Canon Powershot SD790 IS Review



Record Modes & Menus
The screen display in the Automatic record mode. Icons across the top and left indicate that
metering is Evaluative, single frame drive, auto ISO, auto flash, and Auto exposure mode. The image
size is Large, quality is SuperFine and there's space left on the SD card to take 389 more
pictures.
When the color LCD is turned on and you half-press the shutter you will see which of the nine
AF points (green rectangles) were used for the focus lock. The aperture and shutter speed
values are also shown along the bottom.
Manual exposure mode is like Auto in that the camera selects both the shutter speed
and aperture for a correct exposure but you now have access to a multitude of
Function and Menu options.
Manual mode Function options:
Image Compression - Superfine, Fine, Normal Image Resolution - 3648x2736, 2816x2112, 2272x1704, 1600x1200, 640x480,
Manual mode MENU options:
AF Frame Size - Small or Normal AF-Point Zoom - On or Off Digital Zoom - Off, Standard, 1.4x, 2.3x Flash Settings - Slow Synchro, Red-Eye Corr., Red-Eye Lamp Self-timer - Custom set AF Assist Beam - On or Off Review - Off, Hold or 2 - 10 secs Review Info - Off, Detailed, Focus Check Auto Category - On or Off Display Overlay - Enable or disable Grid lines, 3:2 Guide, Off or Both IS Mode - Continuous, Shoot Only, Panning, Off Set Print/Share button - Allows you to use the button in record mode to change
The 4-way controller of the back of the camera provides shortcuts to some of the most used features including the ISO settings, flash settings, shooting modes with timers and finally macro mode. The camera has a very respectable macro focusing mode with coverage from 1.2 in. - 1.6
ft./3-50cm (WIDE), 12 in. - 1.6 ft./30-50cm (TELE).
Scene modes are selected via the Function Menu. You can choose from 12 different modes. These
are pre-programmed to give you the best possible pictures for a wide variety of different
shooting situations. In all Scene modes, Exposure compensation, Image compression and Image
size settings are available via the Function menu.
You can record movie clips with audio at a variety of resolutions and frame rates. Standard movies can be recorded at resolutions of 640x480 or 320x240 with frame rates of 30 or 15 fps. You can also choose from Compact (160x120, 15fps), Color accent, Color swap, and Time lapse witch captures an image once every second or once every two seconds at 640x480. The optical zoom may not be used during recording, but can be preset before hand. These clips are captured in Motion JPEG format and saved as AVI files.
Both the video and audio portion of movies can be replayed on the camera thanks to the
built-in speaker. Full audio-video playback is also possible when connected to a TV
monitor or a compatible PC after downloading.
Movie Func. Menu:
Movie Record Menu:
AF Assist Beam - On or Off Auto Category - On or Off Display Overlay - Off, Grid Lines IS Mode - Continuous, Off Set Print Button
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