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Canon PowerShot SD870 IS (Digital IXUS 860 IS / IXY Digital 910 IS)8.0 megapixels | 3" screen | 28 – 105 mm (3.8×)
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Average rating:
4.33
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Opinion: A great camera except for one main thing - the pictures become soft and smudged a bit towards the telephoto end of the lens. If you're planning to buy this camera for taking pics at max zoom, look elsewhere. Otherwise, if you're not using max (or near max) zoom, you will enjoy bright, colourful photos. Easy to use, nice size.
Opinion: I am very disappointed with this camera. About 10% of the pictures I took are blurry, it seems to me that the camera is unable to focus.
I just bought it because I read very good reviews, maybe I was unlucky with this unit.
Problems: Focus problem. The camera does not focus well. Sometimes I take pictures at daylight with automatic configuration (or any other settings) and the picture are blurry.
I sent it to Canon authorized repair center and they did not find the problem... even more disappointing.
Opinion: I loved my SD870 when I first got it. Good to have something that shoots a little more wide.
Image colors are terrific especially in the bright sun.
Overall I am happy with it except for the known problem noted below.
Problems: I have had lots of issues with those "flash orbs". A great many pictures have been ruined by them.
For THIS reason I would still say "buy the 870 IF you can get it at a discount". If it isn't cheap look for an updated model with the orbs problem having been resolved.
Opinion: I bought the SD870 as a gift to my wife. It's simple to use, yet sophisticated. There is no substitute for the wider zoom range. I added the CHDK firmware, mainly so it can shoot RAW. Now when my wife shoots it on automatic I can tweak the images with a modified Raw Shooter Essentials.
Opinion: It's my third compact camera. I like it's wide lens and convenient zoom knob.
Problems: -- It isn't applicable to make shorts in building without flash despite of its image stabilizer.
-- Night mode doesn't work properly. I thing it is a program error.
-- Macro mode very week. It isn't possible to make photo of small objects like insects, flowers and so on. I think it because of its wide lens. Maybe it is general problem.
-- Objective construction is very vulnerable. It's very easy to damage gears which open and close the objective. I take my camera everywhere. It hangs on my belt in leather case. Sometimes it turned out switched on inside of case and it is very easy to damage it in such state.
Actually my camera have lived only about half a year. In comparison, my previous camera Pentax A30 had leaved also about half a year. And my first Pentax S leaved about 4 years. So I have assumption that It is general problem for most modern supercompact cameras.
I'm going to look for a camera with the objective hidden inside of camera's body.
Opinion: I bought this camera in preparation for a vacation, and I've been very happy with it. I replaced my Canon A610. That is a terrific camera, but too large to fit in my pocket, and I found I often wanted a wider angle shot.
The SD870IS has more than lived up to my expectations. It is small, takes lots of photos without changing the battery, has a very useful zoom range, slips easily into my pocket, and is very easy to adjust in all the ways that I want to adjust it. (I set the "print" button to exposure adjustment)
Most important, it takes great photos. The screen is large and clear enough to see immediately if a photo doesn't work properly. I found the "check focus" and "details" settings especially helpful, mostly using "check focus" for indoor shots and "details" for outdoors, where over-exposure might be an issue.) I was amazed when I got home that almost every photo left on the card (more than 1000) was sharp and clear. I was especially impressed with the quality of pictures taken using the "hi ISO" option, most of which were shot at ISO 800. I am extremely happy with the image quality of this little camera.
I would like more dymanic range (and would be happy to give up some pixels to get it) but this camera performed better than I had expected under difficult exposure situations.
(Based on other reviews, it might be worth mentioning that I used it almost exclusively set to 5mp. Not because I expected that to make any difference in the image, but simply because that's plenty of pixels for me and larger photos just waste space on my hard drive.)
Problems: At the two widest-angle settings, there is significant distortion of straight lines towards the edges of the frame. Since most comparable cameras don't let you shoot those portions at all, I was satisfied with the resulting images. (I suspect they can be fixed in photoshop, but I only have the copy of iPhoto that came with my computer.)
It's a very right-handed camera, and it too me, a lefty, a while to get used to how I needed to hold it.
Opinion: I bought this camera as I was stepping down from A DSLR that I found myself not
actually ever taking with me anywhere. It takes good pictures for what it is, and yeah
it does have a nice wide lens, but do the math: it doesn't zoom any more than any
other camera, it's just that the widest opening is much smaller so the math makes its
equal zoom shot seem more impressive (4.7 versus almost all other elphs @ 4.0).
However, I Had to send this camera back.
Problems: I found that over about 70% zoom, at least w/ the manual mode engaged, it would
create horribly dark images. This was outdoors in broad daylight. It was very odd,
the viewfinder would show a very wonderful framed shot, then as soon as you pressed
the shutter button halfway down, it would sample the shot and for some reason select
a setting that made the shot almost pitch black. Every time. If I zoomed out, the
problem went away, but anything above about 70% zoom and it would happen on
almost every shot. Made the camera essentially worthless to me.
Opinion: WOW - Without doubt, the best, well balanced, feature filled, 4X zoom P&S camera in the market right now, period.
The picture quality of this little gem even rivals DSLR at lower ISO.
A beauty in terms of size, looks and performance.
Generally speaking, Canon makes best (above 9/10 rating) point and shoot, Sony best entry level DSLR's and Nikon best professional DSLR cameras. However, the difference is not that much between some other makes like Olympus, Panasonic and Pentax, at lower ratings (below 9/10) - with few exceptions, of course.
Problems: None.
Checkout: dphotojournal reviews of SD870
Opinion: What can I say...the information on the JPG picture on my SD870 IS enable me to PP to my liking!
Please note that as far as DSLR goes, NIKON is King!
Problems: None.
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