Canon Powershot A1000 IS
Sometimes you may wish to find that middle category camera. You're beyond beginner but shy of the all out professional. The Canon PowerShot A100 IS fits into this category. It uses the Digic III image processor, a 4.x optical zoom, face detection automation, and can soar to ISO 1600. This puppy packs a lot of wallop!
You can customize the camera and customize the images. These cameras come in different two-tone colors to match your wardrobe. They come with optical image stabilizer that will keep your subjects clear and focused. Camera shake can lead to out of focus pictures and the stabilizer's technology will compensate to rid your image of the blurriness. The stabilizer will also assist with pictures taken at dusk, indoors without a flash or when you use the zoom function without a tripod. It will optically counter movement and vibration, as well as image degradation.
The Digic Image Processor enhances the quality of your picture so that you can produce portraits up to 13x19 with ease. The dots will not become too large, and detail will not be lost. Noise reduction is offered for higher the ISO speeds to compensate so that colors and subjects remain true. Automation key to this purchase. iSAPS (Intelligent Scene Analysis) technology allows for autofocus, auto exposure auto white balance. The whole scene within the viewfinder is analyzed and, with no effort from the photographer, adjusted for precision and clarity that rivals the human eye. Face Detection technology will check your images for movement, illuminate the subject and the background when necessary, base the flash exposure on the location of your subject in the image, and provide true-to-life skin tones while keeping the white balance intact. Pixels can be compensated for with the Intelligent Contrast Correction so that dark areas are lightened and the areas that are too bright are adjusted so that there is no burn out.
The LCD displays vivid color displays with a scratch resistant surface. Resolution and contrast are also viewable from any angle. You can view single images or images as a slideshow on the A1000 with one hundred percent coverage. Shooting modes encompass automatic, nigh snapshots, landscapes, portraits, kids and pets or sunsets. Simply select what type of scene you have in front of you and let the camera do the rest! The lens lets the photographer take pictures from a normal distance to within inches. The built in flash uses Evaluative controls with the metering frame a fixed center. Are you tired of ending up with alien red eye? This camera has red-eye reduction to adjust the image for human features.
Accessories available for the A1000 IS include battery packs, high power flashes, battery chargers, tripods, carrying cases, SDHC memory cards, SD memory cards and accessory kits, as well.
Reviews are a consistent five out of five stars. Most people have fallen in love with the easiness and excellent image quality and conclude that the battery has a very good life. PC Magazine, October 2008, voted the A1000 Editor's Choice. So, for that step up from a point-and-shoot, the Canon A1000 IS is the right bet!