Canon IXUS 870 IS / PowerShot SD880 IS / IXY 920 IS Reviews Analysis

"... effective red-eye removal tool, good image quality in general (though there are two issues) ;..."

No rating

 

"... new features are useful: face self-timer, icontrast and smaller movie file sizes ; effective red-eye removal tool, good image quality in general (though there are two issues) ;..."

No rating

 

"...excellent photo quality for its class ; optical image stabilisation ..."

80

 

"...; optical image stabilisation ; pleasing interface and design ..."

80

 

"...optical image stabilization ; very good photo quality ..."

80

 

"...; very good photo quality ; sturdy..."

80

 

"...112mm) great optical image stabilization..."

79

 

"...0 inch purecolor ii lcd screen, face detection with self timer, image stabilization..."

80

 

"... performance, image quality..."

91

 

"...build quality, performance, image quality..."

91

 

"... new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...design - picture quality - build quality - start up time..."

85

 

"...quality of picture ; look..."

90

 

"... wide angle is super. super picture quality..."

100

 

"... i considered samsung (good all around) and fuji (good in low light), but after reading more and using them in the store (i took pictures of my kids in the store to evaluate speed and flexibility), i decided eliminated them. i was ready to sacrifice a little photo quality for speed reasoning that i'd rather have a less than perfect shot vice miss the shot. i got the sony dsc-t77, the dsc-w170 as well as the canon sd880is and strated taking pictures..."

100

 

"... you can switch into manual settings and automatic settings, and customize the image you want with multiple features. its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment..."

100

 

"...photo. you can switch into manual settings and automatic settings, and customize the image you want with multiple features. its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment..."

100

 

"... its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment. the screen is a great size for viewing the images..."

100

 

"... you can switch into manual settings and automatic settings, and customize the image you want with multiple features. its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment. the screen is a great size for viewing the images..."

100

 

"... it is small, compact, and light. the picture quality is amazing. just point and shoot and the pictures are great, every time..."

100

 

"...i've tried to load some videos to my pc and have trouble viewing them in my windows photo center. i had to use quicktime..."

100

 

"... "spotting" still remains though. not in every picture, just some..."

60

 

"... "spotting" still remains though. not in every picture, just some. we cannot consistently reproduce the spotting, and canon obviously can't either, since the problem was not addressed on the service report included with our camera..."

60

 

"...great outdoor picture quality, huge 3" lcd screen, decent video quality, lots of customization options..."

80

 

"...not the greatest indoor picture quality (4 eggs). i tried using all of the different scn modes to get the best indoor picture quality but unfortunately i constantly get "darker" backgrounds behind the subject(s)..."

80

 

"...eggs). i tried using all of the different scn modes to get the best indoor picture quality but unfortunately i constantly get "darker" backgrounds behind the subject(s)..."

80

 

"...great picture quality, easy..."

100

 

"...pictures quality just not up to typical canon standards. i have the sd700 from two generations ago (and others) and the new sd880 pictures are simply not as sharp and clear..."

60

 

"...all the rave reviews led me to believe that the image quality would be the best among the point & ; shoots..."

60

 

"... and i don't know if it's the sensor or the jpeg compression doing this, but even at 80 iso it sometimes looks like my photos have been printed on sweater material. the image itself is sharp, but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail..."

60

 

"... the image itself is sharp, but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail. weird..."

60

 

"... and i don't know if it's the sensor or the jpeg compression doing this, but even at 80 iso it sometimes looks like my photos have been printed on sweater material. the image itself is sharp, but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail. weird..."

60

 

"... nice big lcd. has image stabilization. this..."

100

 

"... this is horrible since this camera gets mostly stellar reviews everywhere!! worse of all, newegg is only giving replacements and not refunds on this camera ; google for 'blurry' and 'sd880is' and you'll see the many disappointed users out there like myself ; even in my dad's camera, i find that picture quality is pretty average. the grain seems to have a splotchy appearance that i don't find appealing..."

68

 

"...images are not very sharp, lack crisp detail, even if i shoot at low iso, non moving ..."

90

 

"...good quality pictures, and..."

100

 

"...good quality pictures, and robust..."

100

 

"..."high quality","good..."

100

 

"...excellent photo quality ; optical image stabilization ..."

80

 

"...af,image stablizer,sharp and bright image..."

100

 

"...image stablizer,sharp and bright image,zoom..."

100

 

"...servo af,image stablizer,sharp and bright image,zoom lens..."

100

 

"...automatically creates a picture after two seconds..."

80

 

"...good quality, battery stays long..."

80

 

"...high quality pictures..."

80

 

"...high resolution image quality,battery life,video quality,flash..."

80

 

"...picture has a very good clarity..."

80

 

"...best picture quality,battery..."

80

 

"...best picture quality,battery backup..."

80

 

"...picture quality..."

80

 

"...; optical image stabilizer..."

100

 

"...slim, exellent photo quality..."

80

 

"...sleek and slim, exellent photo quality..."

80

 

"...excellent photo quality for its class, optical image stabilization, pleasing interface and design..."

80

 

"...excelent photo..."

80

 

"...crisp image quality, crystal clear lcd screen..."

100

 

"...good photo quality..."

80

 

"...picture result..."

100

 

"...good picture quality, nice colour resolution..."

100

 

"...good image result..."

80

 

"...excellent picture quality,10..."

80

 

"...excellent picture quality,10 megapixels..."

80

 

"...good quality and lots of features..."

80

 

"...good pic quality..."

80

 

"...high picture quality..."

80

 

"... many kinds color, best result for picture..."

80

 

"...great image capture, rasionable..."

