The Canon PowerShot SD300 is thick and solidly construct . alas , its image calibre does n’t quite measure up .
Neatly put control , a bright 2 - inch LCD , and a responsive thumb pad make this tv camera ’s fare easy to navigate . There ’s no live histogram , but you’re able to view a histogram to arrest photograph in Playback mood .
There are nine shooting modes , including a Stitch Assist style for taking bird’s-eye pictures , and a manual manner that lets you adjust vulnerability compensation ( chop-chop accessed via a computer menu ) , set blank proportion ( admit custom bloodless balance ) , and select ISO ( sensitiveness grade from a low 50 ISO to 400 ISO ) . A Long Shutter option lets you set shutter speeds from 1 to 15 seconds for low - luminosity dig , but there ’s no way to set a fast shutter speed for shoot action . A fast continuous shot style take more than two shot per second . you may focus to 1.2 inches in Macro fashion .
The SD300 charm video at 640 - by-480 pixels and 30 frames per second , but clips are limited to 3 minute . The audio frequency has a little hissing , but it ’s pretty good for this kind of camera . you’re able to also attach audio annotations to images of as long as 60 secondment .
Our jury like the SD300 ’s color and contingent , but we also observe some noise and chromatic aberration , with drear outskirt appearing around high demarcation bound .
You ’ll find everything you need to get started in the boxful . Canon gets fillip full stop for include a thorough , compact , 177 - varlet print manual ( all in English ) that you could toss away in your camera handbag .
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Macworld’s Buying Advice
The Canon PowerShot SD300 is a whole pocket camera , but it ’s pricey and image bear from stochasticity and fringing . If you do n’t mind a bulkier , more automatic camera , the 4 - megapixel Epson L-410 ( , March 2005 ) is a bargain at half the cost .
