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Canon PowerShot SD40 (noble blue) comparison

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Canon PowerShot SD850 IS

Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
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Canon PowerShot SD790 IS

Canon PowerShot SD790 IS
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Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Price $449 at 1 store $219 to $299 at 3 stores $169 to $179 at 5 stores $249 to $349 at 26 stores $329 to $399 at 2 stores
CNET editors' rating
4.0 stars Excellent
3.5 stars Very good
3.5 stars Very good
3.5 stars Very good
Average user rating 3.0 stars out of 2 reviews 4.0 stars out of 83 reviews 4.0 stars out of 22 reviews 3.5 stars out of 15 reviews 3.5 stars out of 46 reviews
Release date September 14, 2006 May 07, 2007 March 07, 2007 March 17, 2008 June 15, 2007
The Bottom Line Its small size makes it an attractive pocket camera, but its speed and image quality issues are too great to ignore. The Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot. The Canon PowerShot SD750 has an attractive design, large LCD, and excellent photo quality for an ultracompact. For most people, the excellent photo quality of the Canon PowerShot SD790 IS will more than make up for any slight performance deficiencies or minor shortcomings. Though it remains a good megazoom, thanks to continued image and lens artifacts, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS is slowly losing ground to competitors.

Basic specs

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Lens aperture F/3.2-5.4
F/2.8-5.5
F/2.8-4.9
F/2.8-4.9
F/2.7-3.5
Equivalent 35mm focal length 38 - 90 mm
35 - 140 mm
35 - 105 mm
35 - 105 mm
36 - 432 mm
Optical zoom 2.4 x
4 x
3 x
3 x
12 x
Light sensitivity ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 3200 (2Mpix)
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity 16 MB
32 MB
32 MB
32 MB
32 MB
Video input type Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factor Info unavailable SD Memory Card
SD memory card
SD Memory Card
SD Memory Card
Digital zoom 4 x
4 x
4 x
4 x
4 x
Battery technology Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Weight 3.7 oz
5.8 oz
4.6 oz
5.5 oz
15.9 oz