100

 

"...high quality captured real photos..."

100

 

"...photo quality..."

100

 

"...its pic quality..."

100

 

"...canon's proprietary digic image processors have long set its cameras apart from the competition..."

80

 

"...great image copture . rasnable..."

100

 

"...sd 880 picture quality in the canon of craft level, very..."

100

 

"...sd 880 picture quality in the canon of craft level, very good..."

100

 

"...very good quality in taking picture..."

60

 

"...convinience, small size, ergonomics, image quality..."

80

 

"...image dynamics..."

80

 

"...; has excellent speed and picture quality..."

80

 

"...high quality video and audio, wide angle lens, image stabilization, face detection..."

100

 

"...high quality video and audio, image stabilization..."

80

 

"... bright lcd, excellent image quality..."

80

 

"...very good quality, great zoom..."

100

 

"...picture quality is good..."

100

 

"...high quality wide angle lens, image stabilization, face detection..."

100

 

"...the picture processing, and..."

80

 

"...the picture processing, and the quality of certain undoubted sd 880is also provides a wide-angle l..."

80

 

"...use, high quality pic with 10mp..."

100

 

"...quality..."

100

 

"...there are the quality two-tone body..."

100

 

"...it can show picture as original one..."

100

 

"... powerful, quality is also good..."

100

 

"...image quality is very good..."

80

 

"...nice photo quality..."

100

 

"...excellent photo quality for its class and wide-angle lens..."

80

 

"...creative shooting options,high-quality movies f..."

100

 

"...digic 4: intelligent processing for better photos ,creative shooting options,high-quality movies f..."

100

 

"...photo quality is good..."

80

 

"... lcd bright and great resolution, image quality of recorded video is descent..."

80

 

"...excellent photo qualityhigh performancestylishcompact..."

100

 

"...image quality is great, user friendly menu/playback, the dial is *awesome*, nice big buttons, hi-res..."

100

 

"...image quality is great, user friendly menu/playback, the dial is *awesome*, nice big buttons, hi-res. lcd and wide angle lens, 4x optical zoom and canon quality..."

100

 

"... feel solid and luxurious when handling, produce good quality picture in low-light condition (inside my car, at..."

100

 

"... lots of features. good image stabilization. nice wide angle shots..."

100

 

"... can't go full manual. poor picture quality at medium to high iso settings..."

100

 

"...excellent image quality lots of options..."

100

 

"...general poor picture quality. controls..."

40

 

"...handling, price..."

91

 

"...handling, price..."

91

 

"...- expensive -..."

No rating

 

"... very compact and relatively lightweight for a full-frame d-slr, dramatically less expensive than the only other full-frame d-slr currently on the market, canon's own 1ds mark ii, excellent noise characteristics (although the 1ds mark ii still reigns supreme in our view), very large viewfinder compared to sub-frame slrs makes it easy to see subject details, big, bright lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), good exposure accuracy, excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...), lcd monitor a little prone to glare and wash-out (needs anti-reflection coating, or a better one, if there's one there already), cheaper than 1ds mark ii, but still way more than sub-frame models, no revolutionary changes, probably not worth the money as an upgrade for current 20d owners, strong reds still get a bit oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, camera has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), flash x-sync speed is still only 1/250 second (competing models from nikon go to 1/500), viewfinder accuracy only 95% - why not 100%?, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"... as with all the elph models you have to be careful not to drop them!! in addition, newegg is a great online vendor - i have always been happy with thier price and fast shipping. thanks..."

100

 

"... as with all the elph models you have to be careful not to drop them!! in addition, newegg is a great online vendor - i have always been happy with thier price and fast shipping. thanks..."

100

 

"...lowest price, wonderful service, easy to use..."

100

 

"...quality","good value..."

100

 

"...price rate is good..."

100

 

"...quality, affordable price..."

60

 

"...good quality, affordable price..."

60

 

"...price little high according it's features..."

100

 

"...not very expensive for the same class, many kinds color..."

80

 

"...capture, rasionable price..."

100

 

"...great image capture, rasionable price..."

100

 

".... rasnable price..."

100

 

"...a bit expensive..."

100

 

"...many people complain wioth its expensive price..."

100

 

"...price you..."

100

 

"...high price..."

100

 

"...price reasonable, full..."

100

 

"...price reasonable, full featured..."

100

 

"...prices of some expensive..."

100

 

"...ease of use,low price,big..."

100

 

"...good color and design ,ease of use,low price,big lcd..."

100

 

"...price low, powerful..."

100

 

"...price low, powerful, quality is also good..."

100

 

"...can be pricey..."

80

 

"...value for monay..."

100

 

"...rather expensive..."

100

 

"...expensive..."

80

 

"...lens, digic 4 processor, which gives fast processing times, 3-inch vivid lcd screen, but it's at the expense of..."

81

 

"... digic 4 processor, which gives fast processing times, 3-inch vivid lcd screen, but it's at the expense of..."

81

 

"...; fast digic 4 imaging chip ; large..."

81

 

"...quality, performance, image..."

91

 

"...good shutter lag and af performance ; good color rendition ..."

No rating

 

"... very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...5 degree spot metering mode, ef ttl-ii flash exposure takes advantage of range data from lens, is quite accurate, very responsive, near-instant startup, good shutter response, good shot to shot speed, excellent continuous-mode operation, 5 frames/second, slightly increased buffer capacity over the 20d..."

No rating

 

"... (30 large/fine jpegs, 11 raws, 9 raw+jpeg), new low-speed (3 fps) continuous mode added, big, bright 2..."

