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Review summary: When the Canon Powershot SD850 IS (IXUS 950 IS in Europe) arrived for this review, I presumed it was a follow-on or variant to the SD800 IS (IXUS 850 IS).

Pros: Good color and image quality ; Good shutter performance ; Good ISO range ; Image stabilization

Cons: No manual controls

Verdict: century, but it's plenty good enough to provide quality images and color no matter who presses the shutter

Review summary: Canon's 8.3-megapixel Digital IXUS 950 IS sports almost everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot -- it's stylish, fast and it features the new Digic III image processor, which brings with it face detection and a higher top sensitivity of ISO 1,600

Pros: Great performance and image quality ; solid image stabilisation ; face detection

Cons: No manual exposure controls ; on/off button a tad awkward ; noisy images at ISO 1,600

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot

Review summary: The Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot.

Pros: Great performance and image quality, Solid image stabilisation, Face detection

Cons: No manual exposure controls, On/off button a bit awkward, Noisy images at ISO 1,600

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS 950IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot.

Pros: Great performance and image quality; solid image stabilization; face detection

Cons: No manual exposure controls; on/off button a bit awkward; noisy images at ISO 1,600

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot.

Review summary: Canon's SD series, also known as the Digital Elph line, is an exercise in slow evolution. Since the company has hit on a very successful design, these compact point-and-shoots typically see only minor tweaks from year to year. This year's follow-up to ...

Pros: Great performance and image quality ; solid image stabilization ; face detection

Cons: No manual exposure controls ; on/off button a bit awkward ; noisy images at ISO 1,600

Verdict: The Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot.