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Specifications:

Dimension: 3.65 x 2.32 x 1.02 in; 5.50 oz

LCD Screen: 3.0 inch, 230,000 pixels, 15 different levels of brightness, 100% coverage

Type: Digital camera with built-in flash, 3.8x Optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, and 15x Combined Zoom with optical image stabilizer

Megapixel: 8.0

Lens: 3.8x Optical zoom with 4x digital zoom

Modes: Auto, Manual, Digital Macro, Color Accent and Swap, Special Scene, Movie, Stitch Assist

Scene Modes: Portrait, Night snapshot, Kids and Pets, Aquarium, Beach, Snow, Indoor, Underwater, Fireworks, Foliage

Memory: SD/SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus Card, HC MMC Plus Card

Screen: 230,000 pixels; 3.0 inch wide color LCD with wide viewing angle

Response time: shutter speed is approximately 15-1/600 sec with 1.3 fps continuous shooting

Flash: On/off flash, Red-eye reduction, Auto flash setting

Pic/Video Format: Picture-JPEG, Audio-WAVE, Video-AVI

Ports: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, Video out, Audio out, Direct connection to canon photo printer, memory card slot,

Power: Li-Ion NB-5L, AC adapter, approximately 270 pictures with a full battery

Features: Face detection mode, Red-eye correction mode, Optical image stabilizer, Self timer mode (2 or 10 seconds), iSAPS, DIGIC 3

Warranty: One year manufacture warranty

Included: 32 MB card, Manual, Warranty documents, USB cable, Li-Ion Battery, Battery charger, Installation CD,

Pros:

* The face detection system automatically detects a persons face with up to nine faces within one frame. It also adjusts the focus and flash to ensure the best results.

* The Digital Image Core 3 (DIGIC) Image Processor manages all the primary functions of the camera to optimize its functionality and efficiency. This processor creates a clearer, more detailed and accurate color balance. It controls the face detection feature, designed for noise reduction, and makes the battery efficiency higher.

* The optical Image Stabilizer feature on the “SD 870 IS” detects and corrects slight camera shakes and movements that might cause of blurry pictures. This feature allows a great video quality.

* Almost all the Canon cameras come with the iSAPS feature; this feature is designed to automatically choose the setting to get the best picture depending on the surrounding environment. Auto focusing and exposures are some of the features of iSAPS (Intelligent Scene Analysis on Photographic Space)

* Pocket Size!!

* Fast start-up mode

Cons:

* Slow shutter speed makes it difficult to snap multiple pictures in a short amount of time.

* The battery life is not very impressive, but it still beats AA batteries by far.

* This camera takes amazing outdoor pictures, but takes poor indoor shots (under the ‘auto’ setting).

* A common problem with canon cameras is that their lens tends to remain stuck in the camera sometimes.

Overall:

The trick to fixing the problem with the indoor shots is turning the flash to “well lit room” or the “Night mode” instead of the fully auto! Overall the picture quality with this camera is amazing. The Face Detection, Image Stabilizer, iSAPS, and DIGIC 3 features all help provide a clearer, sharper, and more accurate color balanced picture. The fact that you are getting a 3 inch wide LCD screen, even though its still a pocket size digital camera shows that this camera is a great camera for family/friends pictures as well for your business. This camera is very user friendly and amazing for the people who are not great with new technologies! This camera is definitely worth what you pay for!