Hands-on with the Canon Powershot SD1100IS ultra-thin camera

Entering Canon's PowerShot line near the top, the SD1100 IS retains the same classic ELPH form factor, with a funky little indent in the right side of the front of the camera, presumably to provide better grip. It comes in five "lyrically named" designer shades, which we won't waste time mentioning here. The basic stats are all on par for a $250 point-and-shoot, with an 8-megapixel sensor, optical image stabilization and a 3x zoom lens. It's face detection can detect up to nine human faces in a scene, but the interesting part is the Face Select and Track feature, which can lock on to a single face in the crowd and follow it as they move. A 32MB SD card is included, which would be impressive if people like Nikon's point-and-shoots didn’t come with more internal flash memory than that, rendering the 32MB card almost useless, especially for video. Release: March 2008.
Pros: Face Select and Track feature, good value.
Cons: Average LCD screen.