Great Camera & Portability! Hey guys,
I just received my Powershot SD850 today, and got it when it was up for preorder from CircuitCity!
I've read many of the the recent posts about this particular camera, in regards to how it performs. Well I'll try giving a concise review and explaining what I have experienced in the past 2 days, which consisted of various uses.
Quality of Images:
I'm upgrading from a Powershot A80 (still keeping it for FULL manual use), and also use th...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by Clifford H. Chan can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Clifford H. Chan | | Review Date: | 06/14/2007 | | User Location: | Summerville, SC | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (29 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Awesome Camera This is my 5th digital camera and I can honestly say that its by far the best. I also own a SD800IS - but this one has more cool features (like being able to zoom in movie mode!). EXCELLENT in low light -- I was able to take pictures in the Sistine Chapel in Rome on my last vacation without flash in a dark room and the pictures are amazing. Great Camera!
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by Thomas Grimes "Tom Grimes" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Thomas Grimes "Tom Grimes" | | Review Date: | 07/13/2007 | | User Location: | Fort Wayne, IN USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (29 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Two thumbs up - save money - no need to get 2nd battery This is an all around great camera. It works as described by other reviewers. The image stabilizer is great. The only thing that could be improved is the quality of the lens. But for the price of the camera, I recognize it's OK, and probably better that in other similar priced products. I made a detailed comparison of similar products and decided to go for this one. At its price, it's one of the best. I have a Canon DSLR 20D, and bought this one as a pocket companion.
My only advice...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/09/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (24 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Canon Powershot SD850 The small size makes it easy to carry around (fits in jeans pocket). The image screen is quite large, making it easy to take pics and review them. The image stabilizer works well. The facial recognition is a nice plus; its never been easier to take people pictures as it focuses on the person and not something else in the background. The included software is easy to set up and use. The only downside was the included memory card (32MB - only holds a dozen or so pictures). I upgraded that to a 2GB ...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by James R. Celauro Jr. "thx12379 can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | James R. Celauro Jr. "thx12379 | | Review Date: | 08/03/2007 | | User Location: | NJ USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (20 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent camera that's versatile and takes great shots This is my first venture into purchasing a digital camera, having been a 35 mm SLR devotee for my entire life. After much research of trying to find a decent point-and-shoot digital camera, I settled on the Canon Powershot SD850. I have been very happy with this camera's performance. I bought the camera priot to a trip out west to visit Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon and other sites. This meant that I needed a camera that could do well with various kinds of settings under different conditions a...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by Scott W. Jabo "Scott" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Scott W. Jabo "Scott" | | Review Date: | 09/02/2007 | | User Location: | Erie, PA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (19 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great point and shoot I bought this as a camera to get some good family photos on vacation in Hawaii. The camera was simply outstanding. I took over 1000 photos with the 850IS and could not find any bad photos. I used it from the beach to inside of restaurants. Battery life was excellent(I bought the 12.94 Lenmar battery as a backup and used it once). This is a great vacation camera as I used the self timer numerous times and also handed it off to strangers to take family photos. USE THE WRIST STRAP AS THE CAME...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by J. McConnell "Usually Nikon" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. McConnell "Usually Nikon" | | Review Date: | 07/31/2007 | | User Location: | Long Beach,CA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (16 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A Great Little Camera I just got back from a vacation in Italy, where I shot nearly a thousand maximum resolution pictures: indoors, outdoors, at night, in various cathedrals with and without flash. I am very happy with this camera. It is small and light with very good battery life. It gives me (an amateur who, nevertheless, likes to fool around a bit with settings to get shots that I otherwise couldn't get, all of the flexibility I want in a compact digital camera.
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by Donald C. Hubin can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Donald C. Hubin | | Review Date: | 09/07/2007 | | User Location: | Columbus, OH United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (15 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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SD850 is faster then SD870 Since October I have been researching to find the fastest (for fast moving small kids) low light (for evening indoor pictures) P&S camera. I also know 99.9% of my prints will be 4x6 or 5x7, never bigger. And I want the red-eye reduction to work! I refuse to do touch-ups. Before I review, let me say a THANK YOU, to all who do post their reviews, because I have read them ALL, and a really big THANK YOU to Steves-Digicams and the CNET staff, who test and provide shutter speeds with flash.
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[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/04/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (78 of 80) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Almost twice as expensive as A570IS This is no doubt a great compact camera. I just want to point out a good alternative. I ordered an SD850 but returned it because I found the Canon A570IS was almost the same as the SD850, but at almost half the price. The only major differences are battery and size. The lithium-ion battery on the SD850 allows many shots on a full charge and discharges very slowly. The A570IS uses two AA batteries and traditionally the quick self discharge rate of NiMH batteries has given casual picture take...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review by Chun Li can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Chun Li | | Review Date: | 09/13/2007 | | User Location: | Anywhere, USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (32 of 33) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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As always...Canon is a winner !!! Buy it ...You'll like it !!!
I've been a Canon Digital Camera user since November,1999 ( for those youngins out there, thats the first year digital cameras were availiable to the general public at a reasonable price )
Prior to that, I have had Canon SLR's since 1977 ( I remember because it was the first real camera I bought with the money I earned in the summer cutting lawns ...a lot of lawns ) The Canon AE-1 cost $300.00 which was a lot of chicken in those days...Stil...
[Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Silver review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/15/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (28 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |