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

Digital camera - compact - 10.0 Mpix - optical zoom: 4 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus - silver More product details

Canon IXUS 870 IS / PowerShot SD880 IS / IXY 920 IS
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863 reviews

November, 2009

79 / 100

66 Experts

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What people think about the Canon IXUS 870 IS / PowerShot SD880 IS / IXY 920 IS: (BETA!)

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image quality

5

  • I've tried to load some videos to my pc and have trouble viewing them in my windows photo center
  • Not in every picture
  • Not in every picture, just some
  • 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)
  • good image quality in general (though there are two issues
  • Effective red-eye removal tool, good image quality in general (though there are two issues
  • Excellent photo quality for its class
  • optical image stabilisation
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Pictures quality just not up to typical Canon standards
  • All the rave reviews led me to believe that the image quality would be the best among the point &
  • The image itself is sharp
  • but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail
  • The image itself is sharp, but seemeingly random areas of the image are fuzzy or blotchy in detail
  • I find that picture quality is pretty average
  • image
  • Image dynamics
  • Poor picture quality at medium to high ISO settings
  • General poor picture quality
  • very good photo quality
  • Great optical image stabilization
  • Image Stabilization
  • image quality
  • Build quality, performance, image quality
  • Loads of fine image parameter adjustments
  • Design - picture quality - build quality - start up time
  • quality of picture
  • Super picture quality
  • 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
  • and customize the image you want with multiple features
  • You can switch into manual settings and automatic settings, and customize the image you want with multiple features
  • and the image stabilization feature captures the moment
  • Its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo, and the image stabilization feature captures the moment
  • The picture quality is amazing
  • Great outdoor picture quality, huge 3" LCD screen, decent video quality, lots of customization options
  • Great picture quality
  • Has image stabilization
  • good quality pictures
  • good quality pictures, and robust
  • High Quality
  • Excellent photo quality
  • image stablizer
  • sharp and bright image
  • Servo AF,image stablizer,sharp and bright image,zoom lens
  • automatically creates a picture after two seconds
  • good quality
  • High quality pictures
  • High resolution image quality,battery life,video quality,flash
  • Picture has a very good clarity
  • best picture quality
  • best picture quality,battery backup
  • Picture Quality
  • optical image stabilizer
  • exellent photo quality
  • sleek and slim, exellent photo quality
  • Excellent photo quality for its class, optical image stabilization, pleasing interface and design
  • excelent photo
  • crisp image quality
  • good photo quality
  • picture result
  • good picture quality
  • good image result
  • Excellent picture quality
  • Excellent picture quality,10 megapixels
  • good quality and lots of features
  • good pic quality
  • high picture quality
  • best result for picture
  • Great Image Capture
  • High Quality captured Real Photos
  • photo quality
  • Its pic quality
  • Canon's proprietary DIGIC Image Processors have long set its cameras apart from the competition
  • Great image copture
  • SD 880 picture quality in the Canon of craft level
  • SD 880 picture quality in the Canon of craft level, very good
  • Very Good Quality in taking picture
  • Convinience, small size, ergonomics, image quality
  • has excellent speed and picture quality
  • High Quality Video and Audio, Wide angle lens, Image Stabilization, Face Detection
  • High Quality Video and Audio, Image Stabilization
  • excellent image quality
  • very good quality
  • Picture quality is good
  • High Quality Wide angle lens, Image Stabilization, Face Detection
  • The picture processing
  • The picture processing, and the quality of certain undoubted SD 880IS also provides a wide-angle l
  • high quality pic with 10mp
  • quality
  • there are the quality two-tone body
  • It can show picture as original one
  • quality is also good
  • Image quality is very good
  • nice photo quality
  • Excellent photo quality for its class and wide-angle lens
  • High-quality movies f
  • DIGIC 4: intelligent processing for better photos ,Creative shooting options,High-quality movies f
  • photo quality is good
  • image quality of recorded video is descent
  • Excellent photo qualityHigh performanceStylishCompact
  • image quality is great
  • image quality is great, user friendly menu/playback, the dial is *awesome*, nice big buttons, hi-res
  • produce good quality picture in low-light condition (inside my car
  • Good image stabilization
  • Excellent Image Quality Lots of Options
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price

