Canon PowerShot SD850 IS Compact Camera

The PowerShot SD850 IS Digital ELPH is a digital camera that will really get your creative juices flowing. It starts with a high resolution 8.0 Megapixels CCD, a 4x Optical Zoom with Canon's exclusive UA Lens and an Optical Image Stabilizer for steady zooming. There's also a DIGIC III Image Processor with Face Detection and Red-eye correction, an ISO 1600 setting for sharper images in low light, 5 Movie Modes and a 2.5-inch PureColor LCD with scratch-resistant, anti-reflective coating for easy viewing.

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• Reviewed by: tricitiesbear

  06-17-07

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: There is so much to be said for this camera. The lens is great, as is the battery life. Don't rely on the internal memory. SD memory is cheap thse days so buy yourself a gig or two. Most important for me is the durability and quality of contruction.

  Weaknesses:Not as many manual controls as I'd like. I tend to experiment with my photographs but this camera does fine for most of the pictures I take.

  Overall Evaluation: I was looking for a good replacement camera for my Fuji FinePix 3000. The camera case developed a crack allowing light leakage. Very strange as the camera was never dropped or abused. Anyway, this is a great camera. Unbelievalbly smooth prints without noise. Very little editing required prior to printing. This is a very flexible camera. This camera is light years ahead of my tired Fuji and doesn't require a suitcase to carry it around.

• Reviewed by: jeremygingerich@msn.com

  04-11-10

  Duration of ownership: 2 Years

  Strengths: Durability so Far, Compact Size, Good Optical Zoom, Viewfinder, Good Pics, Useful Features

  Weaknesses:None so Far

  Overall Evaluation: I just bought my second Canon SD 850. I have used one for work for 2 years, and I wanted to get one for myself. This was a fair price, but I have seen them a little lower. They are discontinued, so get one now if you want one.

• Reviewed by: jruo

  06-19-08

  Duration of ownership: 1 Months

  Strengths: Easy to use, small, lightweight, beautiful photo's

  Weaknesses:None that I've found.

  Overall Evaluation: I bought this camera for my daughter's birthday and she said it was the best present I could have given her. Her last digital camera broke and she loves the SD850. We recently came back from vacation and the pictures came out beautiful. The camera is very user friendly. She likes that it doesn't take up much room in her bag and the small size. Another plus is that it has a battery pack instead of rechargable batteries. It's very easy to recharge. All in all, would highly recommend this camera.

• Reviewed by: JWM2008

  04-18-08

  Duration of ownership: 4 Months

  Strengths: small and compact

  Weaknesses:picures blurry

  Overall Evaluation: Got the camera for Christmas. It's April and the lens will not retract. Website FAQ is not working properly -- can't get any answers. I guess we'll try to send it in for repair. Very disappointed.

• Reviewed by: bkatams

  03-04-08

  Duration of ownership: 6 Months

  Strengths: small, easy to use

  Weaknesses:worthless after 6 months

  Overall Evaluation: I purchased the Canon SD850 IS 6 months ago and have used it regularly. It suddenly stopped working - the lens would not retract. I sent it to Canon for service under their one year warranty. They decided that it would not be "economically feasible" to repair the camera and have sent it back to me still broken. Canon "customer care" says that the technicians found "water damage" even though the camera was never around water and worked fine up until the moment it stopped. Clearly, if they don't want to repair something a customer sends back, they can just say "water damage" and they are off the hook. No recourse for me, no appeal process, nothing for me to do but warn others. It was a nice little camera, but if it is only going to last 6 months, forget about it.

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The SD850 IS compact camera performs similarly to the newer SD870 IS but has a smaller LCD, a lens that isn't as wide--and a better price.

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