How to Use a Canon PowerShot SD800 IS Digital Camera
The Canon PowerShot SD800 IS Digital ELPH (an update to the popular SD700) camera has 7.1 megapixels and a wide-angle 3.8x optical zoom. The Image Stabilizer technology gives you steady zoom processes, and the facial recognition makes your portrait shots "pop."
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Notice the features of the Canon PowerShot SD800-7.1 megapixels, which allow for great prints, even taken at the 15 X 20 inch size and on a 2.5 inch display. The wide-angle 3.8x optical zoom and Image Stabilizer technology gives you steady zoom processes.
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Measure the camera. It's 3.5 inches by 2.3 inches by 1 inch, and is only weighs 7.2 ounces. The SD800 has a great battery life, and you can hold it in the palm of your hand. You even get an optical viewfinder, which is getting hard to find on today's digital cameras.
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Familiarize yourself with the DIGIC III Image processor and wide-angle lens. You can edit movies, auto-rotate pictures and offer a slide show that is state-of-the-art.
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Find your creative genius with Color Accent, Color Swap, Auto-Exposure, and Auto-Focus. Changing the color of your photographs is truly overwhelming.
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View your shots with the thumbnail observation window. You can make your own panorama view by using PhotoStitch (a separate program).
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Read the basic manual first, then the more complex instructions, which come in a separate guide.
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