For the past few months I have been desperately needing a new digital camera. My old Samsung is two years old and the lens and features were just no longer cutting it for me with all the digital photography and videotography I have been into lately supporting my blogs. So, one of the gifts I asked for this Christmas was a new digital camera. Now, not just any digital camera of course, but the Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital Elph that I have been wanting and talking about for the past few months! I debated for a long time over the color I wanted and finally deciding on ‘Gold Tone’ highlighted the item on my Christmas list. Of course Santa, aka Mom, delivered!
So, lets talk about this great little camera, shall we? It is the 8.0 mega pixel model, which I know isn’t the latest technology necessarily since 10.0 mega pixels is in right now, but it really is all I need mega pixel wise, so there was no reason to buy more than I will ever need. So, other features that I find very useful/necessary. The video capabilities of this camera are spectacular. I have been taking videos almost everyday since Christmas and I am constantly impressed with the resolution and sound quality! Expect many, many more videos from me in the near future! The camera has a great image stabilizer as well that was a feature my last camera was completely missing. I hate it when you have a great scene in front of you, but your camera can’t quit seem to focus the shot and you loose out on capturing a great moment, but this camera is totally reliable when it comes to getting the shot the first time! Next, the face sensing technology is phenomenal! Whenever a person in the shot moves, the camera tracks the movement so that it can properly focus. This feature obviously comes in handy with pets and small children– both of which I frequently photograph! Final feature I am going to cover is the automatic image direction sensor that my last camera lacked. I love how I no longer have to worry about rotating my portrait images once I have downloaded them on my computer– the camera does it for me!
So, overall, I am totally pleased with my camera selection and how well this new little shiny gadget is working for me! I am expecting to put together some great home movies with it, so keep an eye out for those!