Canon PowerShot SD970 IS has replaced its predecessor, the SD890 IS from the previous year, as the most popular Canon camera. What draws the model to the customers is its user-friendly features and decent picture quality, which surpasses ultra-compact competition models.

The powerful features of the new Canon PowerShot SD970 IS start from its advanced functionality for ultra-compact camera. It is equipped with the acclaimed Optical Image Stabilizer Technology that prevents blurred and fuzzy shots. It has got an amazing resolution with expanded editing options, thanks to its Digital ELPH configuration.

With its 5x optical zoom lens, it is easy to get clear close-ups with a Canon PowerShot SD970 IS. It takes clear images of distant objects in its precise lifelike color. This makes it a perfect camera for capturing pictures from your children’s school play or soccer games. You need not go to the field or near the stage just to get a perfect snap shot. Working along with the Optical Stabilizer Technology, which allows the camera to automatically detect and correct images, the convenient zoom features of SD970 IS model works great even without flash.

Thinking about bold digital camera features, SD970 IS also has a great movie shooting capability. Its ELPH capability allows you to record high definition videos at 1280×720 pixels resolution. With its ready mini HDTV connectivity, newly captured videos as well as still photos can instantly be enjoyed. With absolutely no degradation in image and audio signal quality, it has the ability to display up to 130 still images at once.

The SD970 IS introduces the latest Smart AUTO technology in optimizing picture as well as audio-video quality. Its intelligent and adaptable photo capturing capabilities is perfect virtually for any possible shooting condition. With that, gone are the days that you ruin your sunset moments with blurred and fuzzy pictures. Having a camera with advanced shooting modes proves to be helpful in achieving pictures that seems to be taken by a pro.

As much as Canon PowerShot SD970 IS built for easy and hassle-free imaging applications, it manages to balance comfort with high-definition picture capabilities. For one thing, it has an interesting DIGIC 4 image processing system that features convenient Face Detection technology, which enables its users to capture blur-free and sharp shots of moving objects. With its built-in self-timer, you will never again experience getting your face get cut from your group pictures. The auto-focus, speed and accuracy taken by Canon PowerShot SD970 IS allows you take capture perfect those rare moments.

In addition to the convenient digital imaging capabilities, Canon PowerShot SD970 IS is sporting a high-power 3-inch screen where you can instantly preview and edit your photos. Its triangular interface configuration and built-in accelerometer cuts will put the speed of normal photo preview using conventional digital cameras to shame. Overall, its user-friendly interface hastens photo and video viewing and eases up the adjustments to image play and speed settings.

You could run out of adjectives trying to describe the new Powershot SD970 IS. It is the ultimate ultra-compact, with classic lines, silver and gold color scheme, solid feel and fabulous screen features. Offering all around picture processing with it’s mini HDMI port and 720p video capture capabilities, the SD970 IS delivers the best features and the best quality pictures of any compact 12-megapixel, 5-fold optical zoom camera on the market.