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Canon PowerShot SD1300IS 12 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-Inch LCD (Brown)

I will try to share some things I have discovered about this camera. These are just (my thoughts), I hope they might help a little. ( Some things I am compairing to a canon SD1200IS and the SD940 ). I do not use the viedo enough to judge that part of the cameras.
*Memory card not included with this camera*.
The flat button arangement is the same as the PowerShot SD1200 all but the power button on top is larger and easier to turn on and off, I like that but be careful it does not come on in your pocket or in your soft camera case.
You get a 2.7inch very clear LCD screen and a 28mm x 112mm lens a little better (than the 35 x 105 on the SD1200 (but no viewfinder on the SD1300IS ).
I have not had any trouble using any of the buttons even with my big old hands. The Canon PowerShot SD1300IS is very easy to use and small enough to carry every place you go for those spontaneous grand kid pictures like the SD 1200 was .
Some will miss the viewfinder that the SD1200IS had and some will miss the HD 720p in the movie mode that the SD940 has, The SD1300 has 640×480 at 30fps like the canon SD1200, G11 and S90.
I like that the mic for the video is in the front of the camera instead of being on the top (where I put my finger) like the canon SD940 SD970 and others, it picks up less finger movement noise being in the front.

Very fast start up time of just over 1 sec.
I can not tell any difference in shot to shot or flash shot to shot times between the SD1300IS and the SD1200IS which is 2secs with out the flash, and 3 to 4secs with the flash on, (( up to 6secs for full flash recharge )).

(Update > A lot of review sites(C-NET) are getting around 2.7 to 3 seconds for the PowerShot SD1300IS between shots with out the flash so I grabed the two cameras and tryed the two again(SD1300IS SD1200IS) with and with out the flash on and I had the same results both ways, I used program mode both times and they would focus and recharge the flash evenly also…)

Shutter lag is good for a canon point and shoot but if you pre focus that will help even more. I never tested the continuous shooting( but see my battery test) but canon says it is 0.9 per sec where the sd 1200 is 1.4 shots per sec, if that is important to you.
I did test the battery (NB-6L same battery as SD1200) by using continuous shooting mode ( with the flash on ) and got well over 400 pictures and it was taking ( 1 picture every 2 seconds or less in the continuous mode( flash on ) if that helps you out on the continuous shooting part, and when I turned the flash off it seemed to be very fast coming from a point and shoot world.

In real life I get around 300 or more pictures with some of them using the flash, your still need a second battery for a backup.
A nice backup battery is a (power2000) for canon NB-6L (1200mAh)$19.00. I have used them for years.
Some set back the brightness of the LCD a couple of notches to save some battery.
*Very good image quality keeping the iso at 200 and below. I am getting about the same image quality as the SD 1200 which is very good for this size point and shoot camera.

*As point and shoots get better we often try and compare them to digital SLRs (speed, ISOs, picture quality) but because of the point and shoots very small sensors it is just asking to much of the little cameras….

This is just me, but I like using the program mode best and I try not to use the auto mode indoors ((auto works good outdoors in good light though) Indoors alot of times auto seems to want to use a very high iso which makes your pictures look noisy grainy or snowy looking on larger prints, ( it would be ok for a 4×6 or 5×7 print), I use program mode and set the iso to (100) or 200 iso (if possable indoors if there is anough good light ), for the best image quality with out all noise in the picture.
For some reason canon has done this with all there newer point and shoot cameras the last year or two, (I know it is a bummer) and again this is just me), You might be happy with the pictures you take in auto mode and people have posted alot of very good pictures on this site using auto mode check them out, I am just saying if you have a problem try this and see if it helps.

With the SD1200 and SD940 I would use program mode and auto iso but when trying to do that with the Canon SD1300IS it wants to go to 500iso some times where the 1200 and 940 would go to 250iso ,go figure?

UPDATE >> The more I use this camera the more I find myself useing 100iso in program mode if you have anough good light indoors and outdoors).
*A lot of the review sites blow there pictures way up and look for defects, your likely to only make 5×7 or 8x10s and not see (what they see).
If you are going to make larger prints or need a better (low light camera) and still stay in a point and shoot you could go with a canon SD4000, S90, S95 or the bigger G11, G12, but (much more money I know)! Just keep the iso down at 200 and below and you will do good…)
Just a thought I wish they would of stayed at 10 mega pixles because of the small sensor has more trouble gathering light the more pixles that are cramed into it and that makes for more noise in the picture also, although it does allow you to be able to crop your pictures one or two times.
Just about all the pictures that I have posted on this site for this camera have been cropped at least one time or more.
The SD1300 seems to have a nice sharp lens.

Highlights sometimes tend to blow out in very bright sun as with all small cameras this size, you can see this in some of the pictures I posted on this sight for the Canon PowerShot SD1300IS. But to be fair my G11 does this also.

I just realy like the colors in the pictures that the canon cameras produce, again thats just me thinking out loud.
No problem with red eye in pictures useing the Canon SD1300IS.
The menu screens are easy to read.

The Canon PowerShot SD1300IS has a touch more style, larger LCD and a little more virsatle lens than the SD1200, but the 1200 is also a very good camera.
The SD1300 does have a weak battery door cover like the SD1200.
**( You do not get a SD card with the camera ), a 4gb card class 4 or class 6 would be a good place to start if your going to use the movie mode any at all ), you could get by with a 2gb if not using the video mode.

If your new to this digital camera stuff remember to low level format the SD card ((save your pictures first, doing this will also erase the pictures)).
I carry my camera in a little phone case that has a belt clip not a loop for fast & easy on and off the belt.. I definitely recommend picking up a small camera case for protection.

I also like the lowepro Apex 20 AW CASE, (Lowepro Napoli 20 case but no room for spare battery on this one).
In the menu mode I set the I S mode to continous and the display overlay to grid lines(the grid lines help me take straighter pictures,you may use it for the 1/3 rule also).
I have been trying the cloudy setting in the white ballance and it does seem to warm things up a bit (better color) in the shade or on a rainy day, check it out and see what you think.

* I posted some pictures on this site for the SD1300IS, to give you some idea about how your pictures would look (color – sharpness – moving shots – noise in pictures – zooms – modes – cropped pictures), if that would help. (( Please if they are not helpful vote them down and I will delete those, I need to delete a lot of them, please help me out here, Thanks…)

If you have any questions I will try to answer them the best I can, no camera is perfect…well not many.
*(( See comment #10> in comments )).

I mostly take pictures of bear in the Smokey Mountians (CADES COVE) and love chaseing the grand kids around taking their pictures. ( And this year the Outter Banks NC ).

Canon PowerShot SD1300IS Details

• 28mm wide-angle lens; 4x optical zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer
• Smart AUTO mode intelligently selects from 18 predefined settings
• 12.1-megapixel resolution allows you to print large size images with clarity and detail
• Clear 2.7-inch PureColor System LCD
• Shoot in Low Light mode for dimly-lit situations

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• 28mm wide-angle lens; 4x optical zoom and Optical Image Stabilizer
• Smart AUTO mode intelligently selects from 18 predefined settings
• 12.1-megapixel resolution allows you to print large size images with clarity and detail
• Clear 2.7-inch PureColor System LCD
• Shoot in Low Light mode for dimly-lit situations

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