those canons are nice

I first saw how fast they can take pics opposed to my older nikon, I couldn't believe it. Oh well, there is a reason for me to upgrade...

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I liked my SD300 & S400 till I got my hands on my friends Nikon D70 SLR. Wow. The difference is amazing. The shutter sound is like manly. As well as the focus, is far better. I truly think the 100% price increase is worth it :). canon's SD series is still great though.

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Great review. Thanks so much. It helped me make a desicion on which 5MP to purchace. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

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Nice review, but if you're looking at super compact cameras shouldn't including Casio and Pentax be required?

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Still strikes me as a bit odd for a PC hardware site to be reviewing cameras but that's a pretty decent review. I still prefer the Canon image clarity and quality even though the images are slightly 'cooler' in color.

You've also beaten DPReview to a Full Review, so props for that. :)

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/

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Yes, great review. But it fails to recognize one weakness with the Canon SD400, that sharpness is lacking in the corners of the image (at wideangle).

I decided to buy the camera anyway because of its excellent performance and nice case, and I'm extremely happy with it!

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I agree -- great review. However, I was a bit disappointed to see that the Panasonic FX-7 was left out of the review. It's a similarly-priced 5MP ultracompact that has some of the best resolution and color reproduction I've seen. Also comes with optical image stabilization, which i can't say for the other cameras here. I understand that you can't review every ultracompact, but I think the FX-7 beats the SD400 in terms of image quality any day.

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#4 both of those cameras suck more than the Olympus and would thus be a waste of time to review. A piece of %$@#$ is a piece of @#$#@.

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I've been really impressed with Canon's pocket cameras, I bought their Ixus 500 (the European version of the SD500 I think) as I wanted a camera I could keep in my pocket and have with me all the time, as much as I like my big Fuji it's simply to o big to carry over my shoulder all the time. It's great it takes CF cards, so it can share with the Fuji plus it doesn't leave me regretting too much that I didn't take the Fuji.

The build quality does feel good but it's really let me down recently, there's a little bit of plastic which broke on the door which holds the memory card door shut, so the camera has had to go back for repair - really missed having it to hand while out at the weekend, looking forward to getting it back.

John

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As a long-time Canon customer, no surprise here. Right now, Canon makes the best consumer-level digicams period. Sony may be close to catching up, and Nikon may have been the shizznit a few years ago, but right now Canon has a considerable lead.

I really want to get the SD400...but I'm wondering if I should hold out for a newer Canon with wifi.

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