No rating

 

"...5 degree spot metering mode, ef ttl-ii flash exposure takes advantage of range data from lens, is quite accurate, very responsive, near-instant startup, good shutter response, good shot to shot speed, excellent continuous-mode operation, 5 frames/second, slightly increased buffer capacity over the 20d. (30 large/fine jpegs, 11 raws, 9 raw+jpeg), new low-speed (3 fps) continuous mode added, big, bright 2..."

No rating

 

"... i considered samsung (good all around) and fuji (good in low light), but after reading more and using them in the store (i took pictures of my kids in the store to evaluate speed and flexibility), i decided eliminated them..."

100

 

"... i considered samsung (good all around) and fuji (good in low light), but after reading more and using them in the store (i took pictures of my kids in the store to evaluate speed and flexibility), i decided eliminated them. i was ready to sacrifice a little photo quality for speed reasoning that i'd rather have a less than perfect shot vice miss the shot..."

100

 

"...i captured some photos with the sony t-77 at the kids museum that the canon was too slow to get, but only 2 or three out of the entire bunch of 150+..."

100

 

"...i captured some photos with the sony t-77 at the kids museum that the canon was too slow to get, but only 2 or three out of the entire bunch of 150+. the sony t-77 is better than the canon at focusing on a specific subject when there are many arrayed in depth (such as at a long craft table) since you can touch the kid you want to focus on on the touchscreen and the sony will focus there..."

100

 

"...great! has a lot more features and is a bit faster. as with all the elph models you have to be careful not to drop them!! in addition, newegg is a great online vendor - i have always been happy with thier price and fast shipping..."

100

 

"...quick startup..."

100

 

"...quick, takes great shots inside and out..."

100

 

"...quick, takes great shots inside and out, love the wide angle lense..."

100

 

"... excellent for me since i use it to take pics of pets and family. i can take pictures of fast moving objects without blurring. easily loads pictures to pc..."

100

 

"...fast shipping,great..."

100

 

"...fast shipping,great item..."

100

 

"... size is great though ; the camera does produce dust orbs from the flash occasionally. you can try to avoid this by using slow sync, but that's of course not always possible ; as i knew before i bought it the camera does not offer manual controls..."

80

 

"... size is great though ; the camera does produce dust orbs from the flash occasionally. you can try to avoid this by using slow sync, but that's of course not always possible ; as i knew before i bought it the camera does not offer manual controls..."

80

 

"...g. increasing iso to get faster shutter speed. chdk..."

80

 

"...slow to start up..."

100

 

"...control, poor high iso performance, soft..."

100

 

"...display, faster image processing..."

60

 

"... lightweight, good low light performance, good battery life..."

80

 

"...powerful digic 4 processor..."

80

 

"...starts up really fast. autofocus is quick and accurate under all conditions..."

100

 

"...fast. autofocus is quick and accurate under all conditions..."

100

 

"...superior performance..."

80

 

"...sd880 internal hardware is its superior performance to ensure that the reasons for..."

100

 

"...quicker processing speed..."

100

 

"...faster processing speed..."

80

 

"...this very good performance of digital cameras..."

100

 

"...comparison of quick consumption..."

100

 

"... pleasing interface and design ; wide-angle lens..."

80

 

"...28mm wide-angle lens, digic 4 processor, which gives fast processing times, 3-inch vivid lcd screen, but it's at the expense of..."

81

 

"...true wide-angle lens (28mm to 112mm) great..."

79

 

"...sharp shots, minimal chromatic aberration, wide-angle lens, 3" display..."

80

 

"... good color rendition ; excellent lens performance..."

No rating

 

"... good control over image noise up to iso 400, good corner-to-corner lens sharpness, relatively low distortion..."

75

 

"...nicely saturated colors, good control over image noise up to iso 400, good corner-to-corner lens sharpness, relatively low distortion, virtually no chromatic aberrations visible, superb lcd visibility, good feature set among ultra-compact cameras..."

75

 

"... viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...sharp shots, minimal chromatic aberration, wide-angle lens, 3in display..."

80

 

"... you can switch into manual settings and automatic settings, and customize the image you want with multiple features. its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment..."

100

 

"... it's no doubt the best compact/ultra compact camera made imho. i have a dslr but wanted a small camera with a wide angle lens. hard to beat canon..."

100

 

"... takes great shots inside and out, love the wide angle lense..."

100

 

"...wide angle and 4x optical zoom lens is great..."

60

 

"...4,wide angle lens,styl..."

100

 

"...digic 4,wide angle lens,style..."

100

 

"...sharp and bright image,zoom lens..."

100

 

"...good looking ,10mp, wide angle lens, 3'' lcd and very handy..."

80

 

"... 10 mega pixels, 28mm lens..."

100

 

"...efix print technology, picbridge, 10 mega pixels, 28mm lens..."

100

 

"...a wide-angle 28mm lens..."

80

 

"...lens support is well..."

100

 

"...wide-angle lens, optical image stabilization..."

80

 

"... light, and wide angle lens adds a nice element to any picture..."

80

 

"...nice display, light, and wide angle lens adds a nice element to any picture..."

80

 

"...much better lens..."

80

 

"...good lens..."

60

 

"...stylish camera with a big lcd and a wide-angle lens..."

100

 

"...the wide-lens..."

80

 

"...stylish camera with a big lcd and a wide - angle lens..."

100

 

"...high quality wide angle lens, image stabilization..."

100

 

"...lens is not as good as other cams..."

100

 

"...28mm wide-angle lens beautiful fashionable appearance..."

100

 

"...lens' controllable difference..."

100

 

"...wide - angle lens, beautiful..."

