Canon PowerShot SD750 and SD1000 First Impressions Review

by Emily Raymond
Published on March 20, 2007

Navigation
Intro	Physical Tour
Components	Design / Layout
Modes	Control Options
Image Parameters	Connectivity / Extras
Overall Impressions	Conclusion
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The SD750 and SD1000 come with CD-ROMs with a suite of organizational and editing software.

 

There are two jacks beneath a small square-shaped door on the right side of the camera. One jack hosts the USB 2.0 hi-speed mini-B jack and doubles as the AV jack, which can be set to output in NTSC or PAL standard via the setup menu. The other round jack is for the optional DC-in cable.

The Canon SD750 and SD1000 are PictBridge compatible and connect with the supplied USB cable. Print orders can be made from the playback menu, where users can select which pictures to print and how many of each to make. Pictures can be printed by category, date, and folder. All pictures can be printed at once. Print orders can be deleted or saved, then transferred to a printer at a later date via the LED-adorned print button.

 

The SD750 and SD1000 come with a rechargeable NB04L lithium-ion battery that gets 210 shots per charge. Both cameras have battery indicators that flash when there is about 2 minutes of power left. The SD1000 has an opportunity to save battery power when needed by shutting off the LCD screen and relying on the optical viewfinder. The PowerShots come with wall-mount battery chargers.

 

There is no internal memory on these digital cameras and they only come with 16 MB cards, which can only hold 9 pictures at full resolution. They accept SD, SDHC, and MMC memory cards in a slot next to the battery in the compartment on the bottom of the camera.

 

Stitch Assist – These assists can be found among the exposure modes and can be set to assist from left to right or right to left. The “assist” means that once users snap one picture, a side of the image remains to help line up the next shot, and the next, and so on. These can be used to create panoramas, but they can’t be stitched together until they are uploaded into the included software.

 

Digital Macro – This mode also resides with the other exposure modes. It can focus from 1.2-3.9 inches. Its live preview looks pixilated, but when the exposure is locked the view becomes smooth again. This macro mode doesn’t provide much advantage over the standard macro mode though.

 

Sound Recorder – This feature is located in the playback menu, although it is an odd placement for it because it has nothing to do with the playback of images. The sound recorder feature records mono audio at three different sampling rates: 44.100 kHz, 22.050 kHz, and 11.025 kHz. Background noise garbled the audio, but voices within about 6 ft can be heard clearly.