Looking to buy the Canon Powershot SD1100 IS? See what the WP has to say.

The Washington Post liked the entry-level camera as a solid point-and-shoot. They said it would be a good choice for the casual image-taker.

Overall the Canon PowerShot SD1100 is a good entry-level point-and-shoot. A pocketable 8-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization and a fairly inexpensive price tag is a good find, but make sure to take the majority of your photos in bright light. If you up the ISO, the noise will spike with it, leaving your images less than perfect.

That’s nothing new in the realm of point-and-shoots, however one concern that was brought up was the size of the LCD screen on the back.

The SD1100 is very similar to its sibling camera, the PowerShot SD750, with one large exception - the SD1100 shrinks the size of the LCD by half an inch to include a rarity on modern point-and-shoots: an optical viewfinder. It’s super tiny, though, and provides a much less accurate view of the framed shot. Unless you’re trying to squeeze a last few shots out of a dying battery by turning off the LCD, don’t bother with the viewfinder, as the LCD has a 100-percent accurate view, and its smooth 230,000-pixel resolution is great.

Ask any photographer and they’ll say use the viewfinder instead of the LCD, but when we’ve been spoiled with 2.5 inch screens, it’s getting harder and hard to do on point and shoots. Kudos for originality though.

Overall the SD1100 is a great deal says the Washington Post.