100

 

"...wide - angle lens, beautiful, compact, use, cost - effective..."

100

 

"...zoom lens, battery life, expensive..."

100

 

"... hi-res. lcd and wide angle lens, 4x optical zoom and canon quality..."

100

 

"... hi-res. lcd and wide angle lens, 4x..."

100

 

"...; no hd/720p movie mode and can’t use optical zoom while recording movies ; memory card/battery door isn’t too sturdy, poor microphone placement ..."

No rating

 

"...4x optical zoom, 3..."

80

 

"...only 4x zoom..."

100

 

"...blurry pictures on digital zoom (on action shoots)..."

100

 

"...lack of zoom..."

100

 

"...pixel, optical zoom..."

100

 

"...high mega pixel, optical zoom..."

100

 

"...optical zoom is just 4x..."

80

 

"...optical zoom is just 4x,..."

80

 

"...10mp, 4x optical zoom / 4x digital zoom..."

80

 

"...10mp, 4x optical zoom / 4x digital zoom..."

80

 

"...the 6x optical zoom is nice..."

80

 

"...10 mpx, wide angle, 4x optical zoom..."

100

 

"...wide angle zoom to capture large gatherings..."

100

 

"...10 megapixel, 4x optical zoom, large lcd..."

80

 

"...quality, great zoom, easy..."

100

 

"...very good quality, great zoom, easy to carry around..."

100

 

"...digital zoom is not so good..."

80

 

"...4x zoom, multitude of shooting modes..."

80

 

"... lcd and wide angle lens, 4x optical zoom and canon quality..."

100

 

"... nice wide angle shots, decent zoom..."

100

 

"... good image stabilization. nice wide angle shots, decent zoom..."

100

 

"... poor high iso performance, soft optics..."

100

 

"...limited control, poor high iso performance, soft optics..."

100

 

"...optics have not selected a scene the window, moreover..."

60

 

"...optics have not selected a scene the window, moreover sd 880 does not have manual focusing or the..."

60

 

"...good wide-angle optics focal variation..."

100

 

"... if there were a beauty contest for cameras the ixus 870is would be a shoo-in. focus is generally quick and accurate with good sharpness and resolution. exposure and white balance are just ok..."

No rating

 

"...5" lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), excellent dynamic range, good default tone curve, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), loads of fine image parameter adjustments, user-selectable color space (srgb and adobe rgb), raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, excellent (10x) playback magnification, now available directly in record mode for checking focus, framing..."

No rating

 

"...5" lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), excellent dynamic range, good default tone curve, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), loads of fine image parameter adjustments, user-selectable color space (srgb and adobe rgb), raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, excellent (10x) playback magnification, now available directly in record mode for checking focus, framing, very solid feel, great build quality..."

No rating

 

"..., good face detection and focus check., h..."

86

 

"... the camera needed to be very portable, very quick to focus and shoot, good in low light or w/o flash, and durable..."

100

 

"... this would be in very active settings when the boys wouldn't stand still, but i needed the shot. the camera needed to be very portable, very quick to focus and shoot, good in low light or w/o flash, and durable. after researching on line for a few days i chose the canon sd series and sony (t and w series)..."

100

 

"... the sony t-77 is better than the canon at focusing on a specific subject when there are many arrayed in depth (such as at a long craft table) since you can touch the kid you want to focus on on the touchscreen and the sony will focus there. on the canon you have to hope that it will focus on the right kid..."

100

 

"... the sony t-77 is better than the canon at focusing on a specific subject when there are many arrayed in depth (such as at a long craft table) since you can touch the kid you want to focus on on the touchscreen and the sony will focus there. on the canon you have to hope that it will focus on the right kid. it rarely did, but the resultant shots were not perceptably worse than the sony unless blown up to large scale..."

100

 

"... the auto flash does not engage for fill flash with near subjects in backlit situations. the face recognition feature often finds faces when present, but when absent often randomly selects the most irrelevant and uninteresting areas of the composition for focus and exposure..."

60

 

"... and at least some ability to override the program modes for creativity. focus is captured rather quickly even in the dark when used with the af assist light. and for being a secondary function..."

60

 

"... impressive face detection, auto-focus, and..."

80

 

"...10 mp, impressive face detection, auto-focus, and auto-contrast correction..."

80

 

"...no manual focus lens sd..."

100

 

"...window, there is no manual focus or aperture settings fu..."

100

 

"...sd 880 does not have a optical viewfinder window, there is no manual focus or aperture settings fu..."

100

 

"...light weight no manual focus or aperture settings features..."

80

 

"...no manual focus or aperture setting..."

100

 

"... no hd/720p movie mode and can’t use optical zoom while recording movies ; memory card/battery door isn’t too sturdy, poor microphone placement ..."

No rating

 

"... no hd/720p movie mode and can’t use optical zoom while recording movies ; memory card/battery door isn’t too sturdy, poor microphone placement ; rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks' or feedback, easy to accidentally bump ..."

No rating

 

"... i love the features, the wide screen and the way it uploads on a computer. best..."

100

 

"...dont forget to buy it big memory..."

80

 

"...extra memory required..."

80

 

"...consume more battery & memory card..."

60

 

"...memory card..."

80

 

"... rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks' or feedback, easy to accidentally bump ; edge softness with a little color fringing..."

No rating

 

"...shots, minimal chromatic aberration, wide-angle lens..."

80

 

"...; good color rendition ; excellent..."

No rating

 

"... relatively low distortion, virtually no chromatic aberrations visible, superb lcd visibility..."

75

 

"... excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...5" lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), excellent dynamic range, good default tone curve, very flexible white balance system..."