2.5

  • price
  • Handling, price
  • Expensive
  • probably not worth the money as an upgrade for current 20D owners
  • Price little high according it's features
  • Dramatically less expensive than the only other full-frame d-SLR currently on the market
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  • Lowest price
  • Good Value
  • a bit expensive
  • Many people complain wioth its expensive price
  • Price You
  • high price
  • Prices of some expensive
  • can be pricey
  • rather expensive
  • expensive
  • Price rate is good
  • affordable price
  • good quality, affordable price
  • not very expensive for the same class
  • Rasionable price
  • Great Image Capture, Rasionable price
  • Rasnable price
  • Price reasonable
  • Price reasonable, Full featured
  • low price
  • good color and design ,ease of use,low price,big LCD
  • Price low
  • Price low, powerful, quality is also good
  • value for monay
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performance

5

  • I captured some photos with the Sony T-77 at the kids museum that the Canon was too slow to get
  • 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+
  • You can try to avoid this by using slow sync
  • You can try to avoid this by using slow sync, but that's of course not always possible
  • increasing ISO to get faster shutter speed
  • Digic 4 processor
  • which gives fast processing times
  • fast DIGIC 4 imaging chip
  • performance
  • Good shutter lag and AF performance
  • Slow to start up
  • poor high ISO performance
  • Comparison of quick consumption
  • Good shutter lag and shot to shot speed for a full-frame SLR
  • good shot to shot speed
  • New low-speed (3 fps
  • (30 large/fine JPEGs, 11 RAWs, 9 RAW+JPEG), New low-speed (3 fps
  • but after reading more and using them in the store (I took pictures of my kids in the store to evaluate speed and flexibility)
  • 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
  • Has a lot more features and is a bit faster
  • Quick startup
  • Quick
  • Quick, takes great shots inside and out, love the wide angle lense
  • I can take pictures of fast moving objects without blurring
  • fast shipping
  • fast shipping,great item
  • Faster Image Processing
  • good low light performance
  • powerful Digic 4 processor
  • Starts up really fast
  • Autofocus is quick and accurate under all conditions
  • Superior performance
  • SD880 internal hardware is its superior performance to ensure that the reasons for
  • Quicker processing speed
  • Faster processing speed
  • This very good performance of digital cameras
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zoom

4

  • No HD/720p movie mode and can’t use optical zoom while recording movies
  • only 4x zoom
  • Blurry pictures on digital zoom (on action shoots)
  • lack of zoom
  • optical zoom is just 4x
  • 4x optical zoom
  • optical zoom
  • High mega pixel, optical zoom
  • 4x optical zoom / 4x digital zoom
  • 10MP, 4x optical zoom / 4x digital zoom
  • optical zoom is just 4x,
  • Digital zoom is not so good
  • The 6x optical zoom is nice
  • 10 MPx, Wide Angle, 4x Optical Zoom
  • Wide angle zoom to capture large gatherings
  • 10 megapixel, 4x optical zoom, large LCD
  • great zoom
  • very good quality, great zoom, easy to carry around
  • 4x zoom
  • 4x optical zoom and Canon quality
  • decent zoom
  • Nice wide angle shots, decent zoom
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optics

