sd940is hd shooting capability: i believe that this camera shoots 720p hd, but one reviewer said it just blows up the pixels to 720p equivalent. so whats the deal?
253907
The reviewer was probably talking about the digital zoom feature, which blows up the same image when it zooms, which effectively makes the feature useless. It's like magnifying an image with a fixed number of pixels in photoshop: the more you blow up the image, the more flawed the image becomes. Optical zoom, which works correctly for photos, doesn't have that issue on the SD780 or the SD940. Bottom line: If you buy either of those cameras, resign yourself to not zooming while already in HD video mode. If you want a closer video, set the optical zoom before going into record mode.
732858
It can use 1080p cameras. I have not personally tried over 720p due to cost and the higher resolution will chew through the disk space. Rather what I have done is place / point the cameras in such a way that they will get a close up of certain choke points. For example, one on the exterior pointing at my doorstep, one on the interior pointing at my entryway, exterior pointing at the driveway. The driveway camera will catch the street but at 720p it is not enough resolution to identify faces or license plates. Often lighting and placement are just as, or more important than resolution. There are some guides available online the explain how to choose the right camera. Search "Choosing the Right Security Camera"
101610
It is not necessary to have a HD camera. It works in my old Nikon with low mega pixels perfectly fine!Good luck!
895077
It says full 1080 HD right on it so I am guessing it does, I've not used it for that yet but it seems like it would, I love the camera!
6607
I am not even sure why they have Full HD 1080i, you can't stretch 640x480 into HD and not loose quality. Videos look great on my computer though.
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I have the SX1IS ad SX30IS. Going to sell one of them. I did a comparison of what I called final image quality.http://www.cameramike.com/cameramike/MEDI_1./Pages/SX30is_compare_SX1is.html Yes - RAW output is an advantage but when you reduce the noise of the SX30 image it is of equal or maybe better quality of the RAW SX1 image. Using my simple non technical setup. I did look at other setting but both like iso 80 the best. I do not need a high definition video - so that difference is not important.
821607
I bought one, never worked in 1080p, 720p. Also had several dead green pixles so I returned it and the second one was worse. Consider another one.
294455
I own this camera too, and though I think it's a great camera, I'm bummed that it can't read the newer SDHC cards. It can, however, read the 4GB 150x SD cards. I have a Ridata with these specs, and the camera works great with this card. I could be wrong about this, but I *think* a firmware update from Canon would allow the SD630 to use SDHC cards. The following year's models can read/write SDHC cards.
767144
I have the same blurry problem, I think that I got a faulty camera. About 1 in 4 pictures are usable, this camera was a waste of money. Mount Fuji! eat my shorts! My cannon elph sd200 which is 3 years older takes far superior pictures and is 3.2 Mega pixels. Causing me to learn, its not the megapixels that matter.
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My understanding from reading posts on dpreview, www.dpreview.com, the jpgs are excellent. I cannot comment personally since I only shoot RAW.
1295918
I looked in my camera but someone switched sd cards. I believe I had the fast sdhc cards 64 GB. Just to let you know, this camera is amazing... I have the battery charging right to use tomorrow. I bought this camera for a surfing trip in Nicaragua. I was in the water taking picture and set it at its highest resolution and It is GREAT. I have a Lumix camera and this beats it. Plus I can take this one in the water. Hope it helps
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Just purchased the Canon SX40. It is truly amazing. There are not too many boats out on the ice right now, but I think it will do what I want. The picture quality is fantastic. Shortcomings? Since I'm a newbie I don't understand why some pics are blurry and others not; but that is probably more my inexperience than the camera. Also, it shoots 1080 video only at 24 fps. This is still pretty good, but there are some situations where a moving video is less crisp. But I could always switch to non HD if I choose, and have 30 fps that way. Thanks for your help.
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Why do you say the sd-60k is better without a powerful PC? you can still shoot 1080/30 on the sd600, and it has 3 cmos censors to take in more light information.The only downside I can think if is the zoom which goes to 12x instead of 23x
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================== &gt;&gt;BRiT says: The HD-A30 does 1080p output. The HD-A3 is the one that only does 1080i. &lt;&lt; ================== Thanks BRiT, ... Your Correct, ... I corrected my post above!!!
817931
Hello??? why is this camera still on the market? it doesn't shoot HD It's a waste of 2k
571793
Thanks very much for your helpful response, sd940 it is. I'm upgrading from a Canon s230 (2002!) so I expect to be very pleased with the improvement!
748241
"There are other cameras in this class that are faster and have far better sensors with far better ISO capability."You failed to list these cameras and their prices. Could you please post some links? Maybe there are some models I am not aware of.