| Design | 2.9/5 |
| Display & Viewfinder | 3.9/5 |
| Menus & Buttons | 2.9/5 |
| Features | 3.2/5 |
| Image quality | 3.9/5 |
| Sensor | 3.9/5 |
| Lens | 3.9/5 |
| Transfer & Storage | 4/5 |
| Accessories | 3.7/5 |
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Pros:
Good all-around camera for portraits. Packs a bit more zoom than most compacts. Nice color features make for fun, artistic shots. |
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Cons:
Design problems make shooting, adjusting settings difficult. Lacks wide range of scene modes. Panorama not as robust as we like. |
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| We've been using Canon's digital ELPH shooters since the beginning, and while we're glad to see them step away from the staid, box-of-cards form factor, we're always concerned when design changes make a camera more difficult to use. It was tough to keep a grip on the Canon Powershot SD890 IS, and even tougher to use the scroll wheel to switch between menu options. Images looked pretty good, regardless, so we were happy with the camera's performance, and we always love playing with Canon's innovative color-enhancing features. Still, as shooting got more difficult, with subjects that were farther away or under more complicated lighting conditions, picture quality dipped from very good to above average . Image stabilization helped a lot, but we wonder if this camera wouldn't be better off sacrificing the extra zoom for some extra wide, and opening up the aperture a bit more. |
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