1.5

  • soft optics
  • Limited control, poor high ISO performance, soft optics
  • Optics have not selected a scene the window
  • Optics have not selected a scene the window, moreover SD 880 does not have manual focusing or the
  • good Wide-angle optics focal variation
 

focus

3

  • 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
  • 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
  • No manual focus lens SD
  • there is no manual focus or aperture settings fu
  • Focus is generally quick and accurate with good sharpness and resolution
  • now available directly in record mode for checking focus
  • playback magnification, now available directly in record mode for checking focus, framing, Very solid feel, great build quality
  • Good face detection and focus check
  • very quick to focus and shoot
  • SD 880 does not have a optical viewfinder window, there is no manual focus or aperture settings fu
  • Light weight No manual focus or aperture settings features
  • No manual focus or aperture setting
  • The camera needed to be very portable, very quick to focus and shoot, good in low light or w/o flash, and durable
  • Focus is captured rather quickly even in the dark when used with the AF assist light
  • auto-focus
  • 10 mp, Impressive face detection, auto-focus, and auto-contrast correction
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memory

0.5

  • Memory card/battery door isn’t too sturdy
  • Memory card/battery door isn’t too sturdy, poor microphone placement
  • dont forget to buy it big memory
  • extra memory required
  • consume more battery & memory card
  • the wide screen and the way it uploads on a computer
  • memory card
 
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color

4.5

  • Edge softness with a little color fringing
  • Color is generally good
  • Auto white balance is only average
  • has a hard time with strongly-colored light sources (miserable color under household incandescent in auto WB mode)
  • (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
  • minimal chromatic aberration
  • Good color rendition
  • Virtually no chromatic aberrations visible
  • very nice default tone curve
  • Very flexible white balance system
  • Color is not intended to neighbor
  • the colour have a little
  • Monotone color
  • Monotone color, the use of inconvenient
  • Generally good color rendition (see "con" note about strong reds though)
  • Excellent color
  • Picture Styles provide handy "film-type" color/tone changes for different types of shooting
  • good default tone curve
  • white balance
  • tone
  • control for exposure compensation, white balance, tone, and ISO
  • Flash performance was good as to color fidelity, with accurate color reproduction and adequate sharpness
  • many kinds color
  • not very expensive for the same class, many kinds color, best result for picture
  • so slight color
  • Colour full
  • good color and design
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lens

5

  • slightly inconvenient for eyeglass wearers
  • lens is not as good as other cams
  • Lens' controllable difference
  • zoom lens, battery life, expensive
  • wide-angle lens
  • 28mm wide-angle lens
  • True wide-angle lens (28mm to 112mm)
  • Sharp shots, minimal chromatic aberration, wide-angle lens, 3" display
  • Excellent lens performance
 
  • Good corner-to-corner lens sharpness
  • 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
  • Sharp shots, minimal chromatic aberration, wide-angle lens, 3in display
  • Its wide angle lens is great for capturing a professional level photo
  • I have a DSLR but wanted a small camera with a wide angle lens
  • love the wide angle lense
  • Wide Angle and 4x Optical Zoom lens is great
  • wide angle lens
  • DIGIC 4,wide angle lens,style
  • zoom lens
  • good looking ,10mp, wide angle lens, 3'' lcd and very handy
  • 28mm lens
  • Efix Print Technology, PicBridge, 10 Mega pixels, 28mm lens
  • a wide-angle 28mm lens
  • lens support is well
  • wide-angle lens, optical image stabilization
  • and wide angle lens adds a nice element to any picture
  • Nice display, light, and wide angle lens adds a nice element to any picture
  • much better lens
  • good lens
  • stylish camera with a big LCD and a wide-angle lens
  • the wide-lens
  • stylish camera with a big LCD and a wide - angle lens
  • High Quality Wide angle lens
  • 28mm wide-angle lens Beautiful fashionable appearance
  • Wide - angle lens
  • Wide - angle lens, beautiful, compact, use, cost - effective
  • LCD and wide angle lens, 4x optical zoom and Canon quality
  • LCD and wide angle lens
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LCD

5

  • LCD smudges easily
  • 3-inch vivid LCD screen
  • 28mm wide-angle lens, Digic 4 processor, which gives fast processing times, 3-inch vivid LCD screen, but it's at the expense of
  • large 3-inch LCD
  • 3.0 inch PureColor II LCD screen
  • 4x optical zoom, 3.0 inch PureColor II LCD screen, Face detection with self timer, Image Stabilization
 
