Canon PowerShot SD500
Canon announced a yet curvier, range-topping seven megapixel PowerShot SD500 (IXUS 700). The ‘perpertual curve’ is apparently designed to push compact camera design into new territories, Canon says. The SD500 is 8% lighter than its predecessor and features a new mode dial on the back of the camera rather than a switch. While the size of the viewfinder has been decreased there’s a 2-inch LCD with QuickBright function, which maximises the brightness of the LCD for improved visibility outdoors. Other new features include the ability to zoom during movie capture and a new ‘hold’ function, which allows you to view images for longer immediately after they have been shot (also seen on the SD400). The SD500 is expected to be realeased March 05 and priced around (approx $650).
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there are a few features I find annoying. I’m by no means an expert, I’m just a mom who wants to capture shots of her kids. The red-eye reduction on this camera is worthless, IMO. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong, but I have a red-head and in every flash photo, he looks like Satan’s Spawn with glowing red eyes =( The red-eye problem isn’t as bad in my other kids luckily.
The focus is weird. You have these green boxes that show on the LCD to show where the main focus is. Unfortunately for me, it always wants to pick something way in the background so I have to refocus the camera… even more unfortunate, a wiggly kid has usually moved and I’ve lost the shot. I was very disappointed when we returned home from vacation and all my shots of the Air and Space museum were out of focus because the camera focused on somthing 500 yards away =( Again, this problem may be due to operator error.
Overall though, the quality of the pictures is amazing. I’m very happy with the camera overall, I just wish I knew how to fix some of the annoyances and learn how to use the camera to it’s potential.