Canon Powershot SD770 IS Review

When you select Playback mode the last picture taken is displayed. You can move backward or forward through the images using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons. The amount of overlay information displayed is controlled by pressing the DISP button. There are several different display settings including one with a histogram, which also displays overexposed areas in your photograph.

You can quickly search through stored images using the Index playback function which is actuated by pressing the Wide zoom control button. Nine thumbnail size images will be displayed and you can select one using the LEFT or RIGHT buttons and then pressing the Telephoto zoom button. Pressing the Wide button again will put you in jump mode where you can backward or forward a page at a time.

The image can be magnified up to 10x in ten steps by pressing the telephoto zoom button. Once the image is enlarged at any step, you can move around inside of it using the 4-way selector buttons.

Movie clips can be played in the camera with audio thanks to the built-in speaker. VCR-like controls make playback a breeze.

You can also edit your movies inside the camera without a computer.

Play Menu:

Slide Show - Plays a slide show of all of the images on the camera
My Category - Allows you to view your pictures by category or allows
you to label pictures with categories
Erase - Allows you to erase one or all of the images on the memory card
Protect - Allows you to protect images from being deleted
Red-Eye Correction - Removes Red-Eye from your images
Trimming - Allows you to crop your images inside the camera
Resize - Save the current image at a smaller resolution
My Colors - Change the color scheme of the photo
Sound Memo - Record a message to go along with a photo
Sound Recorder - Use camera as a portable sound recorder
Rotate - Rotates the image 90° at a time
Transfer Order - Choose the order and Quantity of images to print
Resume - Last Seen or Last Shot
Transition - Choose a transition for viewing your photographs

For proper display on a TV screen you use the Rotate option on any pictures that you have taken in portrait (vertical) mode.

The camera allows you to resize your images inside the camera, which is useful when preparing files for sharing or uploading the internet, or if you are running out of room on your memory card and don't want to delete any.

Setup Menu:

Mute - On or Off
Volume - Adjust the volume of the different camera sounds
LCD Brightness - Adjust the brightness of the LCD
Power Saving - Auto Power Down, Display Off settings
Time Zone - Set your home and travel time zones
Date/Time - Set the date and time
Clock Display - 0-10 sec., 20sec., 30 sec., 1-3 min.
Format - Format the memory card
File Numbering - Continuous, Auto Reset
Create Folder - Create a storage folder for your images
Auto Rotate - On or Off
Lens Retract - 0 sec., 1 min.
Language - Choose from one of the 25 languages
Video System - NTSC, PAL
Print Method - Auto, PictBridge
Reset All - Reset the camera to the factory defaults

The MyCamera sub-menu lets you customize the camera's theme, startup and shutdown screens and the camera's sound effects. When you install the included software you will find a wealth of themes, startup screens and sounds to choose from our custom build your own.