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Canon PowerShot SD850 IS

Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
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Price $179 to $249 at 4 stores $219 to $299 at 3 stores $238 to $295 at 13 stores $198 to $249 at 11 stores $179 to $235 at 2 stores
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Average user rating 0.0 stars No reviews, write one! 4.0 stars out of 83 reviews 3.5 stars out of 8 reviews 4.0 stars out of 1 review 0 stars No reviews, write one!
Release date September 30, 2007 May 07, 2007 August 20, 2007 February 05, 2008 September 21, 2007
The Bottom Line The Canon PowerShot SD 850 IS has just about everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot. While the Canon PowerShot SD870 IS doesn't have an optical viewfinder or manual exposure controls, it captures beautiful images with its wide, 3.8x optical zoom lens and ranks among the top compact cameras we've seen. The W130's quick performance and decent image quality make it a solid follow-up to the W90, and a good choice for a pocket point-and-shoot camera. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX55 is a cute compact camera that sports a nice wide-angle lens, but its so-so image quality keeps it from reaching its full potential.

Basic specs

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Lens aperture F/2.8-5.6
F/2.8-5.5
F/2.8-5.8
F/2.8-5.8
F/2.8-5.6
Equivalent 35mm focal length 28 - 100 mm
35 - 140 mm
28 - 105 mm
Info unavailable 28 - 100 mm
Optical zoom 3.6 x
4 x
3.8 x
4 x
3.6 x
Light sensitivity ISO 6400
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO 400
ISO 1250
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 6400
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 1250
ISO 1600
ISO 100
Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS)
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity 27 MB
32 MB
32 MB
15 MB
27 MB
Video input type Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factor Integrated
SD Memory Card
SD Memory Card
Integrated
Integrated
Digital zoom 4 x
4 x
4 x
2 x
4 x
Battery technology Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Info unavailable Lithium ion
Lithium ion
Weight 4.7 oz
5.8 oz
5.5 oz
4.3 oz
5 oz
Effective sensor resolution 8,100,000 pixels
8,000,000 pixels