 160 x 120
Memory / Storage
- Flash Memory 32 MB Flash - SD Memory Card
- Floppy Drive None
- Image Storage JPEG 3648 x 2048, JPEG 640 x 480, JPEG 2272 x 1704, JPEG 2816 x 2112, JPEG 1600 x 1200, JPEG 3648 x 2736
- Flash memory 32 MB - SD Memory Card
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - 6.2 mm - 18.6 mm - F/2.8-4.9
- Focal Length 6.2 mm - 18.6 mm
- Lens Manufacturer Canon
Additional Features
- Self Timer Yes
- Self Timer Delay 10 sec, 2 sec
- Additional Features USB 2.0 compatibility, Highlight point display, DPOF support, Face detection, Automatic face tracking technology, Audio recording, PictBridge support, AE lock, Digital noise reduction, FE lock, AF lock, Resizing an image, Direct print, Motion sensor, Exif Print support, Digital image rotation, Camera orientation detection, In-camera red-eye fix, In-camera movie editing, Date/time stamp, Histogram display
Camera Flash
- Effective Flash Range 1 ft - 11.5 ft
- Type Built-in flash
- Flash Modes Flash OFF mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Auto mode, Red-eye reduction
- Red Eye Reduction Yes
- Effective flash range 1 ft - 11.5 ft
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in - Color
- Mounting Built-in
- Resolution 230,000 pixels
Digital Player (Recorder)
- Type None
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
- Technology Electret condenser
- Mode Mono
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x USB
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Lens Systems
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Type Zoom lens
- Focal length 6.2 mm - 18.6 mm
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 35 - 105 mm
- Focus adjustment Automatic
- Auto Focus Points (Zones) 9
- Min Focus Range 11.8 in
- Macro Focus Range 3-50cm
- Lens Aperture F/2.8-4.9
- Optical Zoom 3 x
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Features UA lens, Built-in lens shield
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included USB cable, 1, 1 x A/V cable
- Included Accessories Wrist strap
- Min Operating Temperature 32 ?F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 ?F
Power
- Power Device Battery charger - External
System Requirements for PC Connection
- Operating system MS Windows Vista, MS Windows 2000 SP4 or later, MS Windows XP SP2, Apple Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.4
- Peripherals USB port, CD-ROM drive
Battery
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1120 mAh ( Included )
Software
- Type Canon ZoomBrowser EX, Drivers & Utilities, Canon ImageBrowser
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