I have been using Canon equipment since 1970. This is the fourth powershot we have owned and the third one to have a fatal lens problem. I think I may be done buying powershots. The features ar great, but I can no longer give powershots a good rating when I have to keep replacing them because of poor lens mechanism design.
We own 2 of these cameras and love them. Each camera has taken well over 5000 photos and 100's of hours of video. That's over 10,000 pics between them. Both are still using the OEM batteries. I have a 8GB card in one of them and the battery life is so good I can take a 1.5 hr vid, fill the memory card and still have battery to spare. All settings are always set to the highest quality.
The video quality is so good that we no longer use a cam corder to make home movies. I went our a few years ago and bought every camcoder on the market and didn't find any that did better for home movies than my SD870.
Now after 3 years we thought we'd look for something better and are finding that there's not much out there.
OH BTW we even have the Canon dive case for this. Took it to Aruba and got some great pics of the reefs.
We read how some complain about bad low light issues, this is only true when taking pics in a large area, say a church, when the lights are low and your subject is out of flash range. The camera has a focus assist led light so taking pics in the dark come out in focus when used with the flash.
Pros: good battery life, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Poor Low-Light Performance
I had been searching for a compact camera to use in my real estate business that had the set of features that were necessary for my job. I first heard about this camera on Leo Leporte's radio talk show. I purchased the camera a few years ago and I just love it. The camera is not great in low light situations and the date stamp is only available in the postcard mode. The wide angle feature is wonderful.
I have used this camera in my Real Estate business for 2 years now and it is the best one on the market. It is durable with my rough treatment. I have been in property management and foreclosures for 20 years and always used Canon cameras because of their ease to use and their extreme durablity in my car in the heat, but this is the best yet because of the wider angle than most digital cameras. You can get an entire room in one shot. It is great for the mls and my property owners to see more in one picture. Thank you Canon for developing a camera for realtors.