No rating

 

"... even high-end lenses can have trouble in the corners (plan on spending serious $$ on lenses to keep up with this body!), color is generally good, but reds are significantly oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"... but reds are significantly oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"... auto white balance is only average, has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...), on-camera flash would be nice ("pro" pricing, but lots of high-end amateurs will be buying this camera), opening the cf compartment door shuts down the camera without warning. (easy to lose images still being written to the card.), lcd monitor a little prone to glare and wash-out (needs anti-reflection coating, or a better one, if there's one there already), cheaper than 1ds mark ii, but still way more than sub-frame models, no revolutionary changes, probably not worth the money as an upgrade for current 20d owners, strong reds still get a bit oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, camera has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), flash x-sync speed is still only 1/250 second (competing models from nikon go to 1/500), viewfinder accuracy only 95% - why not 100%?, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting. (optional battery grip adds this though..."

No rating

 

"...compensation, white balance, tone..."

80

 

"... white balance, tone, and..."

80

 

"...control for exposure compensation, white balance, tone, and iso..."

80

 

"...flash performance was good as to color fidelity, with accurate color reproduction and adequate sharpness..."

100

 

"...class, many kinds color, best..."

80

 

"...not very expensive for the same class, many kinds color, best result for picture..."

80

 

"...so slight color..."

80

 

"...color is not intended to neighbor..."

100

 

"...colour full..."

100

 

"...the colour have a little..."

80

 

"...good color and design ,ease of use..."

100

 

"...monotone color, the..."

100

 

"...monotone color, the use of inconvenient..."

100

 

"... which gives fast processing times, 3-inch vivid lcd screen, but it's at the expense of..."

81

 

"...28mm wide-angle lens, digic 4 processor, which gives fast processing times, 3-inch vivid lcd screen, but it's at the expense of....."

81

 

"... fast digic 4 imaging chip ; large 3-inch lcd..."

81

 

"...zoom, 3.0 inch purecolor ii lcd screen, face detection with self timer..."

80

 

"...4x optical zoom, 3.0 inch purecolor ii lcd screen, face detection with self timer, image stabilization..."

80

 

"... virtually no chromatic aberrations visible, superb lcd visibility, good..."

75

 

"...- large 3-inch lcd -..."

No rating

 

"... big, bright lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), good exposure accuracy, excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... (30 large/fine jpegs, 11 raws, 9 raw+jpeg), new low-speed (3 fps) continuous mode added, big, bright 2.5" lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode)..."

No rating

 

"... i have two boys under age 5 and wanted something i could easily take with me when the slr was too big. this would be in very active settings when the boys wouldn't stand still, but i needed the shot..."

100

 

"... i have two boys under age 5 and wanted something i could easily take with me when the slr was too big. this would be in very active settings when the boys wouldn't stand still, but i needed the shot. the camera needed to be very portable, very quick to focus and shoot, good in low light or w/o flash, and durable..."

100

 

"... its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment. the screen is a great size for viewing the images. and the battery lasts a long time too..."

100

 

"...size, lcd screen, user friendly, takes very good micro shots..."

100

 

"...size, lcd screen, user friendly, takes very good micro shots. i constantly take shots of random things and images are amazing..."

100

 

"...controls, bright and clear screen, physical switch for camera/scene-mode/video..."

60

 

"...excellent 3" lcd display..."

100

 

"... powershots from canon take excellent pictures. nice big lcd. has image stabilization..."

100

 

"... wide angle lens, 3'' lcd and very handy..."

80

 

"...large screen and clear pixel image..."

100

 

"...quality, enormous lcd screen..."

80

 

"...excellent photo quality, enormous lcd screen..."

80

 

"...wide screen..."

100

 

"...3.0-inch purecolor lcd ii..."

80

 

"...camera, 3inch lcd..."

80

 

"...bright lcd, easy to use..."

80

 

"...quality, crystal clear lcd screen, easy..."

100

 

"...crisp image quality, crystal clear lcd screen, easy to use..."

100

 

"... 4x optical zoom, large lcd..."

80

 

"...you'll enjoy it's large lcd screen..."

100

 

"...use, easy to see screen, durabl..."

100

 

"... picture quality, screen size, button placement..."

80

 

"...bright colorful screen is very beautiful..."

100

 

"...the lcd screen's contrast ratio has been greatly improved as well..."

100

 

"...high-quality large 3.0-inch purecolor lcd ii for bright..."

100

 

"...big screen..."

40

 

"...large lcd screen the number of sheets of many photographs excellent color control..."

80

 

"...low price,big lcd..."

100

 

"...of liquid crystal display, optical image stabilization..."

100

 

"...of liquid crystal display, optical image stabilization, and a vga movie mode..."

100

 

"... no manual setting for flash intensity, lcd smudges easily, sound..."

80

 

"... i had to use quicktime. i don't like that since it doesn't show a preview thumbnail of the video. maybe with research, i'll find out a way to fix it..."

100

 

"... physical switch for camera/scene-mode/video, very good video for a ultra-compact..."

60

 

"...responsive controls, bright and clear screen, physical switch for camera/scene-mode/video, very good video for a ultra-compact..."

60

 

"... noisy at iso800 ; 4. no hd video..."

92

 

"... image stabilization, good video..."

100

 

"...battery life,video quality,flas..."

80

 

"...good video quality..."

100

 

"...high quality video and audio, wide angle lens..."

100

 

"... lcd smudges easily, sound on recorded video is not all that good..."

80

 

"...no hd video, few 'advanced' features..."