  • Superb LCD visibility
  • Large 3-inch LCD
  • bright LCD screen for easier to read menus
  • Interchangeable focusing screen (optional grid and high-accuracy screens available)
  • bright 2.5" LCD screen for easier to read menus
  • This would be in very active settings when the boys wouldn't stand still
  • This would be in very active settings when the boys wouldn't stand still, but I needed the shot
  • The screen is a great size for viewing the images
  • LCD screen
  • Size, LCD screen, user friendly, takes very good micro shots
  • bright and clear screen
  • Excellent 3" LCD display
  • Nice big LCD
  • 3'' lcd and very handy
  • Large Screen and clear pixel image
  • enormous LCD screen
  • Excellent photo quality, enormous LCD screen
  • wide screen
  • 3.0-inch PureColor LCD II
  • 3inch LCD
  • Bright LCD
  • crystal clear lcd screen
  • crisp image quality, crystal clear lcd screen, easy to use
  • large LCD
  • you'll enjoy it's large lcd screen
  • easy to see screen
  • Screen Size
  • Bright colorful screen is very beautiful
  • The LCD screen's contrast ratio has been greatly improved as well
  • High-quality large 3.0-inch PureColor LCD II for bright
  • big screen
  • Large LCD screen The number of sheets of many photographs Excellent color control
  • big LCD
  • of liquid crystal display
  • of liquid crystal display, optical image stabilization, and a VGA movie mode
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video

4.5

  • I don't like that since it doesn't show a preview thumbnail of the video
  • no HD video
  • sound on recorded video is not all that good
  • No HD video, few 'advanced' features
  • very good video for a ultra-compact
  • Responsive controls, bright and clear screen, physical switch for camera/scene-mode/video, very good video for a ultra-compact
  • good video
  • video quality
  • good video quality
 
  • High Quality Video and Audio
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design

4.5

  • even high-end lenses can have trouble in the corners (Plan on spending serious $$ on lenses to keep up with this body!)
  • but even at 80 ISO it sometimes looks like my photos have been printed on sweater material
  • 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
  • don't even attempt to go more sensitive than 200 ISO if you want a decent looking image
  • Lastly, don't even attempt to go more sensitive than 200 ISO if you want a decent looking image
  • Compact stylish design with a wide-angle lens and large screen
  • looks
  • but only if you know what you are looking for
  • Bigger prints like 8X10 is a little more noticeable, but only if you know what you are looking for
  • Nice design
  • I don't especially fancy its design
  • The backside looks great but the front doesn't do anything for me
  • the front design is usual
  • design
  • not nice looking
  • good looking
  • Simple, powerfull, and stylish design
  • design simple
  • More Stylish
  • awesome design
  • Superb design
  • Unique design of the appearance of novel
  • cute and smart
  • Stylish &
  • worth of looking design
  • very stylish look
  • Beautiful design
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glare

0.5

  • LCD monitor a little prone to glare and wash-out (needs anti-reflection coating
  • (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)
 

exposure

5

  • Exposure and white balance are just OK
  • Good exposure accuracy
  • Excellent long-exposure noise behavior
  • particularly with long-exposure noise reduction enabled
  • control for exposure compensation
 
  • And restore the color accuracy, exposure accuracy and sharpness very good screen
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viewfinder

0.5

  • the optical viewfinder
  • the optical viewfinder, relegated to the IXUS cameras of old, Power button difficult to press
  • Lacks optical viewfinder
  • No optical viewfinder
  • No viewfinder
  • 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
  • The screen is huge and I really don't mind that it doesn't have a viewfinder
  • it has a viewfinder in addition to the screen
  • Viewfinder blackout is noticeably longer than on many sub-frame models
  • Viewfinder accuracy only 96% - Why not 100%?
  • Viewfinder eyepoint is a little low
  • 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
  • Viewfinder accuracy only 95% - Why not 100%?
  • No viewfinder (not a huge deal)
  • It does not have a view finder
  • no view finder
  • a little bulky and heavy, no optical viewfinder
  • No viewfinder (LCD only
  • no optical viewfinder window
  • There is no optical viewfinder window
  • There is no optical viewfinder window, a heavier weight
 
