New From Canon: RED SD990 IS With 14.7 MP!

I still seriously don’t understand the hype about point and shoot cameras with extremely high megapixels.

For one thing, I don’t see the use since most people use a point and shoot camera for their personal photos. I mean if I’m going to print out my photos on a 3R or 5R photo, 4 megapixel is more than enough.

I totally understand though why most camera manufacturers beef up their DSLRs but to beef up the megapixels of a point and shoot camera is beyond me. Seriously.

Unless I plan to print my party/night-out photos billboard size, then maybe that’s when I’ll get excited about a point and shoot camera with a 14.7 megapixel sensor.

But at this very moment, I just think it’s bragging rights, haha! Oh, plus the camera is red, haha!

Along with a sporty new design, the SD990 IS uses Canon’s latest image processor, DIGIC 4. The processor is apparently what we can thank for Servo AF, “a form of continuous focus tracking for moving subjects,” as well as Intelligent Contrast Correction and enhanced face detection features. – Crave

The Canon SD990 IS is coming out on October with a price tag of $399. Will be available in black, silver and a special edition Red version in commemoration of the 100 millionth Powershot camera to be manufactured!

[ Image source from Crave ]