80

 

"...compact stylish design with a wide-angle lens and large screen ; excellent battery life ..."

No rating

 

"... high resolution sensor is very demanding of lenses, even high-end lenses can have trouble in the corners (plan on spending serious $$ on lenses to keep up with this body!), color is generally good, but reds are significantly oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...; looks..."

90

 

"... bigger prints like 8x10 is a little more noticeable, but only if you know what you are looking for. overall, this is a great camera..."

100

 

"... images are impressive, i took the same shots at a museum with this little camera and my 40d witht the same settings and you can not really tell the difference in small prints 4x6 and 5x7. bigger prints like 8x10 is a little more noticeable, but only if you know what you are looking for. overall, this is a great camera..."

100

 

"...nice design, responsive..."

80

 

"... and i don't know if it's the sensor or the jpeg compression doing this, but even at 80 iso it sometimes looks like my photos have been printed on sweater material. the image itself is sharp, but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail..."

60

 

"... however, in high contrast situations the fringing (color separation at the edge of the lens) is just awful. and i don't know if it's the sensor or the jpeg compression doing this, but even at 80 iso it sometimes looks like my photos have been printed on sweater material. the image itself is sharp, but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail..."

60

 

"... lastly, don't even attempt to go more sensitive than 200 iso if you want a decent looking image..."

60

 

"... it's one of the few cameras i looked at while shopping that didn't have this feature. lastly, don't even attempt to go more sensitive than 200 iso if you want a decent looking image..."

60

 

"...i don't especially fancy its design. the backside looks great but the front doesn't do anything for me..."

80

 

"...design. the backside looks great but the front doesn't do anything for me. size is great though ; the camera does produce dust orbs from the flash occasionally..."

80

 

"...the front design is usual..."

80

 

"...good looking ,10mp..."

80

 

"...simple, powerfull, and stylish design..."

100

 

"...design simple..."

80

 

"...design..."

80

 

"...more stylish..."

80

 

"...awesome design..."

100

 

"...superb design..."

100

 

"...unique design of the appearance of novel..."

100

 

"...cute and smart..."

100

 

"...stylish & ; best..."

100

 

"...not nice looking..."

80

 

"...worth of looking design..."

100

 

"...portable, very stylish look..."

100

 

"...display,beautiful design,takes perfect pictures..."

100

 

"...the optical viewfinder, relegated to the ixus cameras of old, power button difficult to press..."

81

 

"Rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks’ or feedback"

No rating

 

"Rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks’ or feedback, easy to accidentally bump"

No rating

 

"... optical image stabilisation ; pleasing interface and design ; wide-angle..."

80

 

"... numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...5" lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), excellent dynamic range, good default tone curve, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), loads of fine image parameter adjustments, user-selectable color space (srgb and adobe rgb), raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw..."

No rating

 

"..., quality 3in screen and user interface., good face detection and focus check..."

86

 

"...28mm coverage and stabilisation., quality 3in screen and user interface., good face detection and focus check., h.264-encoded movies, but still vga., 28mm coverage and stabilisation., quality 3in screen and user interface., good face detection and focus check., h.264-encoded movies, but still vga..."

86

 

"... lcd screen, user friendly, takes very good micro shots..."

100

 

"...controls, not user friendly menus..."

60

 

"...interface and design ; wide-angle..."

60

 

"... pink) more on this product review user review..."

100

 

"...), lcd monitor a little prone to glare and wash-out (needs anti-reflection coating, or a better one, if there's one there already), cheaper than 1ds mark ii, but still way more than sub-frame models, no revolutionary changes, probably not worth the money as an upgrade for current 20d owners, strong reds still get a bit oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, camera has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), flash x-sync speed is still only 1/250 second (competing models from nikon go to 1/500), viewfinder accuracy only 95% - why not 100%?, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...), on-camera flash would be nice ("pro" pricing, but lots of high-end amateurs will be buying this camera), opening the cf compartment door shuts down the camera without warning. (easy to lose images still being written to the card.), lcd monitor a little prone to glare and wash-out (needs anti-reflection coating, or a better one, if there's one there already), cheaper than 1ds mark ii, but still way more than sub-frame models, no revolutionary changes, probably not worth the money as an upgrade for current 20d owners, strong reds still get a bit oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, camera has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), flash x-sync speed is still only 1/250 second (competing models from nikon go to 1/500), viewfinder accuracy only 95% - why not 100%?, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"... focus is generally quick and accurate with good sharpness and resolution. exposure and white balance are just ok. a 28mm focal length is always a boon..."

No rating

 

"... more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), good exposure accuracy, excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...control for exposure compensation, white balance..."

80

 

"...and restore the color accuracy, exposure accuracy and sharpness very good screen..."

80

 

"......the optical viewfinder, relegated to the ixus cameras of old..."

81

 

"......the optical viewfinder, relegated to the ixus cameras of old, power button difficult to press..."

81

 

"...lacks optical viewfinder ; power..."

81

 

"...no optical viewfinder ; flash..."

80

 

"...no viewfinder ; sharpening..."

No rating

 

"... canon's own 1ds mark ii, excellent noise characteristics (although the 1ds mark ii still reigns supreme in our view), very large viewfinder compared to sub-frame slrs makes it easy to see subject details, big, bright lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), good exposure accuracy, excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... excellent noise characteristics (although the 1ds mark ii still reigns supreme in our view), very large viewfinder compared to sub-frame slrs makes it easy to see subject details, big, bright lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), good exposure accuracy, excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"... may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"... viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...full-frame, high resolution sensor is very demanding of lenses, even high-end lenses can have trouble in the corners (plan on spending serious $$ on lenses to keep up with this body!), color is generally good, but reds are significantly oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting. (optional battery grip adds this though..."

