8.0-megapixel effective recording * 2-1/2" color LCD s * real image optical zoom viewfinder * 3X optical zoom (4X digital/12X total zoom) * optical image stabilization * 35mm equivalent lens focal length: 38-114mm * top JPEG resolution: 3264 x 2448 *Customer Review: What you expect from Canon: Quality
Nice camera, the images focus much faster than on a camera twice as expensive, such as the S3IS. It's resolution makes the photos look great. Nice little camera, fun to take around, and images are great. However, i won't be rushing to replace my 30d with it though.
Customer Review: Novice using Canon SD1100
This is my first digital camera. I bought it to record my family vacation in Yellowstone. I also bought a 2Gig memory card ( $25) and a second replaceable battery ($8 + 10 S&H). I basically shot all pictures in M2 mode ( middle resolution), in automatic. I was surprized to find I could take about 2000 pictures ( many more than I had expected) with this memory card. During the week in Yellowstone I took over 200 pictures. They all look great on my 19 in LCD monitor. I never had to change batteries. ( I did turn the camera off when ever I was not using it). The camera has a lot of features that I have not learned to use yet. I did use the "indoor" feature to shoot the hotel room and the inside of Old Faithful Inn. The are also lots of other modes that I have not tried ( pets, fireworks, night time,etc ). If I had wanted to I could have gone to the trouble of making panoramic picutes by "stiching" automatically linked pictures. This seems too much trouble from my snapshoots. It did a great job for what I wanted. Out of the box ( mostly) point and shoot. I did have to read about 20 pages in the manual to get the basics and I did have to load software into my computer and learn the right settings to more pictures from the camera to the computer. But everything was pretty simple.
With the onset of the 21st century, photos can be manipulated and altered in many ways using digital imaging and computer aided techniques. Digital photography started a significant change in photographic technology and changed the nature of photography significantly.
Nowadays, the number of photos you can take is much higher, so you can afford to make mistakes. Also, a photograph can often be remedied on the personal computer, even if it was spoiled by too much lighting. While that has made photography more beginner friendly, it is still far from an easy hobby.
Photography has been present for more than a hundred years and yet new innovations are taking place even this day. Looking at it, one has to surmise that photography will develop again in the future. It's never too late to get into photography and even now it's too early to stop learning more about it.
Cameras have certainly come a long way since the early camera obscura. Today the digital point and shoot cameras used by many fit easily in one hand and are fully automated. You even need none of the film rolls present in cameras from a couple of decades past, but can store hundreds of high quality photographs on a memory card less than a square inch in size.
If this is the state of photography today, what may the future hold for us? Technologies such as high dynamic range (HDR) imaging and specular reflection have already been developed. They will probably enter the consumer market within the next few years. More long term plans on photographic technology include various forms of 3D modeling.
Regardless of which one of these technologies you will have in your digital camera a few years from now, one thing is certain: your camera will still not take the pictures without your guidance. Choosing the target, the angle of view and cropping the photograph will still be left for you to take care of and excel in.
If you are into photography, you probably want to get better at it. That requires practice - a lot of it. However, it is often helpful to be taught about the theory, too. That's why online photography courses have become a popular method both for new photographers to get used to the art and for more experienced photographers to hone their skills.
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