Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)
Customer Review: Not too good with flash
Summary: 4 Stars
Mostly fine except for the flash.
The reaction time for the flash is slow.
It took the picture more than a sec after I press the button.
Also, the lighting (color) of the pictures is not that good when using flash.
Customer Review: Great camera
Summary: 5 Stars
It is very user friendly, even for those camera illiterate people. Takes great pictures and videoCustomer Review: Poor Service
Summary: 1 Stars
We purchased two of these for our daughters. Both had screen problems about 11 months into use. We had purchased one from Best Buy and extended warranty covered. The other we sent to Canon for warranty service. They did not cover under warranty & want to charge $150 to repair. Will not buy Canon again except from Best Buy...Customer Review: Fantastic Go-anywhere Camera
Summary: 5 Stars
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3LBXCI44J80Z I've owned the SD870IS camera for about 6 months. It's my every day camera, and I take it with me almost all the time. It's great for photos at social gatherings and snapshots. The best part of owning a pocket-sized camera, is you can always have a camera with you and you never have to miss a great photo op.
I also have an S5IS, which is a mega-zoom camera I use for more demanding photo shoots.
Customer Review: Lots of features, compact size, decent value.
Summary: 3 Stars
We bought the SD870IS to replace an old 5MP Minolta SLR-style camera that had a dead CCD. The Minolta took great pictures, but it's bulky size made it impractical for carrying around and packing in a suitcase.
The SD870IS is a nice size and easily fits in your pocket, purse, laptop bag, backpack... whatever. Because of it's small size, most features can be accessed with one hand.
The unit comes with some great features such as photo-stitching for panoramic pictures, color replacement, burst mode, etc... The zoom is acceptable for small environments, but doesn't quite cut it for something like taking a picture of a bird in a tree.
The picture quality is good enough for casual pictures, but despite the 8MP CCD it pales in comparison to our old 5MP SLR-style camera. Lesson learned? It's about the lens, not the MP. Low-light performance leaves something to be desired, but this is probably another function of the lens size.
After about 6 months the unit became "twitchy" where we had to torque (twist) it to get anything but garble to show up on the LCD. We sent it in for warranty repair and got it back in about a week. The repair process was simple enough and they have an easy method for checking the status. Two minor complaints about the repair... 1) Our unit came back with a #4 permanently written in Sharpie on the case; it seems like they could have used tape for that instead. 2) It came back with the Korean language setting turned on and I had to dig through the manual to figure out how to set it back to English; this must be a running gag at the repair center.
Bottom line is it's a nice camera for casual use, but if picture quality is important then you should really be looking into an SLR-style camera... we'll be looking into getting our Minolta repaired.