[TypeRNammer]

Went to the staples on Grandview Highway and they only have blue and pink left in stock.

Just giving you guys a heads up

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/hot-staples-canon-powershot-sd1200is-98-store-only-896950/5/
(original thread)

[HonestTea]

thanks!

[El Bastardo]

Marked down from $1198?

[Hondaracer]

camera any good? basically half price i guess?

[TypeRNammer]

Marked down from $1198?
you mean from $198?:p

camera any good? basically half price i guess?

Not sure since I haven't even owned it for a day:)



Now apparently on RFD, you can PM at FS or BB and bring the price down to 90 dollars plus taxes.

[LiquidTurbo]

Not a bad deal for anyone who needs a P&S.

[J____]

it's a sweet P&S too.

[raygunpk]

zomg whoever buys this is greedy!@!

[Gh0stRider]

Cool...I'll go check it out tmw.
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[HonestTea]

^ Good luck lol

All I've found are pink ones = = ;;

[Gh0stRider]

^ Good luck lol

All I've found are pink ones = = ;;

where have you checked?

[HonestTea]

All store that I can get to, all in Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam and Vancouver lol

Let me know if you can find one :)

[Presto]

Hmm... i'll check it out on my way back to the office. Thanks! Doesn't matter if there's only pink left, either. It's for the SO.

[E-40six]

I checked the staples in on bridgeport, all sold out

i tried to get a price match at futureshop next door and it was a no go

[Meowjin]

LD should price match this. I'm going to head there and see if they do it.

[HonestTea]

Just price match at wal mart lol
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[!Aznboi128]

went to ff and bb wont price match :(

[shawn79]

anyone esle got it?

[SumAznGuy]

went to ff and bb wont price match :(

Any reason why they won't price match? What was their excuse?

[Gh0stRider]

Just price match at wal mart lol
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And you didn't get me one? F U
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[shawn79]

its 134.99 at bestbuy

[HonestTea]

And you didn't get me one? F U
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LOL dude I didn't get one, just read what someone posted on RFD :)

[Gh0stRider]

LOL dude I didn't get one, just read what someone posted on RFD :)

Oops...I thought u got one haha
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[HonestTea]

Oops...I thought u got one haha
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Don't worry man, if I found it in stock, I'd definitely buy you a pink one :)

[gramser57]

I bought the last one at Staples on 3 rd. today

[LiquidTurbo]

^

You faggot. Jokes.

[Nintensity]

I got a price match for the blue one (no more greys) at Future Shop at Metrotown. As long as any staples have one at their store, regardless of color, then yes, they can honor the price.

Just make sure to be courteous when talking to the manager/employee. Future shop is loosing 50% of the camera's value just from the price match alone, so make sure you don't sound like a bitch.

[LiquidTurbo]

^

Did they call a staples to check for Stock?

[Nintensity]

yup they have to call them to confirm the price

AFAIK, walmart also does price matching as well

[LiquidTurbo]

^

Thanks. I don't really need a point and shoot but I'm quite tempted to pick one up just because of the price!

[slammer111]

Camera's half-decent, but nothing special. Doesn't have wide angle. *sigh*

[LiquidTurbo]

^
It has 'Widescreen Mode" lol.

[LiquidTurbo]

Flag these guys:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/pho/1774368597.html
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/ele/1774358048.html
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/ele/1770900230.html

[FN-2199]

It's now 99.99 at best buy. I'm in-store right now!
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[Jsunu]

It's now 99.99 at best buy. I'm in-store right now!
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which store?

[gramser57]

which store?
best buy on lansdowne has the promotion

[FN-2199]

Best buy burnaby. I'm working in the digital imaging department. Pay me a visit ;)
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[LiquidTurbo]

Went to Future Shop on Scott Road and asked them to price match Staples.

They wouldn't despite the North Van staples having one in stock... complete asses. So then I went to Bestbuy, and sawt hey had them for sale for $99. Finally got the bitches at futureshop to price match.

Took so much effort. They were not pleased.

[FN-2199]

^why didn't you just buy it at bb?
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[LiquidTurbo]

Pricematch + 10% off the difference.

[Gh0stRider]

So bestbuy dropped the price to $99?

still showing 135 online.

[LiquidTurbo]

Yeah, but not reflected on their website...

[FN-2199]

So bestbuy dropped the price to $99?

still showing 135 online.

Yeah. New prices were just printed today.
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[Gh0stRider]

ahh ok thx. i'll check it out.

