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Canon PowerShot SD1000

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March 20, 2007 By Emily Raymond
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Front
The fronts of the two digital cameras look similar, but differ in the sharpness of the edges and the SD1000 includes an optical viewfinder while the SD750 does not. The PowerShots have their 3x lenses placed on the right side of the front with a wide ring around the base of the lens. On the right side, a "7.1 Megapixels" label graces the edge. Interrupting the wide ring around the base of the lens is the built-in flash unit. To the upper left of the lens is where the auto focus assist lamp is located: the lamp is on the ring on the SD750 and farther out of the ring on the SD1000. Interrupting the ring on the SD1000 is the optical viewfinder. Both digital cameras are labeled with their respective titles on the left side.  
 
 

Canon SD750 (left), SD1000 (right)
 
Back
The back sides of the Digital Elphs are completely different. The Canon SD750 has a 3-inch LCD screen that takes up the entire left side of the camera and has a Canon logo at its bottom. On the right side, there is a strip of space less than an inch thick crammed with tiny buttons. At the top right corner is a print button with a blue LED in its center. There are bumps to the left of this button to perhaps aid in handling, although they don’t do a very good job. Below the print button is the playback button. Below this, and centered on the right side, is the multi-selector. It has labels all over it: ISO/jump at the top, flash on the right, burst/self-timer/delete at the bottom, and macro/landscape at the left. There is a Func./Set button in the middle. Below the multi-selector are two more buttons for the menu and display.
 

Canon SD750 (left) and the Canon SD1000 (right)
 
The Canon PowerShot SD1000 has a different look on its back. The left side has a 2.5-inch LCD screen with a Canon logo above it and an optical viewfinder with two LED indicators. There is more space on the right side of the body for buttons, so the buttons are larger. In the top right corner is the mode switch that moves from playback to movie to still image shooting. This feature is located on the top of the SD750, and does not include the playback mode on it. On the SD1000, there is a speaker to the left of the mode switch along with the large print button. The multi-selector is below; it has a large Func./Set button in the middle of a ring that has the same icons on it that were on the SD750. Below the SD1000’s multi-selector are the same two buttons – Menu and Display – that were on the SD750, but they are horizontally aligned and larger. 
 
Left Side
The left sides of the cameras show bolts and seams. The SD750 has a speaker on this side too.
 
 
Left side of the SD750
 
Right Side
The right sides of the cameras aren’t very exciting. There is an eyelet for a wrist strap in the center, and a cover near the top that hides the USB/AV and DC-in jacks.
 

Right side of SD750

Top
The tops of the two cameras are a little different. The Canon SD750 has a flashy diagonal line that connects the lighter front panel with the darker back. The mode switch is located just above this edge and the trapezoid-shaped power button just below. Near the right side is the shutter release button that is surrounded by an optical zoom ring.
 

Top of SD750
 
The SD1000 has the same shutter release/zoom ring combination, but patterns the top in a neater manner. The lines are straight and there is a lighter band that runs across the top like on so many other point-and-shoot digital cameras. The power button is oval-shaped and located directly left of the shutter release mechanism on the SD1000. 
 
Bottom
The bottom of the Canon PowerShot digital cameras has a battery/memory compartment on the left side with a plastic lock on the door. To the right of the hinge and center is a tripod socket.
 

Bottom of SD750
 

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