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The Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital ELPH is offered in five fashionable colors, allowing users to express their creativity and uniqueness. This feature-rich, pocket-sized, 8.0 megapixel, optically image stabilized digital camera is firmly rooted in the traditions of photo excellence and imaging innovation that Canon is known for.

Adding to the camera's versatility is a sharp and fast 3x optical zoom lens (38-114mm equivalent opening up to f/2.8 at wide-angle settings and f/4.9 at telephoto settings). The SD1100 IS also features Canon's advanced Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) system that significantly reduces the image-blurring effects of camera shake by shifting the lens to compensate for the movement. Canon's OIS technology is proven effective for extended telephoto shots as well as low-light shooting conditions and helps users get the best possible picture quality every time.

This new PowerShot camera also features the latest and most advanced generation of Canon's Genuine Face Detection technology, thus ensuring that up to nine forward-looking faces in the frame are in focus and properly exposed, with or without flash. In addition to focus and exposure control, the SD1100 IS's Face Detection feature captures truer, more accurately lit skin tones (and hence more beautifully rendered pictures) thanks to Canon's improved face detection white balance.

The "brain" in every new Canon digital camera is Canon's proprietary DIGIC III imaging processor. This exclusive chip is responsible for the cameras' higher performance levels including faster start up, faster autofocus and quicker shutter response times that leave long lag competitors far behind. What's more, DIGIC III improves both the image quality and the cameras' power consumption, extending the battery life under typical shooting conditions.

The SD1100 IS offers users a choice of 18 shooting modes including a fully automatic mode that makes this camera a true point-and-shoot; a semi-automatic "Camera M" mode which allows access to features such as Exposure Compensation and White Balance adjustments that Full Auto mode does not, as well as a plethora of scene selection modes - including Sunset mode – that optimize image results under a variety of shooting conditions.

Canon's precise 9-point Autofocus system along with the new AF-Point Zoom feature work together with Face Detection Technology to allow users to double check the facial expressions of their subjects, when shooting under more challenging conditions. After activating the feature in the camera's menu, the AF-Point Zoom can be engaged simply by pressing the shutter button halfway.

While the face detection algorithm automatically prioritizes up to nine human faces in a scene, it can also be instructed via the Face Select and Track function to lock on to a single face in the crowd, ensuring that the chosen countenance is finely focused, no matter where it appears in the frame. Additionally, a new Motion Detection function linked to the camera's High ISO Auto mode improves image clarity by raising ISO speeds (and shutter speeds) for fast-moving subjects or lowering ISO speeds to reduce noise when the subject is stationary. These automatic advances provide even more ways for the PowerShot SD1100 IS Digital ELPH camera to optimize picture quality with seamless ease.

Streamlining the image review process, Canon's Intelligent Orientation Sensor determines whether a scene is being shot as a vertical or horizontal image and automatically adjusts it for quick and easy review on the camera's bright, 230,000-pixel 2.5-inch Pure Color LCD II screen. The Image Inspection Tool feature zooms in on faces automatically during playback to make it even easier to check facial expressions. The new camera also features Canon's newly developed Automatic Red Eye Correction that engages in the shooting mode, minimizing the need for correction before printing or sharing images. As an added convenience, the PowerShot SD1100 IS is compatible with MMC, MMC+ and HC MMC+ memory cards as well as standard SD and SDHC memory cards.

Powershot SD1100 IS Features:

• 8.0 Megapixel CCD sensor for up to 3264 x 2448 pixel images
• 3x optical 38-114mm (35mm equivalent) zoom
• Optical Image Stabilization (IS) technology
• Large 2.5" color LCD with 230,000 pixels
• Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio for HDTV display
• Ultra-compact and durable stainless steel body (3.42 x 2.16 x 0.87 in.)
• Advanced TTL AiAF 9-point autofocus system with focus-assist lamp
• Canon's Face Detection AF/AE/FE technology with AF-Point Zoom feature
• Auto, Scene and Camera M (Program) exposure modes
• Continuous 1.3fps shooting until memory is full
• Movie mode w/sound 30 640x480/320x240 up to 4GB
• Evaluative metering on focus point or Spot
• Exposure compensation: +/-2EV in 1/3-step increments
• White Balance: Auto, 5 presets or Custom
• Various My Colors digital Photo Effects (10 presets or custom)
• Shutter speeds of 15 seconds to 1/1500 second
• Auto noise reduction with 1.3 sec or longer shutter speeds
• Selectable ISO settings from 80 to 1600
• Voice memo (up to 60 secs) can be attached to images
• Intelligent Orientation Sensor
• Built-in microphone and speaker
• Lithium rechargeable battery and charger included
• Direct print and PictBridge Compliant
• High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity for PC and Mac
• SD/SDHC and MMC/MMC+/HC MMC+ card storage, 32MB SD card supplied

The Powershot SD1100 IS Digital ELPH is available now, and comes in five colors. The camera kit includes a battery pack and charger, a 32MB SD Memory card, a USB interface cable, an AV cable, a wrist strap, and Canon's software suite. Each kit carries an estimated retail price of US$249.99

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