No rating

 

"...), lcd monitor a little prone to glare and wash-out (needs anti-reflection coating, or a better one, if there's one there already), cheaper than 1ds mark ii, but still way more than sub-frame models, no revolutionary changes, probably not worth the money as an upgrade for current 20d owners, strong reds still get a bit oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, camera has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), flash x-sync speed is still only 1/250 second (competing models from nikon go to 1/500), viewfinder accuracy only 95% - why not 100%?, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...no viewfinder (not a huge deal)..."

90

 

"... trust me if you have a choice go with the 28mm. the screen is huge and i really don't mind that it doesn't have a viewfinder. images are impressive, i took the same shots at a museum with this little camera and my 40d witht the same settings and you can not really tell the difference in small prints 4x6 and 5x7..."

100

 

"...it does not have a view finder..."

80

 

"...it has a viewfinder in addition to the screen..."

100

 

"...no view finder..."

100

 

"...a little bulky and heavy, no optical viewfinder..."

100

 

"...no viewfinder (lcd only..."

80

 

"...no optical viewfinder window..."

100

 

"...there is no optical viewfinder window, a..."

80

 

"...there is no optical viewfinder window, a heavier weight..."

80

 

"...capability. high contrast scenes befuddle the camera overexposing the bright areas or underexposing the dark areas. the auto flash does not engage for fill flash with near subjects in backlit situations..."

60

 

"... however, in high contrast situations the fringing (color separation at the edge of the lens) is just awful..."

60

 

"... shoots. however, in high contrast situations the fringing (color separation at the edge of the lens) is just awful..."

60

 

"... auto-focus, and auto-contrast correction..."

80

 

"... and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"...full-frame, high resolution sensor is very demanding of lenses, even high-end lenses can have trouble in the corners (plan on spending serious $$ on lenses to keep up with this body!), color is generally good, but reds are significantly oversaturated, auto white balance is only average, has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto wb mode), viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models, may be distracting to some shooters, viewfinder accuracy only 96% - why not 100%?, viewfinder eyepoint is a little low, slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting..."

No rating

 

"...small pixel resolution..."

80

 

"...high resolution image quality,battery life..."

80

 

"...10.0 megapixel resolution..."

100

 

"...high resolution camera & good design..."

80

 

"...quality, nice colour resolution, high..."

100

 

"...good picture quality, nice colour resolution, high zooming facility..."

100

 

"...high resolution..."

80

 

"...high resolution,..."

80

 

"...10mp resolution..."

100

 

"...screen, nice resolution..."

100

 

"...wide screen, nice resolution..."

100

 

"...take up to 189 minutes of video and several thousand pictures at the highest resolution..."

100

 

"... sturdily built, lcd bright and great resolution, image..."

80

 

"...4x zoom, multitude of shooting modes, excellent battery life, very compact, sturdily built, lcd bright and great resolution, image quality of recorded video is descent..."

80

 

"... above average camera performance ; new features are useful: face self-timer, icontrast and smaller movie file sizes ..."

No rating

 

"... above average camera performance ; new features are useful: face self-timer, icontrast and smaller movie file sizes ; effective red-eye removal tool, good image quality in general (though there are two issues) ..."

No rating

 

"...appearance. if there were a beauty contest for cameras the ixus 870is would be a shoo-in. focus is generally quick and accurate with good sharpness and resolution..."

No rating

 

"...look and feel, responsivenes..."

90

 

"...look and feel, responsiveness..."

90

 

"...only complaint is movie in mov format, other..."

100

 

"...only complaint is movie in mov format, other than that very happy with it..."

100

 

"...vidéos au format mov plus lourd, que les avi du 860 ..."

80

 

"...vidéos au format mov plus lourd, que les avi du 860 ; des fonctions du 860is, ne sont plus présentes ..."

80

 

"... this is horrible since this camera gets mostly stellar reviews everywhere!! worse of all, newegg is only giving replacements and not refunds on this camera ; google for 'blurry' and 'sd880is' and you'll see the many disappointed users out there like myself ; even in my dad's camera, i find that picture quality is pretty average. the grain seems to have a splotchy appearance that i don't find appealing. this is even with the superfine stuff turned on, of course ; so, folks, please beware particularly if you come from the slr world as i do..."

68

 

"...the shape still goes.hickness than 70 have increment, the hand is probably quite a few..."

80

 

"...face detection, image stabilization, good video..."

100

 

"... easy to use, sleek, precise..."

80

 

"...the shape i dont like..."

80

 

"...attractive fashion semblance, firm..."

60

 

"...beautiful shape..."

100

 

"...beautiful fashionable appearance, durable..."

80

 

"... lest bad in shirt pocket, look at it in my hand pretty comfortable on the fac..."

80

 

"...very good appearance and pixel..."

100

 

"...fashionable look and comfortable feel..."

100

 

"...detects increase in the number od face..."

100

 

"...faster. as with all the elph models you have to be careful not to drop them!! in addition, newegg is a great online vendor - i have always been happy with thier price and fast shipping..."

100

 

"...complicated controls/menu, missing..."

60

 

"...complicated controls/menu, missing features/settings..."

60

 

"...intensity, menu navigation is not intuitive, no manual setting for flash intensity..."

80

 

"...great, user friendly menu/playback, the dial is *awesome*, nice big buttons, hi-res..."

100

 

"...quality. controls and menu system were imo counterintuitive..."

40

 

"... new features are useful: face self-timer, icontrast and smaller movie file sizes ; effective red-eye removal tool, good image quality in general (though there are two issues) ..."

