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I bought this from Amazon. The day after I ordered it, Amazon sent me an email about the SD980, which was just about to come out. I would have rather had the SD980. It is the same size, but it has a 5X zoom, a bigger LCD and a touch screen. You can see the reviews. Some people love, but others say there are problems with it.
ABOUT THE SD960:
I bought it because it has a wide angle lens (28 mm equivelant). It is great for the pictures I take. I don't know why everyone is wrapped up in zooms. Most of the pictures I take are either sight seeing pictures or group pictures. You need a wide angle lens for that.
It also has a panoramic or wide screen mode. The standard picture aspect ratio is 4:3. You can put this camera in wide screen mode and get a 9:16 aspect ratio, similar to a wide screen TV.
But, the wide screen picture is not 12 MP. It is something like 10 MP. To get widescreen, the camera just cuts off the top and bottom of the picture and then widens it. It is similar to digital zoom, in that you can basically do the same thing with your computer. But, it is convenient to have the camera do it for you.
This camera has a ton of features. The menus are a little different than older Canon models, so that takes getting used to. I don't like how difficult it is to change between the wide screen and normal aspect ratio modes. It would be nice if you could do that in one click.
I like the picture quality. I think it is as good or better than any other the other compact Canon cameras I have had. It takes fairly good pictures at night, unless it is really dark and the object is far away.
The LCD is 2.8", but that is misleading. Since it is a wide screen, if you are viewing pictures of a normal aspect ratio, the viewable area is only about 2.4" or less.
The only other problem is that in video mode, the zoom doesn't work. This is an issue with a number of Canon cameras. I don't know why.Get more detail about Canon PowerShot SD960IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch LCD (Silver).
