Canon PowerShot SD960 IS

Canon PowerShot SD960 IS Overview

Following in the trend toward more colorful, expressive digital camera bodies, the Canon PowerShot SD960 IS Digital ELPH features smooth contours for a very comfortable hold, with a compact body and capable exposure system that recommends it well for travelers. Available in soft pastel tones of blue, pink, gold, and silver, the PowerShot SD960 caters to both masculine and feminine sensibilities. Equipped with a 12.1-megapixel CCD and 4x optical zoom lens, the PowerShot SD960 Digital ELPH offers HD video capture and intelligent automatic processing systems to handle just about any challenge.

Canon PowerShot SD960 IS Overview

The PowerShot SD960 Digital ELPH's 4x optical zoom lens offers a nice maximum wide-angle setting at its 28mm equivalent, which offers a little more flexibility than the standard 35mm. The PowerShot SD960 also offers true optical image stabilization, to help reduce blurring when shooting at full telephoto, or in dim lighting. The camera has a range of useful automatic features, including a Smart AUTO mode in which the camera selects the optimum settings based on 18 predefined shooting situations, plus Canon's improved DIGIC 4 processor with evolved Face Detection for subject tracking.

For shooting videos, the PowerShot SD960 Digital ELPH features HD video recording at 1,280 x 720 pixels, with a mini-HDMI connector for direct connection to an HD monitor. Another interesting update on the PowerShot SD960, which mimics iPhone technology, is Active Display, meaning you can shake the camera to switch between images during playback (as opposed to simply scrolling with the arrow keys). Outside of these updates, the PowerShot SD960 features most of Canon's standard digital camera inclusions, such as user-adjustable white balance, exposure compensation, My Colors, iContrast, metering, and ISO.