Canon Ixus 860 IS - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Canon PowerShot SD870 IS IXUS / Digital ELPH is an 8 megapixel compact point and shoot camera with a wide angle 3.8x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization. The Canon PowerShot SD870 IS IXUS / Digital ELPH features a large 3.0 inch LCD ...

Review summary: Plenty of point-and-shoot cameras promise to pack terrific image quality into a compact and easy-to-use device. The 8-megapixel Canon PowerShot SD870an update of the SD850 and SD800 in the Digital Elph seriesdelivers spectacularly on both claims and ...

Pros: Big, 3-inch LCD. Wide-angle lens. Touch wheel control.

Cons: No optical viewfinder. High ISO settings result in noisy images.

Verdict: No optical viewfinder. High ISO settings result in noisy images.

Review summary: The Canon Powershot SD870 IS is one of those rare ultra-compact cameras with a wide-angle lens, actually Canon only makes one other camera with a wide-angle lens, the ultra-compact . Some aspects of the SD870's performance are quite good.

Pros: Nicely saturated colors, Generally quite accurate white-balance, Reliable metering system, Low purple fringing, Good image sharpness away from corners, Wide-angle lens in ultra-compact body, Solid construction, Much faster than the average ultra ...

Cons: Noticeable vingetting, Destructive noise above ISO 400 in good light, above 200 in low-light, Nearly useless ISO 1600, Moderate corner softness, Slight color-cost under artificial lighting, Dynamic range a little below average, Some barrel distortion, ...

Pros: Great build, image quality as lower ISOs, responsive, easy to use, good metering and colour, nice lens focal range

Cons: Reduced detail due to noise reduction processing, Intrusive noise at higher ISOs, white balance issues in mixed lighting, screen marks easily

Verdict: While it looks very nice, the entry price is higher than that of its predecessor and, mysteriously, there are a few things missing from the new model

Review summary: Is this model better than the Ixus 850IS?

Pros: Great build, image quality as lower ISOs, responsive, easy to use, good metering and colour, nice lens focal range

Cons: Reduced detail due to noise reduction processing, Intrusive noise at higher ISOs, white balance issues in mixed lighting, screen marks easily

Verdict: While it looks very nice, the entry price is higher than that of its predecessor and, mysteriously, there are a few things missing from the new model