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Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Reviews

CNet

10/2009

Canon PowerShot SD980 IS

The Canon PowerShot SD980 IS is a bit of a reworking of the SD960 IS. That model's design and features were sort of a letdown. The SD980 turns things around, though, by using a wider lens with longer zoom range, a bigger and now touch-screen LCD, and some improved physical controls. Photo and video quality and performance remain very good for its class, but there's room for improvement, too. The SD980 is worth the extra money above the SD960, especially if you're interested in the touch-based controls. Typical of the Digital Elph series, the SD980 is reasonably small, good-looking, and available in different colors--silver, gold, blue, and purple. Canon used a 3-inch wide-screen touch-screen display, which makes sense for the HD video capture, but less so for taking photos. If you shoot at the SD980's top resolution of 12 megapixels, you're left with roughly 2.5 inches diagonally of screen for your viewfinder. The only way to take advantage of the full screen for framing shots is to drop the resolution to 4,000x2,248. For a first effort, the SD980's touch-panel controls are reasonably well executed and the screen is fairly responsive and can be calibrated to your touch.

DigitalVersus

10/2009

Product Survey: Compact Digital Cameras 2009

The Ixus 110 IS won five stars when we tested it, and so we're hoping that Canon will be able to repeat that success with the new Ixus 200 IS, which has a more powerful 24-120 mm zoom and a new touchscreen--a first for Canon. On paper at least, the new star of the Ixus range promises a lot ... The Ixus 200 IS has been carefully put together, but that's the least you can expect at this level. Canon has opted for a bold design, with clean, sharp lines, although that doesn't always make for a very functional object. The triangular slider that moves between three modes (auto, P and video), for instance, is difficult to use, and it's hard to get it to choose the middle option. The flaps covering the HDMI and USB ports are just about impossible to open with your nails. The large scroll wheel found on the Ixus 110 IS is replaced on this model by an option that Canon is more familiar with, a combined control with four-way arrows and a scroll wheel, which makes it easy to see what the four options are. What's surprising, though, is the number of buttons there are for a camera that has a touchscreen interface.

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Canon PowerShot SD980IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Ultra Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD (Blue)	$199	See it
Canon PowerShot SD980IS 12MP Digital Camera with 5x Ultra Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD (Gold)	$217	See it
Canon PowerShot SD980IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Ultra Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD (Silver)	$220.09	See it
Canon PowerShot SD980IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Ultra Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD (Purple)	$224	See it
Canon PowerShot SD980IS 12.1MP Digital Camera w/5x Ultra Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD (Silver) 8GB BP6L Battery BigVALUEInc Accessory Saver Bundle	$257.49	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Silver +16gb 10pc Ultimate Kit	$266.8	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Digital Elph - Silver & Adobe Creativity Suite Package	$269	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Blue Digital Camera	$299.97	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Blue Digital Camera + Tripod + Case + Cleaning Kit	$304.97	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Blue Digital Camera + 2 Year Extended Warranty	$309.97	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Camera Purple - 4gb Kit 3983b001	$311.82	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Purple Digital Camera+16gb Sd Card + Reader + Kit	$315.97	See it
Canon Powershot Sd980 Is Camera Purple - 16gb Kit 3983b001	$321.64	See it