C|NET Has "First Look" Video of Canon Powershot SD600

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.cnet.com/Canon_PowerShot_SD600/4660-6501_7-6482322.html?tag=feed&part=rss&subj=video' target='_blank'>http://reviews.cnet.com/Canon_PowerShot_SD600/4660-6501_7-6482322.html?tag=feed&part=rss&subj=video</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/canon-sd600.jpg" /><br /><br />If you're a Canon fan, you'll want to check out this quick video that C|NET has of the new Canon Powershot SD600. I was a fan of Canon Powershot cameras for years - I had an SD100 and an SD400, but when I was looking to upgrade from the SD400 I wanted something that was really small, yet still had a decent-sized screen. Is it me, or does Canon seem to be unable to make a really thin camera? Compare the <a href="http://thoughtsmedia.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=17657241/search=Canon+SD600">Canon SD600</a> to the <a href="http://thoughtsmedia.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=15751199/search=Casio+S600">Casio S600</a>, and there looks to be quite a difference. I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of image quality to have a camera that's as small as possible. What about you?

[Damion Chaplin]

Yes, definitely.

I have a large camera (Sony F717) for formal/important occasions, but I carry a small camera (Sony U30) for everyday snapshots.

And before you say anything, I was trapped into the Sony/Memory Stick format before I knew what I was doing... I was sucked in by the infra-red Night Shot mode...

Oh yeah, and that's a nice little camera... :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

I was sucked in by the infra-red Night Shot mode...

Why, do you know Paris Hilton or something? :lol:

[Damion Chaplin]

Why, do you know Paris Hilton or something? :lol:

No, but it sure came in handy during the SF blackout of 2004... Our friends were having a holiday party and half the city was dark. The only light in the house was from the Xmas tree plugged into a backup battery I brought (I do work for a hardware store ya know).

Didn't stop me from taking pictures though!

Also, it works in a pinch when you're taking pictures in a very low-light situation and don't want to decrease the shutter speed (and use a tripod) or use the flash. You can get some great candid pictures if people assume it's too dark for you to be taking pictures without the flash...

Then there was the time I took pictures of a family of racoons at night while standing 3 feet from them. Try that with a flash!

[marlof]

It's a fine balance between size and image quality. I don't want my carry everywhere camera to be as small as possible, I want it to be pocketable (with ease...), but still offer images that could be printed in A4 size without all kinds of JPEG artefacts. I currently use a Sony W1, but am looking for something new. The new bunch of small cameras looks quite interesting.

[Phoenix]

I currently use a Casio Z850 and it's a great camera. As compact as it is, I'd love it to be even more compact, but it still offers the best balance between size, speed, res, optics, photo quality, battery life, looks, screen size, memory card choice, overall feature set, and cost that I can find in a compact PAS. And that's no small feat.

So although there are smaller cameras out there, they can't match the performance and specs of my Casio.

I learned to never go with any PAS with a sensor smaller than 1/1.8". The 1/2.5" sensors are too small and produce crap images, at least IMO. So although they're OK for some, I want more performance out of my camera than that, and the 1/1.8's give me more of what I'm looking for.

Now my Casio is very thin, but the "super-thin" cameras also don't have enough speed, often don't have big enough screens (although this is beginning to change more, and I will never go below 2.5"), and compromise too much on everything else for them to appeal to me.

Sure, I'd love to see my Z850 even thinner and I'd like to see a few additional improvements, but I'm very happy. Best PAS out there, IMO.

[Mike Temporale]

Now I'm glad that I didn't upgrade to the SD500/550 at Christmas time. I will be keeping my eye on this model. :D

[GadgetDave]

No sacrificing image quality. The Elphs (I currently have an S400) are plenty small - fits in shirt or jeans pocket just fine. The newer SD models are thinner, and even better for that, but I don't even mind mine (which is thicker because it's CF-based).