No rating

 

"...full-frame sensor gives 1:1 crop factor, true wide angle with 35mm lenses, very compact and relatively lightweight for a full-frame d-slr, dramatically less expensive than the only other full-frame d-slr currently on the market, canon's own 1ds mark ii, excellent noise characteristics (although the 1ds mark ii still reigns supreme in our view), very large viewfinder compared to sub-frame slrs makes it easy to see subject details, big, bright lcd screen for easier to read menus, more fun "chimping" (viewing images in playback mode), good exposure accuracy, excellent dynamic range, very nice default tone curve, good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame slr, instant start-up, very flexible white balance system, excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control), autofocus seemed very good/sure-footed in our test and gallery shooting, generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though), very wide, usable iso range from 50-3200, phenomenal low-light capability, amazingly clean shots from multi-minute exposures, new "picture style" settings and slightly more aggressive in-camera image sharpening give better results with straight-from-the-camera workflow, loads of fine image parameter adjustments, raw+jpeg mode lets you choose any size/quality of jpeg to accompany raw, interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available), bundled software permits remote tethered use of camera, and full raw-file processing at no added cost, nifty contact sheets straight from camera with a canon-brand pictbridge-compatible printer, numerous tweaks, user-interface, and functional improvements over eos-20d, excellent resolution, in-camera sharpening seems to have been tweaked slightly, excellent color, very slightly more saturated than that of the 20d in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though), picture styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting, nice, very smooth noise characteristics we've come to expect from canon's cmos sensor technology and digic-ii processor, very wide, usable iso range from 100-3200, excellent long-exposure noise behavior, particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled, good, accurate metering, and now a true 3..."

No rating

 

"... however, in high contrast situations the fringing (color separation at the edge of the lens) is just awful. and i don't know if it's the sensor or the jpeg compression doing this, but even at 80 iso it sometimes looks like my photos have been printed on sweater material..."

60

 

"...good optical sensor..."

100

 

"...its picture element..."

100

 

"...its picture element,..."

100

 

"...10 mp ccd sensor..."

80

 

"...red eye..."

100

 

"...slightly larger sensor..."

100

 

"...canon uses a sensor slightly larger..."

60

 

"...- no manual shutter speed or aperture..."

No rating

 

"...5 degree spot metering mode, ef ttl-ii flash exposure takes advantage of range data from lens, is quite accurate, very responsive, near-instant startup, good shutter response, good shot to shot speed, excellent continuous-mode operation, 5 frames/second, slightly increased buffer capacity over the 20d..."

No rating

 

"... slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers, no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting. (optional battery grip adds this though..."

No rating

 

"... you can adjust the ev and of course iso. this means you can affect shutter speed only indirectly by e.g. increasing iso to get faster shutter speed..."

80

 

"..."shutter lag..."

100

 

"...; excellent battery life ; above average camera performance ..."

No rating

 

"... no shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting. (optional battery grip adds this though.), on-camera flash would be nice ("pro" pricing, but lots of high-end amateurs will be buying this camera), opening the cf compartment door shuts down the camera without warning..."

No rating

 

"...battery life..."

90

 

"... the screen is a great size for viewing the images. and the battery lasts a long time too. compared to carrying a big bulky slr, the sd880is is easy to carry around in your pocket..."

100

 

"...battery life could be a little better..."

100

 

"...great quality shots and battery life..."

100

 

"...quality, battery stays long, very..."

80

 

"...good quality, battery stays long, very handy..."

80

 

"...quality,battery backup..."

80

 

"... good low light performance, good battery life, durabl..."

80

 

"...photo output and battery..."

80

 

"...battery and durable..."

80

 

"...battery..."

100

 

"...lacks manual controls and a live histogram ; no hd/720p movie mode and can’t use optical zoom while recording movies ..."

No rating

 

"... rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks' or feedback, easy to accidentally bump ; edge..."

No rating

 

"...viewfinder limited manual functions..."

79

 

"...- easy to use..."

No rating

 

"...shoot. controls are more tactile and responsive than the sd870is. wide angle is super..."

100

 

"...photo. you can switch into manual settings and automatic settings, and customize the image you want with multiple features..."

100

 

"... just point and shoot and the pictures are great, every time. it is very easy to use. i just opened the box and started taking pictures..."

100

 

"... wonderful service, easy to use. giving to my wife, who is the typical "better be easy to use" owner..."

100

 

"...lowest price, wonderful service, easy to use. giving to my wife, who is the typical "better be easy to use" owner..."

100

 

"... easy to use. giving to my wife, who is the typical "better be easy to use" owner..."

100

 

"...camera. very easy to use. i've had no problems with this camera as of now..."

100

 

"...use. excellent for me since i use it to take pics of pets and family. i can take pictures of fast moving objects without blurring..."

100

 

"...center. i had to use quicktime. i don't like that since it doesn't show a preview thumbnail of the video..."

100

 

"...quality, easy to use right out of the box..."

100

 

"...great picture quality, easy to use right out of the box..."

100

 

"...responsive controls, bright and clear screen..."

60

 

"...sharp, compact, easy to use, turn it on and just shoot, and after that good result. very..."

100

 

"... and after that good result. very simple..."

100

 

"... also, there is no full manual mode which would be soooo easy to implement. it's one of the few cameras i looked at while shopping that didn't have this feature..."

60

 

"... weird. also, there is no full manual mode which would be soooo easy to implement. it's one of the few cameras i looked at while shopping that didn't have this feature..."

60

 

"...ease of use..."