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."

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Find your creative genius with Color Accent, Color Swap, Auto-Exposure, and Auto-Focus. Changing the color of your photographs is truly overwhelming.

5. View your shots with the thumbnail observation window. You can make your own panorama view by using PhotoStitch (a separate program).

6. Read the basic manual first, then the more complex instructions, which come in a separate guide.

Resources

• Yahoo Shopping gives information on Canon PowerShot SD8 digital camera.