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Canon PowerShot SD1400IS 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black) Manufacturer: Canon List price: $249.99 26 new & used available from $204.99. |
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| Slender Sensations. Shy and modest is so yesterday. Get ready for brilliance that's the center of attention once the PowerShot SD1400 IS Digital ELPH camera is in your hands. First glance says it all: nothing moves you like the impact of sleek sculpture, especially when it's drenched in the purest, ripest colors. Inside, Canon engineers defy micro-space with big, brilliant innovation. How do they do it? Who cares! Features
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Canon PowerShot SD1400IS 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black)
Customer Reviews / Canon PowerShot SD1400IS 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black)
| If you are looking for an ultra-portable camera that takes great pictures, and doesn't require any knowledge about camera settings, it doesn't get any better than this. I have the black model. It's sleek and stylish.
I also have a Canon S5 with lens and filters attachments, and gives me near-DSLR control over camera settings. But it is somewhat bulky, and therefore doesn't come with me most of the time. The SD1400 is super-tiny. Fits in any pocket. It feels great in the hand. The rounded edges are a big improvement over past models that were somewhat boxy and sharp even thought they were small. The SD1400 is the slimmest Canon ever. The photo quality is impressive. Not as good as bulkier cameras with larger CCD chips, but if you are looking to get 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10 prints, or if you like to look at your photos on your HD TV or computer screen, this camera totally satisfies. I shoot everything at 9 mega-pixels, not at the 14 mega-pixel highest setting. The Digic IV firmware is excellent. I love the auto-focus, image stabilization and face recognition. It keeps improving over previous Digic generations. There are many other features that can be quite useful, like blink recognition, and some I will rarely use. Fish-eye effect is fun, as is color swap. But you can also do these in post production. You have some control over settings, but Auto mode works so well, why monkey around? Get your shots and get back to enjoying what you are doing. This is the kind of camera you use to quickly document events in your life while barely being noticed. It's not for professional use. If you think of it that way, you will be very satisfied. Wide aperture range, good 4x zoom, and decent low light performance. Compares favorably with any small compact camera you can find today. The HD video quality is excellent. 720P is perfect for my needs. While 1080P is not supported, my dual-core PC handles 720P much better during editing. And it looks great on an HDTV TV using a mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable from Amazon. I wish am HDMI cable came with the camera, but cables are inexpensive online. I also wish you could use optical zoom while shooting video. The SD1400 replaces my outstanding Canon SD870 8 mega-pixel camera, which three times had the dubious "lens error." This happened when it was in my pocket and the on/off button was accidentally pushed. The lens would partially extend and become knocked out of alignment. Two of the repairs were under warranty (Amex extended my warranty an additional year). The last error was 3 years into the camera's life. Fortunately, Canon has addressed the "lens error" problem. In the SD1400, if the lens is prevented from fully extending at startup, it displays a message, automatically retracts the lens, and the camera turns off. This is the much-needed fix to a long-time problem with Canon Powershot compacts. You can try it at a local electronics store. It really works! Bottom line... Put the SD1400 in Auto mode and snap away. You will not be disappointed. It's the best, tiniest, sleekest, coolest compact camera in the market (until Canon raises the bar in another couple years). |
| I have had many of these Canon ELPH cameras and am a huge fan of them. My most recent was the SD750 that we lost in a move. If you don't believe me on the MP argument and market forces, just search Amazon.com for the SD750 and look what a camera I paid $200 for years ago costs today. The new ones are in the $300 range (yes I undersand demand but that is in effect my point).
The ELPH series has always been a great line of cameras in my opinion. Having lost our SD750 and having a trip to Maui, we needed a new digital camera that would fit in a pocket. I assumed that I could not go wrong with a Canon ELPH so I grabbed the SD1400 IS and took it straight to Maui. We shot about 200 photos of the beach, restaurants, sailing trip, round of golf (including Kapalua Plantation). I have taken older Canon ELPHs on many (many) trips and have always come home and enjoyed the pictures we have taken. I have also enjoyed the Auto mode of those cameras. Let me first say something positive. The build quality of this camera may be the best I have seen from a Canon ELPH or any other point-and-shoot for that matter. Very, very nice build quality. However, early into using this SD1400 IS I saw that something was up with Auto mode as pictures in all sorts of situations just didn't look right... from color to lighting, etc. It got to the point where I would take a picture in Auto mode AND then take in Program mode hoping for a good result from either. It's like the camera was so smart it was trying to pick a "mode" in Auto yet the mode it chose was far from optimal. Far. With that said, I just reviewed about 200 photos from this camera from our trip to Maui and I would have to say I am highly unimpressed with the results in comparison to my old 3MP and 7MP Canon ELPHs. I am very dissatisfied with what this camera produced. There are even pictures I took that looked amazing on the screen only to be OK-but-nothing-special when looked at on my Mac. How do you make Kapalua look average? If Canon wants to claim I have a defective unit and send me another one I would be more than glad to try again but at this point I just bit the bullet and bought the SD1300 IS hoping that 2 less megapixels will help. Like I said, I have always loved this line of cameras and I have never had to "work" to take great pictures. Not only did I have to work to do so with this camera but even the results were less satisfying than what I am used to from a Canon ELPH product. Canon needs to take their own advice like they are doing in another line of cameras and exit the MP war and go back to what is important in a point-and-shoot.. easy and thoughtless picture taking with excellent image quality. |
| I was looking for a slim but feature rich quality camera. I have had canon's in the past but wanted to try something different. At first I bought a Samsung but it proved to be a bit too bulky. So far we love the canon my only complaint is that sometimes when shooting video it goes out of focus. no idea why. |
| Can't expect less from this product. It's awesome! Image quality worthy of a Canon camera. Excellent for carry on. Video quality is awesome for being such a small camera. Excellent for night time pictures. |
| I purchased this camera after my old Olympus was ready to retire after roughly 10 years. Which is a testiment to the Olympus name years ago, I didnt feel the newer models were made as well. After researching for a camera that met my needs by today's technology standards, I choose the Canon. It is very easy to use, great response in bright and darker lighting while small enough to fit in your pocket. Although I havent had the camera too long, to date Im very happy with my choice and recommend to others.. |
Canon PowerShot SD1400IS 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Black)
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