Canon debuts PowerShot SD1100 Digital ELPH fashioncam

While Canon has certainly courted the fashion set with its Digital ELPH line, the cameras have never slouched in the image quality realm. The SD1100 IS bests its SD1000 predecessor with a 8 megapixel sensor (over 7.2 megapixels) and the welcome addition of optical image stabilization. If you're more in it for the fashion than the pixels, the SD1100 aims to please with a bunch of new colors to complement the traditional silver. "Bohemian Brown," "Pink Melody," "Rhythm and Blue," and "Golden Tone" should provide a nice palette of selections for the discerning fashionista. There's a 2.5-inch LCD in back, and the DIGIC III inside, and the camera will be hitting stores in March for $250.

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[pcmike @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:40PM]

I'll take one in Blue....

Always nice to have a small pocketable camera with you!

[wes @ Jan 24th 2008 12:00AM]

might have to pick one of these up

[V3LOCIP3D3 @ Jan 24th 2008 12:03AM]

Picture quality might be better, but as far as fashion goes they still don't look half as good as what Sony has to offer.

[Kamokazi @ Jan 24th 2008 12:32AM]

I dunno, SD cards look a lot sexier than Memory Stick to me.

[jbhitter24 @ Jan 24th 2008 12:09AM]

those aren't washingmachines!

[Uchiha Sasuke @ Jan 24th 2008 12:35AM]

Of course not, they're driers! low tumble dry for delicates.

[derX @ Jan 24th 2008 12:48AM]

Oh, yeah, cuz that totally wasn't just a ploy to promote that site.

"Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry."

[Kal-El @ Jan 24th 2008 12:50AM]

Looks great. I've been looking for a replacement for the dinosaur of a Powershot A75 (3.2MP, 1.8") for a while now, and this seems perfect.

[Chris Coleman @ Jan 24th 2008 1:20AM]

I got an SD1000 for Christmas, and I love it. It's nice to have a tiny camera that takes nice pictures. I used to use a Fuji Finepix 3800, which took nice pictures in perfect light, but crapped out when it the light got too dim (unless everything was perfectly still). Also, it was huge.

[trancer @ Jan 24th 2008 2:02AM]

3x zoom? its about time to upgrade!
extending lens? get rid of it already!

[alphabeta @ Jan 24th 2008 4:29AM]

Yes, lets add a really long zoom and ruin the picture quality 'cause its all about putting big numbers in the specs sheet so that idiots will go out and buy it.

[Silenthillnight @ Jan 24th 2008 2:06AM]

Geez, and to think I bought an SD800IS 2 years ago for almost double the price. If this is better than the 800, looks like someone's getting a gift soon.

[terry dunham @ Jan 31st 2008 1:40PM]

the 800IS is superior: it's got a (35mm equivalent) 28mm lens at the wide end. That's great for almost all types of shooting. If you switched to the new model you'd realize the advantages of the 800 every time you tried to take a nice wide-view scenic pic, and every time you tried to get a bunch of your friends or family into a pic indoors.

there's really nothing the 800IS doesn't have (it has optical viewfinder, optical image stabilization, face-recognition, etc.). I'm waiting for canon to bring out a model with all htose features and an even wider (24mm) lens at the wide focal length. My nikon 8400 has that 24mm and it's great.

[James Wood @ Jan 24th 2008 2:12AM]

But can it play DOOM?

[Mehul @ Jan 24th 2008 2:42AM]

Where is the replacement for the SD750? SD760is perhaps? And S5is is dying for a longer zoom as well... and whatever happened to 5D mark II?

I'm disappointed, Canon...

[Alan Quasha @ Jan 24th 2008 4:30AM]

We had a Powershot A75 (3.2MP, 1.8" Screen) at the office.
I think we'll wait until March and get one of these.

[fxyefx @ Jan 24th 2008 8:19AM]

I'm loving the price... compact digicams seem to have the same shelf-life as graphics cards

[Julian M @ Jan 24th 2008 8:32AM]

I'm not lying on this one folks, I just got through buying the SD1000 through Amazon only two minutes before reading this. I just cancelled the order for my 'new' camera a couple of seconds ago too. Thanks Engadget!

[Brett @ Jan 24th 2008 12:31PM]

Aw man I just caved and bought the SD1000 3 weeks ago. I may have to bump up, I'd like the image stabilization.

[akratunis @ Jan 24th 2008 3:32PM]

I got the sd1000 almost a year ago, and love it. All it was missing was IS. WHY did they reduce the focal lenght??? 38 is not nearly wide enough. Canon PLEASE more wide please!

[mmathews @ Jan 25th 2008 2:02AM]

Pretty sweet. I still love my SD600 from a couple of generations back, but IS in these little cameras is tempting. Akratunis is right, wider would be much better. As for telephotos; isn't that why we have feet? Walk closer.

What I really want is wider lens and bigger CCD--at same price, of course!

[Kel @ Jan 26th 2008 5:23PM]

I got an Sd1000 like 2 weeks ago from amazon, looks like i will sell this one soon and get this baby for the IS feature.

[Spam Gobbler @ Apr 8th 2008 10:58AM]

I just got the shit brown one. What an amazing little camera. It's only slightly more bulky that a small mobile phone and does everything that I need it to. Sure a hardcore photog might be limited with this, but that's what DSLRs are for. Buy one, you won't be disappointed.