subject: Canon Powershot Sd1400 Is [print this page] The Canon PowerShot SD1400 IS has an update from a resolution increase from 12 to 14 mega pixels.One can welcome the change in lower introductory list price, $249.99. The overall review of CanonPowerShot SD1400 IS is been done is this articleThe PowerShot SD1400 IS is very small, only 92x56x18mm, with a weight of 133 grams. According toCanon, it's the thinnest PowerShot to date. Although its small size, it's muscular, with a body that's mostlymetal. The SD1400 IS is pointed at the sides and all controls are recessed to allow the camera to easilyslide in and out of a pocket.
The SD1400 IS can be held with the right hand. The camera's front panel has a wide area at the left togrip with your fingers, while the back of the camera contains an A/V out and an HDMI latch on the upperright hand corner. There is a thin flash on the upper left edge of the front of the camera.
The camera body houses a 4x optical zoom lens, 5-20mm zoom length, which is recessed when notin use, an auto focus assist lamp and the aforementioned flash. Beneath the control panel are a buttonfor displaying information on the LCD screen and another button for activating the main menu.The S1400 IS uses Canon's two menu system, a main menu and a shortcut menu. The main menucontains two columns: one for shooting settings and the other for basic camera settings. While boththe menus offer several options, many of them are inaccessible when the camera is in auto mode.When the camera is in smart auto mode, it will automatically select what are the best exposure settingswith 22 predefined shooting situations.
When in movie mode, you can choose to record at three different quality levels at 30 frames per second.Movies are produced in the MOV format. There's also an HDMI port so you can send your HD moviesdirectly to an HD television. Maximum movie length is 10 minutes for HD and one hour for other typemodes, though the maximum recording size is four GB.
The SD1400 IS has a 2.7-inch LCD with 230,000 dots of resolution and 100% coverage. It can beadjusted to five brightness levels. There is no viewfinder, which is par for the course with most recentsmall cameras.
