Comments on: Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital ELPH Review

By: Diana M

Diana M — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:41:56 +0000

I took a lot of pictures for Christmas and am very disappointed in the quality of my pics. They are blurry or grainy looking. What did I do wrong? Also, is there a crop/trim feature on this camera, and if so, how do you work it. I think they could have done better with their manual that comes with the camera.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:16:21 +0000

Also use the Long Shutter mode with the ISO set to 80 or as low as possible and select the amount of seconds needed for exposure.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:52:12 +0000

Tripod, monopod, or on top of a surface with the 2 sec timer turned on.

By: Darla

Darla — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:37:06 +0000

I’m having trouble taking good, clear night shots. Lots of blurs, portraits with flash come out ok with the pre-sets but I can’t seem to find a good way to to shoot in situations where I don’t want to use the flash. Any suggestions? Tips on low-light situations would also be welcome!

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:38:12 +0000

@Eliza, Follow the direction keys shown on-screen. The color on the left is the target color you wish to change while the color on the right is the color you’d like to change to.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:15:53 +0000

I have this camera in blue and am quite pleased with it. However, I don’t know how to operate the colour accent and colour swap features – could you help?

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:20:40 +0000

Hi Autumn, the SD940 and SD980 are essentially almost the same camera, the SD980 being the pricier of the two because of its 24 mm zoom lens and touchscreen. Personally, I think the cheaper SD940 is a much better deal since the SD980 has a half-cooked (or half-implemented, rather) touchscreen interface and its only appeal being the 24 mm lens, which will come in handy only if you really need huge group shots (10+ people) in very limited spaces or if you have very specific needs for taking landscape/interior shots.

By: Carla

Carla — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:13:04 +0000

Thanks for a review that is useful to the casual user and some information on what things mean. I am an avid researcher before buying electronics and have found most camera reviews too techy for me. I can’t figure out if what they’re talking about is really going to matter to me when I want good pictures of my kids. I have already ordered this camera but haven’t received it yet. Hopefully, I will remember to post my thoughts after using it for a short while.

By: Autumn

Autumn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:11:35 +0000

Thanks for the great reviews. I think I have narrowed down our search to the 940 or 980. We have young kids and find we find the lighting in our house isn’t great for indoor shots, everything is very dark and blurry on our 5 year old Kodak DX7440. Do you think we will see a noticeable difference with either of these cameras? Does one have any advantage over the other for low light indoor shots?
Thanks so much!

Autumn