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The Canon Powershot SD850 IS is an 8.0 megapixel camera featuring 4x optical zoom and Image Stabilization. For processing power, the SD850 has the Canon DIGIC III image processor. Additional features include Face Detection technology, in-camera red-eye removal, a 2.5" LCD display, and a new Creative Light Effect special scene mode that can alter the shape of background bright spots - into hearts, stars and the like - when shooting a night scene.
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The Canon HR10 HD is a very compact camcorder that combines AVCHD DVD format with a Full HD 1920 x 1080 CMOS (1/2.7-inch) image sensor. To aid with high quality recording the HR10 has Canon's Instant AF System and Super Range Optical Image stabilization. Additional features include 10x optical zoom, the DIGIC DV II HD Image Processor, 2.7-inch widescreen LCD display, and the option of capturing 3.1 megapixel images to a miniSD card (2-megapixel in dual record mode).
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The Canon Powershot S5 IS is an 8-megapixel camera with a 1/2.5" CCD. Onboard the camera is the DIGIC III image processor, a 12x optical zoom lens, an image stabilization system, and a 2.5" Vari-Angle LCD display. It has 22 shooting modes from fully automatic to fully manual, 4 movie modes, in-camera red-eye correction, and face-detection technology. It is aimed at active family photographers and discerning photo hobbyists.
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The EOS 30D model builds upon the virtues that made the EOS 20D Digital SLR the number one camera in its class virtually from day one, including Canon's proprietary 8.2-megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor, powerful DIGIC II Imaging processor, fast five fps shooting capability and field-tested tough construction. This new EOS 30D Digital SLR takes professional photographers even closer to the upper reaches of Canon's pro digital SLR line, incorporating input from users and features and innovations from the EOS 5D and even the EOS-1D Mark II N Digital SLRs, at a fraction of their respective prices.
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Light weight and feature packed, these three fashionable Digital ELPH models are easily slipped into a pocket or nestled in a purse making them the quintessential go-anywhere cameras. Despite their diminutive dimensions1, these new Digital ELPH models all feature large, easy-to-read 173,000-pixel LCD screens ranging in size from 2.5 inches to three inches.
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The PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH camera maintains the classic trim, thin, linear design aesthetic that is the line's hallmark. Despite a body thickness of less than an inch, the PowerShot SD630 Digital ELPH camera accommodates a retractable 3x optical zoom with an equivalent 35mm focal length of 35-105mm.
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Even the entry-level four-megapixel PowerShot A430 model offers higher resolution and a longer optical zoom among its feature enhancements. Indeed, though the PowerShot A430 digital camera replaces last year's entry-level 3.2 megapixel PowerShot A410 camera, the new A430 model's features most closely compare with the mid-tier PowerShot A520 digital camera, America's best selling model in 20051.
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Photo quality was also very good. The PowerShot took well-exposed photos with Canon's signature smoothness. Purple fringing levels were low for an ultra zoom camera, and noise was well-controlled, even at ISO 200. The ISO 400 setting is still very usable, though at ISO 800 you'll probably want to clean things up a bit using noise reduction software. Redeye was a problem, unfortunately.
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Among the featured enhancements on the PowerShot A540 and A700 digital cameras is a newly designed six-megapixel image sensor that together with Canon's proprietary DIGIC II image processor helps to dramatically reduce "noise" for better image quality and achieves ISO equivalent speed ratings ranging from 80 to 800. This increased sensitivity allows the use of faster shutter speeds, thereby reducing the effects of camera shake and subject blur during hand-held photography in low light.
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Photo quality similar on both cameras -- very good. The A630 and A640 took well-exposed photos with accurate colors, pleasing sharpness, and minimal purple fringing. Noise levels were low through ISO 200, and at ISO 400 something surprising happened: the 10 Megapixel A640 performed better than the 8 Megapixel A630. You should have no problem making midsize prints at that setting -- and maybe larger. ISO 800 is best saved for situations where you have no other options. The one photo quality downside is a common one for the A-series cameras, and it's redeye.
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