[slammer111]

^
It has 'Widescreen Mode" lol.No offense dood, but you really have no idea what you're talking about do you. If you think Widescreen and Wide angle are the same, boy have Canon's marketing department done their homework. :)

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=18144#ModelTechSpecsAct

Lens
Focal Length
6.2-18.6mm f/2.8-4.9 (35mm film equivalent: 35-105mm)

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Image: 3648 x 2736 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 2272 x 1704 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3648 x 2048 (Widescreen)
Movie: Standard Definition: 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps) <- all Letterbox resolutions last time I checked
Available up to 4GB or 60 min. per clip

This thing does NOT have wide angle. They use a regular lens, change the aspect ratio to 16:9 "Widescreen" (which is for 1 resolution btw, and it can't even do widescreen or HD video), and ppl like you go running to the stores to clear out Canon's old inventory for them. ;) The world needs more people like you :lol

Bottom line, the SD1200 is a standard 10MP camera. There's nothing special at all about the specs, other than maybe the D!GIC4 chip, which is found in all the current generation cameras anyways. If you bought a camera in the last 2 years, chances are this camera is a DOWNGRADE compared to what you have.

No thanks, not for me. I'm gonna buy the wide angle camera they put on the rack after all these SD1200s are gone. :p

[FN-2199]

Technically, the Fuji AV150 is a better camera for the same price :p
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[jtanner_]

But of course you`ve got to go for canon over fuji... it`s all about the names these days...

[HonestTea]

ahh ok thx. i'll check it out.

How'd it go?

[SoulCrusher]

I bought it online from the bestbuy site.
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[Meowjin]

No offense dood, but you really have no idea what you're talking about do you. If you think Widescreen and Wide angle are the same, boy have Canon's marketing department done their homework. :)

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=18144#ModelTechSpecsAct

Lens
Focal Length
6.2-18.6mm f/2.8-4.9 (35mm film equivalent: 35-105mm)

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Image: 3648 x 2736 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 2272 x 1704 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3648 x 2048 (Widescreen)
Movie: Standard Definition: 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps) <- all Letterbox resolutions last time I checked
Available up to 4GB or 60 min. per clip

This thing does NOT have wide angle. They use a regular lens, change the aspect ratio to 16:9 "Widescreen" (which is for 1 resolution btw, and it can't even do widescreen or HD video), and ppl like you go running to the stores to clear out Canon's old inventory for them. ;) The world needs more people like you :lol

Bottom line, the SD1200 is a standard 10MP camera. There's nothing special at all about the specs, other than maybe the D!GIC4 chip, which is found in all the current generation cameras anyways. If you bought a camera in the last 2 years, chances are this camera is a DOWNGRADE compared to what you have.

No thanks, not for me. I'm gonna buy the wide angle camera they put on the rack after all these SD1200s are gone. :p

uh a 35mm lens is considered a wide angle

[slammer111]

^ Technically speaking 35mm is the upper limit for "wide angle", but pretty much EVERY camera out there made in the last 20 years is 35mm. Therefore in my books, 35mm is NORMAL.

Maybe I should've specified then. This camera doesn't have anything less than 35mm, such as 28mm. Therefore the pictures it takes are no wider than my 2001 camera.

And I'm hoping you don't go around bragging you have a wide angle 35mm camera because people are going to laugh at you.

[FN-2199]

^ What you look at for wide angle lens is the focal length, not what you bolded.

Focal Length
6.2-18.6mm

For a lens to be considered wide angle in 35mm film format, it must be between 24mm and 35mm.

[slammer111]

^ Thank you. Finally, someone who knows what they're talking about.

I can't imagine how many people ran into the stores buying a camera with a "widescreen" aspect (which is what I bolded) thinking they had wide angle.

For the Apples to Apples comparison, you have to look at the "35mm equivalent" specs. This camera doesn't go below 35mm.

[joquio]

So Best Buy smartened up and dropped their price to $99.99 too!!
More stock to buy from!

[Gh0stRider]

How'd it go?
Went to bestbuy at metro, they didn't even have the thing on display.
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[FN-2199]

Went to bestbuy at metro, they didn't even have the thing on display.
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Yes they did. The blue camera on the right side by the camcorders. Retarded placement imo.

[dinamix]

Yes they did. The blue camera on the right side by the camcorders. Retarded placement imo.

yup i was there at 430
bought 2 blue ones

just ask one of the employees

[HonestTea]

yup i was there at 430
bought 2 blue ones

just ask one of the employees

What other colors were there? BESIDES pink lol was there dark grey and silver?

