Canon Powershot SD20 5MP Ultra Compact Digital Camera (Silver)

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00064OBL4
• Item model number: SD20 Digital ELPH
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,255 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 19, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Canon Powershot SD20 is an aesthetically designed 5.0-megapixel camera with 6.5x digital zoom to express compactness and functional beauty. With 5.0 megapixels, you've got the resolution to capture and print every detail. The digital zoom lets you move you up close quickly, smoothly, and easily.

Elegance in colors
Fashion and photography converge in the brilliantly hued PowerShot SD20 Digital ELPH. Four novel new colors with refined surface finish: Garnet, Midnight Blue, Zen Gray, and Silver for the ultimate camera couture.

Sophisticated imaging technology for lifelike color and exacting detail
Exclusive Canon DIGIC Image Processor and iSAPS Technology allows for faster processing speed, excellent image quality, and crisp vibrant colors.

DIGIC Image Processor
Canon's exclusive DIGIC Image Processor revolutionized how you shoot digital by allowing the camera to process images faster and improving the accuracy of the autofocus. DIGIC also reduces the effects on noise in your images.

iSAPS Technology
iSAPS Technology is an entirely new scene-recognition technology developed for digital cameras by Canon. Using an internal detabase of thousands of different photos, iSAPS works with the fast DIGIC Image Processor to improve focus speed and accuracy, as well as exposure and white balance.

Five new Scene Modes and the Print/Share button for greater ease of use
Tough shooting situation? No problem. The PowerShot SD20 Digital ELPH has five pre-set Scene Modes that let you handle just about anything--perfectly.

Portrait
The camera sets a big aperture, zooms the lens and creatively blurs the background--automatically.

Landscape
For front to back sharpness, the camera sets a small aperture.

Night Snapshot
Now it's easy to properly expose the night scene--at the touch of a button.

Indoor
Get natural-looking color and shake-free performance even under artificial light.

Underwater
Capture the underwater world in true-to-life color.

Print/Share button
The SD20's Print/Share button makes direct printing easier than ever. Simply connect the SD20 to a Canon Direct Photo Printer or PictBridge-supported printer, press the Print/Share button and print! Also use the Print/Share button to transfer images directly to a computer (Windows).

Print your own ID photos in 28 different sizes or use the Movie Print function to output multiple stills from a recorded movie on a single sheet using any Canon Compact photo printer.

Razor sharp images that automatically display right side up
High-precision 9-point AiAF for sharp photos every time and Intelligent Orientation Sensor automatically rotates images for playback.

With its nine-point AiAF, the PowerShot SD20 Digital ELPH gives you super-accurate focus you can count on--even if your subject isn't at the center of the frame. Once you've shot your picture, the Intelligent Orientation Sensor automatically rotates images to their correct orientation during playback.

What's in the box
PowerShot SD20 body, wrist strap WS-500, battery pack NB-3L, battery charger CB-2LU, SD memory card SDC-32M, ArcSoft Camera Suite CD-ROM, Digital Camera Solution CD-ROM, interface cable IFC-400PCU, AV cable AVC-DC300

Product Description

Urban, smart and super slim, the PowerShot SD20 Digital ELPH is perfectly at home in all the right places. Yours in a palette of four original colors: Garnet, Midnight Blue, Zen Gray and Silver; it's a camera that's handsome enough to pose as a fashion accessory. But it's more than just a pretty model, inside it's got the high resolution and advanced performance to get your pictures noticed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

95 of 100 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Canon takes a cue from Sony!, November 11, 2004

By	2 (FL) - See all my reviews

I just bought the SD20 and it is excellent. The design works perfectly for my needs. I wanted to be able to carry my digital camera and get excellent pictures where ever I go. I was maticulous in my selection and my research paid off in this camera. Initially I was going to go sony for their design and memory stick capability. But, I wanted the Canon quality that people spoke of in their reviews. The solution: The Canon Powershot SD20. Now I leave my Canon Rebel SLR at home, and don't miss it much. I love the built in zoom, the point-and-shoot, the cristal clear quality and numerous shooting modes. Usually I don't need the full 5MP and I set the camera at a convenient lower setting so no resizing is neccesary when I load the pictures onto my computer. This makes it very easy to send my friends the pics by simply selecting the file from my desktop as an attachment. I love this thing! I can't wait for the holidays to come around so I can take tons more great pictures with this super little camera!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful shirt pocket camera, January 23, 2005

By	Terranovah (Amherst, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This is a perfect second camera for someone who takes lots of pictures and already has some prosumer model. It also would make an excellent camera for the casual photographer. The camera is tiny, really really small but takes great pictures. Despite size of camera, alll controls are easy to use. Complex menus are Canon-easy-to-use but you could also just point and shoot and never worry about the menus. Only fear about this camera is losing it. Thought of getting the SD300 but who needs the zoom really for the use this camera will be seeing? And lack of zoom apparently makes picture quality better as camera is optimized for the fixed focal length lens.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nifty Little Camera!!, February 25, 2005

By	Howard Lee (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently purchased this camera for a ski trip out to Sun Valley, Idaho. I was concerned that the camera was so tiny that my hand would shake, and the images would come out blurry. But despite the small size, I took hundreds of pictures, and they've come out beautifully.

I transferred them to my Apple IPOD Photo, as well as my Apple Imac computer, and have even printed them through Apple. Now don't get me wrong....I know I sound like I'm writing a review on Apple, but once I printed the pics, I was astonished at the clarity and the amazing details from the pictures once I received them.

The big "con" of the camera is the small screen on the back. There are so many new small point and shoot cameras that now have 2-inch to even 2 1/2 inch screens on the back of the camera. And there's no optical viewfinder on this camera, nor an optical zoom - but it's all really unnecessary when you have a camera this small.
Those are the tradeoffs. BUT, this is a camera that you will certainly want to carry along with you everywhere! It's not bulky, and you never even notice that you have it in your pocket. I went down the ski slopes with it, and even stuck it in my jeans pants pockets. It never bothers you with its weight, and you'll see that you'll always pull it out to snap some photos of friends.

Advice: Buy a backup battery!! Buy a big SD file card. I got a 1GB card, and on superfine mode, and the highest resolution, it allowed me close to 400 pictures!

Great camera, and highly recommended.