Do you ever get the feeling that people are looking at you like you are crazy?  What?  No?  Ok well then maybe it’s just me…. hmm….

I’m one of those people who carries her camera everywhere.  You can see me shopping at Target and I’ll have it, going through the car wash, oh look she’s got her camera.  Of course I always have it handy when I pick up my daughter from preschool.  I think I could retire from all of the remarks from other parents when they see me with my big obnoxious camera.  “Wow you sure do like to take pictures don’t ya?” “You don’t miss a photo op do you?”  So in my effort to try and go low profile and not look like I’m Mamarazzi strolling around the preschool yard following my daughter I decided I needed a point and shoot camera, something I could stick in my purse and have handy whenever I needed it.

I started researching and finally decided on the Canon PowerShot SD800 IS.  Although the minute I bought it they released a new model and this was just last month.  Oh well, it’s still a cool camera! 

I often get emails from people asking what type of point and shoot camera I would recommend and I can tell you that this one is great.  Here are the tech specs on the camera:

Product Features

• 7.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 15 x 20-inch prints
• 3.8x image-stabilized wide zoom; 2.5-inch LCD display
• 9-point AiAF, single point AF, Flexizone AF, and Face-priority AF
• Stores images on SD cards; powered by Lithium-ion rechargeable battery NB-5L
• Now supports SDHC cards (Secure Digital cards with over 2 GB capacity)

Technical Details

My husband and son went to the Star Wars Convention last month and took the camera for a test drive:

here’s a patriotic Darth Vader in honor of the 4th of July

and a tribal Darth helmet:

of course I had to try it out and I wanted to test the macro mode so I got a shot of my losing lottery ticket

my two year old who had decided that her Fisher Price Camera isn’t fun anymore even tried out the camera:

So if you are looking for a new handy camera for your purse check out the Canon Canon PowerShot SD800 IS. Oh and the movie mode is fun too, my kids love that!