Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
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Manufacturer: CanonRelease Date: 2007-09-10
Model: SD870IS
Color: Black
Product features:
- 8-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
- 3.8x wide-angle image-stabilized optical zoom; 3.0-inch wide-viewing-angle LCD display
- Face Detection technology and in-camera red-eye fix
- 17 shooting modes, including 10 special scene modes; Print/Share button
- Powered by NB-5L lithium-ion battery (battery and charger included); stores images on SD memory cards (32MB memory card included)
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Digital camera reviews of Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
Digital camera Review: Overall the best Point to Shoot compact digital camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this camera through a link on the great web site for online deals:
http://deals2buy.com/
I have been using it for about six months now and I can tell you this is one of the best compact digital cameras you can get to date!
I have used 3 Sony cameras, a Fuji, a Kodak, Panasonic, Minolta, and other, but the Canon beat them all. My brother bought the lower end model SD1100 which is also great, but after some researching I bought this high end model SD870.
I immediately fell in love with Canon's simplicity design and ease of use of the menu features. Only Sony cameras are easier to use (Sony's menu is definitely the easiest).
I won't talk about specifications or numbers in this review as many others have done so already.
I just want to say it simple - this camera can be set on automatic and will take great photos for you, which is a rare when a camera is set to automatic. But if you want to change some of the features, this camera offers great manual controls. I usually change the exposure - makes the photo lighter or darker, or I change the metering - center position mostly. Sometimes I change the colors to manual and adjust it myself, but I recommend you leave it on auto, it does the job good. On other cameras I usually change the white balance, but on this one there is no need, the auto function does the job perfectly, although there is a manual option.
Overall it does great photos during the day and really good photos during the night or in dark indoor places.
I also tried shooting the camera while driving and amazingly the photos came great, no blurred images, or objects out of focus as with other cameras.
Here I mention some goods and bads:
Good:
1. Very fast shooting speeds and start up time.
2. Great quality of photos when using the Auto function (a rare).
3. Very good photos during night shots or when moving.
4. Delayed shooting option - gives you a personalized option where you can choose how many times the camera to take a photo - great feature, I use it all the time. Just set it lets say on 3 photos with a delay of 10 seconds and place the camera where you want for a family photo, then press the button and join the group - after 10 seconds it will take 3 snaps so tell every one not to move away before the final 3rd shot. This way you'll have 3 photos in case 1 or 2 of them are bad (if someone blinked) surely the 3rd one must be good!
5. Long battery life.
6. Uses the cheap SD card (unlike Sony which uses the expensive Memory Stick card).
7. Lots of manual controls if you like changing the settings.
8. Strong flash - good for photos in huge dark places like in the club, at a bar, etc.
9. Great Video quality - may be the best of all small camera I've tested.
10. Very well working Image Stabilizer.
11. You can change the type of picture you want to take - the biggest 8 Megapixel photo, or lower megapixels in case you don't want big file size for the photo (when you just need it to upload it to Facebook for example), or you can choose the 16:9 photos - my favorite - great panoramic photos for wide screen TVs and Monitors.
12. Orientation Sensor - flip the camera and the photo rotates.
13. Some other useful features: Face Detection, Timelapse recording (I never used it), Metering (Evaluative, Center Weighted, Spot).
Bad:
1. No Flash Level adjust feature.
You cannot adjust the strength of the flash - this is really the only thing that bugged me for a long time. As I mentioned this camera has a very strong flash which is good for taking snaps in big indoor places, but if you want to take a photo when its dark of just one or two people and they are very close to the camera the flash is so strong it makes the color of their faces and skin almost white! You should be able to adjust the level of flash like on almost all other cameras I've owned, including my older Sony DSC-W55. What I do in those cases is I lower the exposure level and then take a photo, thus the flash automatically lowers its level, but still it's kind of strong.
2. Red eyes (normal for small cameras).
I use the program ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 to remove the red eyes (and lots of other detail fixing) - if you need a great EASY TO USE program I recommend you try ACDSee Photo Manager 2009!
3. A little bigger and heavier than current models, but still very small and compact.
4. No Viewfinder (but a great big 3-inch screen).
5. Small range wide angle (with bigger range wide angle you can take a real close up photo and catch more scene in it). This camera has a Zoom Wide 28 mm(milliliters), and Zoom Tele 108 mm (3.8x) compared to another Canon model SD890IS which has respectively 37 mm and 185 mm (5x).
By the way the best website to compare digital camera specs is http://www.dpreview.com
Overall I think this is my favorite compact Point and Shoot camera. There are other newer models that are as good as this one, or may be a little better, but they are more expensive.
Canon are definitely the best digital cameras, and I will recommend this one to anyone!
Good job Canon.
The full name of this model is PowerShot SD870IS.
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Summary of Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
From the very first glance, the smooth shape and bold lines of the stylish PowerShot SD870 IS Digital ELPH signal that this is no ordinary camera. With 8.0 megapixels of resolution, an Optical Image Stabilizer and 3.8x optical zooming, the SD870 IS Digital ELPH boasts impressive specs as well as a host of convenient features. Face Detection Technology for worry-free people shots. A large 3.0-inch LCD to give you a perfect view of your scene. The Auto ISO Shift and ISO 1600 deliver brilliant images in challenging lighting.Digital Cameras
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