Canon PowerShot SD870 IS / IXUS 860 IS

The Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS does the thinking for you. Its wealth of features include 10 scene modes, plus Canon's Digic III technology, which handles face detection and noise reduction. The screen is a large 76mm (3 inches) and the menu items accessibl...

Fast performance and excellent image quality; optical image stabilisation; face detection

No manual exposure controls; slightly heavy

With a combination of impressive features, big screen and wide angle lens all serving up excellent photographs, the Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS shows that there's far more to digital photography than megapixels

This is the latest in the excellent Ixus digital camera range, in August 2006 the Ixus 700 won the rarely awarded 5x5 award. Does this latest offering live up to this rarely awarded accolade.

For those wanting to progress there are no less than 17 shooting modes to help you get the correct effects. My colours also helps as this can be applied either before or after shooting

Great build, image quality as lower ISOs, responsive, easy to use, good metering and colour, nice lens focal range

Reduced detail due to noise reduction processing, Intrusive noise at higher ISOs, white balance issues in mixed lighting, screen marks easily

While it looks very nice, the entry price is higher than that of its predecessor and, mysteriously, there are a few things missing from the new model

Great build, image quality as lower ISOs, responsive, easy to use, good metering and colour, nice lens focal range

Reduced detail due to noise reduction processing, Intrusive noise at higher ISOs, white balance issues in mixed lighting, screen marks easily

While it looks very nice, the entry price is higher than that of its predecessor and, mysteriously, there are a few things missing from the new model

Is this the perfect pocket compact?

The Canon IXUS 860 IS is an expensive camera for an 8MP pocket compact, but it justifies it with stylish design, exceptional build quality, class-leading performance and outstanding picture quality. Its wide zoom range provides greater versatility than mo...

I like the Canon IXUS 860 IS. This is a stylish digital camera with a good build quality. There is a large, clear 3 inch LCD screen on the back of the camera. Picture quality is very good in most situations and I am happy to recommend this camera.

Sharpness of photo - build quality and design - red eye correction tool - clear LCD screen

Sun glare

The Canon IXUS 860 IS is a high class, point and shoot camera. It has a stylish, metal body. Picture quality is up there with the best compact cameras. With a large LCD screen and image stabilisation too, I am happy to recommend this camera.

Canon IXUS 860 IS Review - Matt Grayson takes a look at the new Canon IXUS 860IS. A small, slick compact with image stabiliser and a wide angle lens.

The IXUS name has become famous now for being the high quality range of the Canon compacts. What this usually means is that the price is higher for less of a camera specification wise.

Well, I do have some issues where Canon dropped a stitch. For example the zoom range starting with 3.8 with a wide angle of 28mm is very nice. But wide angle delivers some distortion and although not significant; it is present and could do with some impro...

The Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS digital camera can lean on the success of its ancestors and that's what it does of course. The Canon IXUS 860 IS camera is faithful to the concept that brought Canon a lot of success over the past few years. A safe way maybe

The Canon Digital Ixus 860 IS qualifies with 28 mm focal length early as wide-angle camera, but otherwise belongs to the classic, automatic compact models, the manual functions as far. For the 330 Euro offers a