[Meowjin]

^ Technically speaking 35mm is the upper limit for "wide angle", but pretty much EVERY camera out there made in the last 20 years is 35mm. Therefore in my books, 35mm is NORMAL.

Maybe I should've specified then. This camera doesn't have anything less than 35mm, such as 28mm. Therefore the pictures it takes are no wider than my 2001 camera.

And I'm hoping you don't go around bragging you have a wide angle 35mm camera because people are going to laugh at you.

no a 50mm is a normal or a 1:1 lens. (on a FF body)

a 24mm-35mm is wide

anything below 24mm is considered an UWA.

[Meowjin]

^ What you look at for wide angle lens is the focal length, not what you bolded.



For a lens to be considered wide angle in 35mm film format, it must be between 24mm and 35mm.

the lens was made for a smaller sensor, so after sensor FOV multiplier it is 35mm - 105 (or whatever the top end of the lens is).

[Gh0stRider]

Yes they did. The blue camera on the right side by the camcorders. Retarded placement imo.

i circled the display a few times, didn't see it.

[LiquidTurbo]

Camera's half-decent, but nothing special. Doesn't have wide angle. *sigh*

^
It has 'Widescreen Mode" lol.

No offense dood, but you really have no idea what you're talking about do you. If you think Widescreen and Wide angle are the same, boy have Canon's marketing department done their homework. :)

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=18144#ModelTechSpecsAct

Lens
Focal Length
6.2-18.6mm f/2.8-4.9 (35mm film equivalent: 35-105mm)

Number of Recording Pixels
Still Image: 3648 x 2736 (Large), 2816 x 2112 (Medium 1), 2272 x 1704 (Medium 2), 1600 x 1200 (Medium 3/Date Stamp), 640 x 480 (Small), 3648 x 2048 (Widescreen)
Movie: Standard Definition: 640 x 480 (30 fps), 320 x 240 (30 fps) <- all Letterbox resolutions last time I checked
Available up to 4GB or 60 min. per clip

This thing does NOT have wide angle. They use a regular lens, change the aspect ratio to 16:9 "Widescreen" (which is for 1 resolution btw, and it can't even do widescreen or HD video), and ppl like you go running to the stores to clear out Canon's old inventory for them. ;) The world needs more people like you :lol

Bottom line, the SD1200 is a standard 10MP camera. There's nothing special at all about the specs, other than maybe the D!GIC4 chip, which is found in all the current generation cameras anyways. If you bought a camera in the last 2 years, chances are this camera is a DOWNGRADE compared to what you have.

No thanks, not for me. I'm gonna buy the wide angle camera they put on the rack after all these SD1200s are gone. :p


Chill out. I put it in "quotations" with an LOL.

[jtanner_]

^ Thread is turning into more win

[LiquidTurbo]

Got a chance to try out the Camera today.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoGm2dXniI/AAAAAAAAEUs/-in8K3z5eM8/s720/DSC_2154.JPG



Following pics are directly from the SD1200.

A bit strange on the purple recreation. Couldn't quite get it to look right even after playing with the WB.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoB_TDozMI/AAAAAAAAETY/2_O5yqdiJM0/s640/IMG_0024.JPG

Here are some snaps:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoCBt9k9_I/AAAAAAAAETk/KbKteA-okAg/s512/IMG_0036.JPG

ISO 80:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoCDvUy5mI/AAAAAAAAETs/rPDvDs0k7cg/s640/IMG_0042.JPG

ISO 1600: A bit of noise, but acceptable. The DiGIC 4 processor seems to handle noise a bit better than previous Canon P&S. I believe the sensor is a tad larger than previous gen Canons. Since the Camera is "only 10MP", each pixel is a bit more sensitive to light than high MP point and shoots. It's a little less grainy than my friend's SD780 @ ISO1600.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoCEwZqbLI/AAAAAAAAETw/lRwCYFfmMA0/s640/IMG_0045.JPG


Decent job @ low light..(for a P&S)
ISO 400, 1/8s, IS on.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoB7lypU-I/AAAAAAAAETQ/Y3DcYM2uRn0/s640/IMG_0038.JPG

Macro is one of the camera's strongpoints:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoCGNfW4XI/AAAAAAAAET0/eXs04Km5oOk/s640/IMG_0079.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoCHy_snxI/AAAAAAAAET8/D9eNa0vHsL4/s640/IMG_0120.JPG

The Image Stabilization works pretty good. This was @ 1/4s. <- Yea wtf?