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contrast

2.5

  • High contrast scenes befuddle the camera overexposing the bright areas or underexposing the dark areas
  • in high contrast situations the fringing (color separation at the edge of the lens
  • However, in high contrast situations the fringing (color separation at the edge of the lens
  • and auto-contrast correction
 

resolution

5

  • high resolution sensor is very demanding of lenses
  • small pixel resolution
  • high resolution
  • high resolution,
  • Excellent resolution
  • High resolution image quality
  • 10.0 Megapixel Resolution
  • High resolution camera & good design
  • nice colour resolution
 
  • good picture quality, nice colour resolution, high zooming facility
  • 10MP resolution
  • Nice Resolution
  • Wide Screen, Nice Resolution
  • take up to 189 minutes of video and several thousand pictures at the highest resolution
  • LCD bright and great resolution
  • 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
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appearance

5

  • only complaint is movie in mov format
  • only complaint is movie in mov format, other than that very happy with it
  • Vidéos au format MOV plus lourd
  • Vidéos au format MOV plus lourd, que les AVI du 860
  • The grain seems to have a splotchy appearance that I don't find appealing
  • New features are useful: face self-timer
  • New features are useful: face self-timer, iContrast and smaller movie file sizes
  • If there were a beauty contest for cameras the Ixus 870is would be a shoo-in
  • Look and feel
  • Look and feel, responsiveness
  • the shape i dont like
  • look at it in my hand pretty comfortable on the fac
  • The shape still goes.hickness than 70 have increment, the hand is probably quite a few
  • Face detection, image stabilization, good video
  • Sleek
  • Attractive fashion semblance
  • Beautiful shape
  • Beautiful fashionable appearance
  • Very good appearance and pixel
  • Fashionable look and comfortable feel
  • detects increase in the number od face
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menu

2.5

  • Complicated controls/menu
  • Complicated controls/menu, Missing features/settings
  • menu navigation is not intuitive
  • Controls and menu system were IMO counterintuitive
  • As with all the ELPH models you have to be careful not to drop them
  • user friendly menu/playback
 

sensor

5

  • And I don't know if it's the sensor or the JPEG compression doing this
  • red eye
  • Effective red-eye removal tool
  • Full-frame sensor gives 1:1 crop factor
  • good optical sensor
  • its picture element
  • its picture element,
 
  • 10 MP CCD sensor
  • slightly larger sensor
  • Canon uses a sensor slightly larger
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shutter

0.5

  • No manual shutter speed or aperture
  • No shutter release or grip for vertical mode shooting
  • This means you can affect shutter speed only indirectly by e.g
  • Shutter Lag
  • good shutter response
 

battery

5

  • (Optional battery grip adds this though.)
  • battery life
  • Battery life could be a little better
  • Excellent battery life
  • And the battery lasts a long time too
  • Great quality shots and battery life
  • battery stays long
  • good quality, battery stays long, very handy
 
  • battery backup
  • good battery life
  • photo output and battery
  • Battery and durable
  • BATTERY
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usability

