Canon Ixus 870 IS - Expert Reviews

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Canon is trying to regain its market lead with some impressive new cameras, like this great 10MP ultra-compact

Review summary: Canon's PowerShot SD880 IS is a compact point-and-shoot digital camera.

Verdict: If you're looking for a good quality point-and-shoot camera. consider the Canon PowerShot SD880 IS. It's easy to use and small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, while delivering high-resolution photos with great colour and detail.

Review summary: If you're looking for a good quality point-and-shoot camera, consider Canon's PowerShot SD880 IS. It's easy to use and small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, while delivering high-resolution photos with great color and detail.

Pros: Optical image stabilization ; very good photo quality ; sturdy and compact design

Cons: No optical viewfinder ; flash a little harsh

Verdict: Easy-as-pie to use, the SD880 IS includes 11 special shooting modes, including Aquarium, Fireworks, and Snow. There's also a high ISO setting for shooting action in low light situations without flash, though noise in the images becomes more noticeable ...

Review summary: The Canon IXUS 870 IS is a stylish compact digital camera. It will fit into larger pockets. Picture quality is very good indeed. The design and build quality of the camera also stands out too. The IXUS 870 IS has 10 megapixels, a 4x wide angle zoom ...

Pros: Design - picture quality - build quality - start up time

Cons: Nothing really springs to mind

Verdict: I like the IXUS 870 IS. It performed well in my tests and I found very few points where the camera struggled. This is a reliable camera that should take good quality snapshots in most situations. It looks good and was very fast to turn on and take a ...

Review summary: Canon's Digital IXUS 870IS (or PowerShot SD 880IS Digital ELPH as it's known in North America) is a 10 Megapixel compact with a 4x optically-stabilised zoom and 3in screen. Announced in September 2008, it's the successor to the IXUS 860IS / PowerShot ...

Pros: 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 ...

Cons: 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.

Verdict: Canon's IXUS 870IS / SD 880IS is a very enjoyable compact to use in practice. It feels good, handles quickly and takes great looking images with the minimum of fuss. Quite simply it's very intuitive and works well without ever getting in the way of ...