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoCHF9_V0I/AAAAAAAAET4/snMDINnvlM0/s640/IMG_0116.JPG

For the negatives, you really can't expect much at this price range. It has a rather plastic-y feel which can be somewhat annoying. If you have big pudgy fingers, you won't be pleased with the buttons. My only main gripe with the camera is that there isn't timelapse. No HD video is kind of a bummer, but again, not complaining because of the price. A second annoyance is the camera's slider to change from "Auto, Program, Video". I find it way too finicky and I always overshoot P because the switch moves so easily. I never shoot Auto, so switching between video and Program took more effort than necessary.



On the positive side of things, its super lightweight.. it's cheap (so you can be a big rough with it, use it a backup camera for whatever), and if it breaks it's not the end of the world. The camera itself is also very small. The intelligent auto feature works really well. It was really good at detecting faces and auto switches to Macro mode when you are trying to shoot something close. The Image Stabilization was very effective (usable images at 1/8s and 1/4s which really surprised me) Noise at ISO 1600 was noticeable, but not terrible.


Overall verdict:
This camera's not bad, for $96. It performs ok and it's easy to use. It sorta reminds me of the old SD400, especially with the useless viewfinder. I plan on just using the thing to take 640x480 30FPS video, and still have my SLR for 95% of the other shots I plan to take. For people who don't give a crap about photos and just want to turn on, take photo, turn off, it's a perfect camera. If I paid $179 for this thing I would be slightly underwhelmed. But for $96, it does the job, and you let the negatives points slide. Perfect 'stocking stuffer' type gift. Hope that helps anyone decide.. (since now BB and FS are selling them for the sale price too).

Canon's the P&S king. After almost a decade of making these ELPH P&S, they've pretty much perfected the formula and figured out how to make these things for cheap, user friendly, and packed with decent features, although if you want Time Lapse, true Wide-angle lens;), HD video, more solid build quality, 3.0" LCD, you'll have to pay more.

[TypeRNammer]

Got a chance to try out the Camera today.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_RlBlRdp4hCE/TAoGm2dXniI/AAAAAAAAEUs/-in8K3z5eM8/s720/DSC_2154.JPG


For the negatives, you really can't expect much at this price range. It has a rather plastic-y feel which can be somewhat annoying. If you have big pudgy fingers, you won't be pleased with the buttons. My only main gripe with the camera is that there isn't timelapse. No HD video is kind of a bummer, but again, not complaining because of the price. A second annoyance is the camera's slider to change from "Auto, Program, Video". I find it way too finicky and I always overshoot P because the switch moves so easily. I never shoot Auto, so switching between video and Program took more effort than necessary.



On the positive side of things, its super lightweight.. it's cheap (so you can be a big rough with it, use it a backup camera for whatever), and if it breaks it's not the end of the world. The camera itself is also very small. The intelligent auto feature works really well. It was really good at detecting faces and auto switches to Macro mode when you are trying to shoot something close. The Image Stabilization was very effective (usable images at 1/8s and 1/4s which really surprised me) Noise at ISO 1600 was noticeable, but not terrible.


Overall verdict:
This camera's not bad, for $96. It performs ok and it's easy to use. It sorta reminds me of the old SD400. I plan on just using the thing to take 640x480 video, and still have my SLR for 95% of the other shots I plan to take. For people who don't give a crap about photos and just want to turn on, take photo, turn off, it's a perfect camera. If I paid $179 for this thing I would be slightly underwhelmed. But for $96, it does the job, and you let the negatives points slide. Perfect 'stocking stuffer' type gift. Hope that helps anyone decide.. (since now BB and FS are selling them for the sale price too). Canon's the P&S king. After almost a decade of making these ELPH P&S, they've pretty much perfected the formula and figured out how to make these things for cheap.

Thanks for the review, I felt the same way about this camera.

Couple of things though.

This seems to be a canon thing, but anything that's ISO400 or more, it produces alot of noise in the photos.

But if you're nit picky about the features, then this isn't the camera for you.

As for a P&S on the go, it definitely does the job well.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6979/img0020wh.jpg

here's a quick macro shot

[LiquidTurbo]

Agreed. If you want better noise handling, better to look at the S90, or the G11, but those are at about 4x pricier. This will definitely be the camera I take when I go snowboarding, or kayaking.