| Design | 4.2/5 |
| Display & Viewfinder | 3.5/5 |
| Menus & Buttons | 4.2/5 |
| Features | 4.2/5 |
| Image quality | 3.8/5 |
| Sensor | 3.7/5 |
| Lens | 3.5/5 |
| Transfer & Storage | 3/5 |
| Accessories | 3/5 |
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Pros:
Great image quality. Oodles ‘o manual controls. Excellent battery life. |
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Cons:
Menus can be intimidating for novice shooters. Menial zoom. |
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| The Canon PowerShot SD990 IS is a killer intermediate camera. It's brimming with manual controls, including controls for shutter speed and aperture, it's stocked with a cavalcade of color options and it captures images up to 15MP. The SD990 IS's larger sensor lends a hand to low light shooting and captures some beautiful images. Canon's interface is highly intuitive and the spinning Set wheel renders manual control adjustment a cakewalk. On the downside, the SD990 IS has a small 3.7x optical zoom and a standard 2.5 LCD screen. These complaints aren't nitpicky, but easily quelched when you consider the excellent battery life and wealth of shooting options the SD990 IS brings to the table. One caveat is that this camera's high level of advanced functionality might scare the bejeezus out of inexperienced photographers. Be prepared to read the manual top to bottom, and then gear up for some of the most exciting digital imaging experiences you'll have with a compact. The SD990 IS is, as they say in Boston, wicked awesome. |
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