Canon PowerShot SD870 IS 8 Megapixel Compact Camera - Silver

Canon SD 870 IS, best camera!

Strengths: wide screen, clear picture, high quality

Weakness: None

Once I got familiar with some of the shooting methods, this camera has been my favorite companion during travel. Easy to view with its 3" LCD screen, and excellent pictures with its wide angle shot. Video taking and sound recording worked well. I haven't tried all shooting methods, but so far all pictures turned out great, and pictures of night views without tripod were beyond my expectation! It...

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Little Giant in a small package

Strengths: Quality,Size,Screen,Wide Angle,battery life,video quality,sound recorder,software, the list goes on and on!

Weakness: 32MB card,no case included

This is an amazing little full featured camera. I was looking for a camera that had everything I could get without going to a bulky full size SLR. I think I have found it in the 870IS. It's a bit pricey but you can tell there is a reason why. It is a quality built camera with some amazing features. I just wish they would have packed at least a 1GB card with it. Over all this camera is worth the...

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Great camera from Canon

Strengths: Wide angle. Fast. Battery life. After shot is taken, it zooms in to focused areas so I can check focus, blinks, etc.

Weakness: White balance is off for indoor pics.

No real complains. I carry this around when I want to take videos or if I don't want to carry my SLR. Face detection works reasonably well. After the picture is taken, it can zoom in to the focus points so you can check the result. Battery life is pretty good. That's important since the camera doesn't have an optical viewfinder (OVF) which means the LCD needs to be on all the time. On that note,...

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Best Canon Pocket Digital ! ! !

Strengths: Very LARGE 3 inch screen Better switches Small & light

Weakness: Realy none...best pocket digital camera I've ever had.

Fantastic large LCD screen at 3.0". Very clear & don't need or miss the viewfinder that kept the screen smaller on earlier models. Improved switches by not having the camera/movie/view in a single switch which often resulted in accidentally putting camera in movie mode after viewing last picture. Now the review function is a separate switch by itself.

Excellent Camera

Strengths: 3" LCD, Light weight, fast startup

Weakness: LCD is a little grainy in low light, but pictures come out great.

The SD870 has a nice feel and takes great pictures. The image stabilizer feature works very well. It only compensates your hand moves, not the object you are taking. The wide angle lens is great for taking close up shots. I highly recommend this camera.

PowerShot SD870

Strengths: Compact size, excellent photos

Weakness: No optical viewfinder

The SD870 is small (3.65 x 2.32 x 1.02 inches) with a 35mm equivalent focal range of approx. 28mm - 105mm. This gives you great wide-angle shots. It feels very solid and can be easily carried in a pocket or purse. It has a large 3 in. LCD that works great indoors and out, but lacks an optical viewfinder. Canon claims to have improved the scratch resistance of the LCD but I would suggest...

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Great Camera

Strengths: * 3 inch LCD Screen * Easy access to important functions * Battery life * Ease of shooting, reviewing, deleting retaking * Various Auto settings for numerous shooting conditions

Weakness: * Power button easy to press instead of shutter * No optical viewfinder * Battery/media compartment door mechanism dodgy

I am happy with this camera so far. The LCD screen is a big deal for reviewing pictures that you'd potentially want to retake. The IS function is a handy functionality for a point-and-shoot. Also love the lens which allows you to capture more people in the shot!

Great camera

Strengths: Huge LCD, face recognition and image stabilization

Weakness: easy to press the wrong button

This has to be one the best cameras, if not the best one, in this price class today. I was blown away by the gorgeous big screen. At first, I was hesitant to buy a camera without a viewfinder, but then I realized that I was hardly ever using the viewfinder on my old S70, and it has a much smaller LCD than the SD870. With the much larger LCD, there is even less reason to use the viewfinder. I very...

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Great Canon Compact Camera

Strengths: wide angle image, stabilized optical, 3.0 inch LCD display

Weakness: LCD display under low light

This camera is the best compact digital camera in the market so far. The picture quality is amazing. with 28mm - 105mm wide angle zoom lens, you can get better view than other 35mm camera. The optical image stabilizer works great. With 17 shooting modes, you can easily use it for diffrent scene. The Only thing I don't like is the LCD display under low light. The image looks crudely, But It will...

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Great compact camera

Strengths: wide angle imaging, macro feature for extreme close up, face recognition, very large LCD screen and stabilized optical

Weakness: buttoms are a little small

I bought this mainly because it has wide angle lens, image stabilizer and new DIGIC III processor. To my surprise, there is a macro feature on it which allows you to take extreme clean close up images. This camera takes beautiful, crisp clean pictures. This a excellent choice for its picture quality, fast performance, build quality, attractive, nice LCD and simple to use after reading and...

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