5

  • Lacks manual controls and a live histogram
  • easy to accidentally bump
  • Limited manual functions
  • I had to use quicktime
  • there is no full manual mode which would be SOOOO easy to implement
  • Easy to use
  • Controls are more tactile and responsive than the SD870IS
  • You can switch into manual settings and automatic settings
  • It is very easy to use
  • easy to use
  • Also, there is no full manual mode which would be SOOOO easy to implement
  • Controls are not very intuitive
  • Manual controls
  • Manual controls, Not user Friendly menus
  • complicated in use
  • Can't operate in manual mode
  • slightly less practical in use
  • Skimpy manual settings
  • the use of inconvenient
  • Easy to activate buttons accidentally
  • Can't go full manual
  • Lowest price, wonderful service, easy to use
  • Giving to my wife, who is the typical "better be easy to use" owner
  • Very easy to use
  • Excellent for me since I use it to take pics of pets and family
  • easy to use right out of the box
  • Great picture quality, easy to use right out of the box
  • Responsive controls
  • sharp, compact, easy to use, turn it on and just shoot, and after that good result
  • very simple
  • Ease of use
  • Easy to operate
  • small and easy to use
  • easy to use and simple controls/menu
  • small body and easy to use
  • Bright LCD, Easy to Use, Sleek, Precise photos
  • very slim and easy to use
  • easy to usu
  • full autofocus, easy to usu, good results
  • Easy to use, excellent picture quality
  • Easy to use, easy to see screen, durable
  • easy to use with good quality
  • Convenient
  • Simple controls/menu
  • easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality
  • easy to carry around
  • easy to use, Simple controls/menu,
  • easy to use, high quality pic with 10mp
  • easy-to-use
  • so easy to use
  • nice to use
  • convenient and practical
  • Full-featured, convenient and practical
  • easy to use, good photo quality
  • easy to carry
  • Price, performance, easy to use
  • use
  • Pick up and use straight away - no need for manual
  • Well built, easy to use
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build quality

5

  • sturdy and compact design
  • Build quality
  • great build quality
  • and durable
  • durable
 
  • firm durable outer covering and extremely simple seat of honor opera
  • Attractive fashion semblance, firm durable outer covering and extremely simple seat of honor opera
  • sturdy and durable
  • Beautiful fashion, sturdy and durable
  • durable shell and very simple to operate
  • Beautiful fashionable appearance, durable shell and very simple to operate
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flash

0.5

  • flash a little harsh
  • Poor flash coverage near wide-angle
  • Limited dynamic range, Destructive noise at ISO 800, even more at 1600, Noticeable vignetting at widest angle, Redeye problems, Poor flash coverage near wide-angle, Difficult to hold securely, Buttons and dials prone to accidental change
  • Flash x-sync speed is still only 1/250 second (Competing models from Nikon go to 1/500)
  • The Sony did very slightly better in low light without a flash
  • EF TTL-II flash exposure takes advantage of range data from lens
  • good in low light or w/o flash
  • flash
  • The Canon flash tends to be too powerful and wash out subjects more than the Sony and can't be scaled down
  • The auto flash does not engage for fill flash with near subjects in backlit situations
  • Would like to be able to "force-flash" in automatic mode (need to go to manual mode to do this)
  • Canon needs a "Flash intensity" feature so you
  • can turn down the flash if your in a dusty area
  • "Dust orbs" show up occasionally in flash shots
  • weak flash intensity
  • no manual setting for flash intensity
  • weak flash intensity, menu navigation is not intuitive, no manual setting for flash intensity, LCD smudges easily, sound on recorded video is not all that good
  • Flash range is quite limited
  • So-so flash
 
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energy efficiency

0.5

  • Power button difficult to press
 

interface

5

  • Rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks’ or feedback
  • Rear command dial gives no tactile ‘clicks’ or feedback, easy to accidentally bump
  • Not user Friendly menus
  • pleasing interface and design
  • user-interface
  • User-selectable color space (sRGB and Adobe RGB)
  • Quality 3in screen and user interface
  • 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
 
  • user friendly
  • interface and design
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screen

5

  • that's only a defective unit
  • ncase the product is blurry, that's only a defective unit
  • 3" display
  • 3in display
  • and great 3" display
  • Nice design, responsive, and great 3" display
  • Large display screen..easy to use functions
 
  • Larger Display
  • Larger Display, Faster Image Processing
  • Nice display
  • Large screen display
  • Large screen display,Beautiful design,takes perfect pictures, Red eye elimination works great,Feels solid
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remote control

