Reviewed by Tamer:
I bought this for my wife as a B’day present to replace her tiny and always carried SD450 (5MB, no IS and 3 years old). The SD880 is a much better camera, costs less than the SD450 did in 2005 and is still tiny (fits in the same case). The improvements are many: ultra-sharp 28mm wide-angle lens with 4X zoom, 3″ bright and clear LCD, both optical image stabilization (IS) and a new low-noise (for it’s size) 10MP sensor.
A few reviews here report crappy images and/or high noise levels but those are not my findings, at least not relative to other point and shoot cameras. I tested the SD880 against: her Canon SD450 (5MP), my Fuji F31fd (6MP) and a borrowed Panasonic LX-3 (10MP).
SD880 images are sharper than any of the three other cameras at the same f-stops and focal lengths. This is especially true regarding the SD450. Given the Leica pedigree on the LX-3’s super fast (f2.0-2.8) 24-60mm lens I had expected it to be sharper than the tiny SD880 so was surprised to find noticeably sharper images with the SD880 even near the edges of the frame. Although the Fuji is just 6MP, it is closest in sharpness to the SD880, but only in good light at lower ISO.
The SD880 produces lower image noise at high ISO’s (400 and up) than both the SD450 and the LX-3. Beating the LX-3 in this test at ISO 400, 800 and 1600 was also surprising given the LX-3’s slightly larger sensor size. The Fuji has the lowest noise level at high ISO BUT images become overly smoothed with less sharpness than either the SD880 or the LX-3. The SD880 retains more sharpness than the Fuji as ISO is cranked up to 800 and 1600, but did have more noise. ISO 400 noise is low with the SD880 and images are usable at ISO 800. ISO 1600 should be reserved for low-light emergencies where flash is verboten and if prints are kept 6″ x 4″ or smaller. Read the rest of this entry »
Reviewed by OPP.TOLLD:
I really liked this camera most of all for its speed in taking the pictures, captured my dog so clearly as he was jumping in the air, awesome!! Zoom is great. I would have kept this camera for the great pictures but the following reasons really annoyed me:
1. the lens cap has to be taken off manually, hangs by a string, no clip to attach to the camera strap. If you don’t take it completly off it gets in the way of shooting.
2. the on/off button is very tiny and is flush on the top of the camera making it sometimes difficult to turn on or off especially in a hurry.
3. no delete button, have to go through too many steps to delete a picture.
4. should be an indentation on the back for your thumb to rest and a better grip.
Reviewed by fff.ddd:
Tired of carrying around a much larger SLR camera with interchangeable lenses and small view screen I found the H10 a very nice replacement. The 10X zoom is more then enough for my travel picture needs. In Alaska I zoomed in on a bald eagle resting on a distant electrical tower. The large 3″ viewing screen allows me to Read the rest of this entry »
Reviewed by Y.lee:
As an amateur at picture taking, I was delighted to find how easy it was to use this camera’s advanced features. Usually I find it too frustrating to use a digital camera’s special effects and modes, but this model made navigating and understanding how to use the ’scene modes’ or other setting changes very easy with the camera providing a brief description as to when to use what feature. Last night I was able to take very high quality pictures in many unusual conditions: outside by firelight, pictures of documents, pictures with strongly backlit subjects. Thanks Olympus! Read the rest of this entry »
Reviewes by Nicc,
I just received this camera four days ago. I’ve taken indoor night photos and outdoor day photos.
Four Pros
The camera is quick, and I can whip it out and take a photo without missing a shot
This camera takes really amazing photos at 6 mp (more of that below). And the outdoor photos are amazingly crisp.
Night shots are for the most part correctly exposed (not too dark)
The scene modes are really fun like photo stitch, color accent, and indoor mode.
An idea I had
On Mega Pixels
Like many people have been saying 10 mega pixels is a lot of mp for the size of the CCD, so what I decided to do is lower the resolution to 6mp (and put the quality to superfine) to improve photo quality. I think that the quality of the photos I have taken in this fashion look good up to ISO 400. Photos still print very well at 4×7 and well at 8×10 just an idea you might want to play with. Its nice however to have 10 mp, if I wanted to make a poster.
Two Cons
On Flash
This camera produces flash spots (I don’t know the technical term for this). A flash spot is a small circular white dot in the photo that is not in the original scene. It’s caused by the placement of the flash in comparison to the lens. One way to try and get around this is simply take two photos of the same scene and hope one does not have a flash bunny. Supposedly this is a common issue with compacts. This is the main reason I am giving this camera 4 stars instead of 5.
On manual settings
You cannot set the shutter speed nor f stop. The only reason this is annoying is because when I take indoor photos at night the camera automatically sets itself to 1/60 shutter speed. Which might be a problem for dancing shots or photos of my friends that really talk with their hands. However, as of yet all the night shots have been clear and correctly exposed.
You can read all Canon PowerShot SD880IS Reviews
Canon PowerShot SD880IS 10MP Digital Camera
It’s so easy to capture the magic of every moment when SD880 IS Digital ELPH comes along for the ride. There’s a terrific sense of creative options for your photographic sense with a wide range of shooting modes and a wide-angle 28mm lens–all because your camera sees the world without limits. Of course, it’s a stylish point of view from a camera that merges up-to-the-moment performance with the art of impeccable design.
Slick 10.0-megapixel camera expands the Digital ELPH line to allow greater creative freedom
With the PowerShot SD880 IS Digital ELPH camera’s 10.0 megapixels of imaging power, you’ve got a passport to unsurpassed image quality and versatility. Go ahead, enlarge pictures bigger than ever before without worrying about the image quality. And look forward to much more creative flexibility when you’re cropping and printing. The SD880 IS Digital ELPH may be ultra-slim and sculpture-sleek, but its focus is on the power of visual impact. Read the rest of this entry »
