Specialization is the wave of the future, and has been for the last twenty years. So maybe it's not so surprising that the three new 10-megapixel additions to the Canon PowerShot digital camera line are all different in very minor ways. Except for the price tags.
The new kids in the neighborhood are the SD890, the SD790, and the SD770. They all look the same and they all take the same resolution pics, and they all have Canon's IS designation, for 'image stabilization," which we can tell you from experience is a fairly nifty thing to have on a camera. So picking out the one you want depends on what's most important to you in a point-and-press camera.
- The SD890 IS has a 5x optical zoom and 2.5" display, and costs $400.
- The SD790 IS only has a 3x optical zoom, but a 3" display, and costs $350.
- The SD770 IS only has a 3x optical zoom and a 2.5" display, and costs $300.
The message we're getting here is that you've gotta bump out the cheddar if you're too lazy to get any closer to your subject, kick out a few extra twenties if you're blind, or lump it if you're poor. But seeing how they're all IS-enabled 10-megapixel PowerShots, you're going to get fairly good results with any of these babies, and it wouldn't hurt to put a SquareTrade warranty with Accidental Damage coverage on them, either. We've seen a PowerShot take a hard fall on Edinburgh cobblestones and still take pictures, but not pictures of things we pointed the camera at.
They all ship starting next month.
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