Monday, June 28, 2010

Canon Powershot SD4000 IS

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Josh says, "Shooting speed and low-light photo quality tend to be stumbling blocks for compact cameras. Canon's use of a backside-illuminated CMOS sensor and a lens with a large f2.0 aperture in the PowerShot SD4000 IS helps get over both to some extent. It lacks many of the advanced shooting options found on other BSI CMOS cameras, but there's still plenty here to play with including semimanual modes. It does, however, produce some of the best photos I've seen from a camera using this type of sensor."
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June 28, 2010
Canon Powershot SD4000 IS reviewed
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Josh says, "Shooting speed and low-light photo quality tend to be stumbling blocks for compact cameras. Canon's use of a backside-illuminated CMOS sensor and a lens with a large f2.0 aperture in the PowerShot SD4000 IS helps get over both to some extent. It lacks many of the advanced shooting options found on other BSI CMOS cameras, but there's still plenty here to play with including semimanual modes. It does, however, produce some of the best photos I've seen from a camera using this type of sensor." Read more

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