Canon PowerShot SD880 IS / IXUS 870 IS

The 10-megapixel IXUS 870 IS is the follow-up to the popular 860 IS, and what a worthy successor it is. It's capable of producing truly excellent pictures for a camera of its size and it has excellent components for its price, including a wide-angle...

Excellent photo quality for its class; optical image stabilisation; pleasing interface and design; wide-angle lens

Mode dial spins too freely; button positioning might bother some users; very noticeable fringing

With admirable image quality and useful pictures such as image stabilisation, the Canon Digital IXUS 870 IS is, simply put, an excellent point-and-shoot camera

The Canon IXUS 870 IS is a stylish compact digital camera. It will fit into larger pockets. Picture quality is very good indeed. The design and build quality of the camera also stands out too. The IXUS 870 IS has 10 megapixels, a 4x wide angle zoom lens a...

Design - picture quality - build quality - start up time

Nothing really springs to mind

I like the IXUS 870 IS. It performed well in my tests and I found very few points where the camera struggled. This is a reliable camera that should take good quality snapshots in most situations. It looks good and was very fast to turn on and take a photo...

Canon's PowerShot SD880 IS is a compact point-and-shoot digital camera.

If you're looking for a good quality point-and-shoot camera. consider the Canon PowerShot SD880 IS. It's easy to use and small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, while delivering high-resolution photos with great colour and detail.