4.5

  • Little or no manual control., Modest continuous shooting of 1.4fps., No live histogram., Little or no manual control., Modest continuous shooting of 1.4fps., No live histogram
  • Limited control
  • excellent ability to adjust (2-axis hue control)
  • munual as well as automatic control and it is also have auto red eye correction
 

sound

0.5

  • Shots can be noisy at times
  • noisy at ISO800
  • If you are unlucky you get a noisy sensor chip
 

black level

0.5

  • Black on the better
  • bad Black and silver
 

maps

5

  • The exquisite attractive contour artistic individuality is natural
 

keyboard

3

  • the key design with whell model made a litle confusion to used
  • All pressed key layout is also very reasonable
 

reception

5

  • Face detection with self timer
  • face detection
  • Impressive face detection
 

portability

4

  • but not much more uncomfortable to carry in a pocket
  • The Canon is twice as thick as the T-77, but not much more uncomfortable to carry in a pocket
  • Feels a little heavy but it's ok
  • It's not suitable in low light if you take a picture from distance
  • Low light photos are not very good
  • Good feature set among ultra-compact cameras
  • Very compact and relatively lightweight for a full-frame d-SLR
  • Phenomenal low-light capability
  • and Fuji (good in low light)
  • the sd880is is easy to carry around in your pocket
  • A bit heavy
  • Poor photos in low light
  • a little bulky and heavy
  • Was a little too heavy
  • not slim but it's okay
  • A little heavy for that
  • Heavy
  • the thickness is not thin
  • Volume is not very small, the thickness is not thin
  • The body weight is heavy
  • Weight not light
  • SD 880 weight light
  • lest bad in shirt pocket
  • SD 880 weight light, lest bad in shirt pocket, look at it in my hand pretty comfortable on the fac
  • a little heavy
  • SD 880 is not a light weight
  • a heavier weight
  • ngle distortion, weight not light, poor high iso performance, still no histogram feature
  • Average quality at high ISO (low light
  • Compared to carrying a big bulky SLR, the sd880is is easy to carry around in your pocket
  • It's no doubt the best compact/ultra compact camera made IMHO
  • compact
  • and light
  • It is small, compact, and light
  • Light weight and simple to use
  • there is no light at all )and the results made me suprise
  • and found to be just to heavy for me.I sent it back and now charged $61.00 for a restocking fee.What a rip off that dell became.I would not buy a thning from tehm any more
  • Large pictures in the light of day and more
  • The sleek and slim Canon PowerShot SD880 IS
  • portable
  • Light weight
  • Small to fix in pocket
  • Very bright AF assist light which helps in lower light focusing
  • Perfection in a portable
  • sleek and slim
  • lightweight
  • easy to use, lightweight, good low light performance, good battery life, durable
  • light
  • easily into a shirt pocket is attractively designed
  • portability
  • Canon PowerShot SD880 is sleek and slim
  • aA very Compact
  • where portability and low
  • slim and thin
  • Compact and portable
  • Compact and portable, very stylish look
  • very compact
  • Great for low light
  • Lightweight, feel solid and luxurious when handling, produce good quality picture in low-light condition (inside my car, at night)
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size

5

  • but the resultant shots were not perceptably worse than the Sony unless blown up to large scale
  • It rarely did, but the resultant shots were not perceptably worse than the Sony unless blown up to large scale
  • Size is great though
  • the size
  • It's a little expensive
  • A 28mm focal length is always a boon
  • Big
  • RAW+JPEG mode lets you choose any size/quality of JPEG to accompany RAW
  • very slightly more saturated than that of the 20D in its default mode (some reds can get a little overheated though)
  • (30 large/fine JPEGs
  • not shooting and distance
  • Smaller models, not shooting and distance
  • I have two boys under age 5 and wanted something I could easily take with me when the SLR was too big
  • Compared to carrying a big bulky SLR
  • Great little camera with big performance
  • Bigger prints like 8X10 is a little more noticeable
  • Size
  • Small size and full features
  • Takes perfect pictures for its size
  • Many features that on this small little thing
  • Size, Picture Quality, Screen Size, Button Placement, Scene Modes
  • small size
  • big value
  • nice big buttons
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