Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS Review

#1 Paul

Wrong image used for 860 IS review; 960 IS picture shown on main review page.

6:46 pm - Sunday, October 21, 2007

#2 Mark Goldstein

Thanks for letting me know Paul!

8:17 am - Monday, October 22, 2007

#3 Marcelo Bertin

Este site é excelente!!! Graças aos comentários do Mark eu e minha namorada conseguimos decidir pela nossa primeira câmera digital, a Canon SD870 (SD860). Pesquisei muito aqui e em outros sites, e concluímos que a melhor escolha para começarmos seria esta máquina! Estamos ansiosos para fotografarmos através de uma lente de 28mm, parece que será muito bom!
Abraços e gratos pela ajuda!
Marcelo/Brasil

5:27 pm - Friday, October 26, 2007

#4 rita

this camera rocks!
this is the first camera that i acually liked

4:32 am - Saturday, January 5, 2008

#5 Maddie

I don't understand the higher overall rating for this camera, over the (USA 850is) IXUS 950is (I think).

Image quality for the 850is was rated at 4.5, but the overall review was a 4 star. Image quality fot the 870is (US) was 4, with an overall rating of 4 1/2.

I understand with the 870 -you get wide angle, but with the 850 - you get an optical viewfinder. So with each a matter of personal prefrence, doesn't it all boil dpown to image quality at the end of the day?

3:03 am - Friday, February 22, 2008

#6 Trond

Thanks Mark! You did a very good job on this review.Thorough and neutral, that`s what i prefer. Now I bought this camera in London for only 187 GBP and I am very happy about it.

7:29 pm - Sunday, August 10, 2008

#7 Deivaraj

I would like to know whether is model IXUS 860 has zooming facility in Video mode of operation and if so to what extent.

7:54 am - Saturday, August 30, 2008

#8 Deivaraj

I would like to know the details in respect of zooiming facility while taking video using this Digicam IXUS 860. Thanks and will be greatful.

7:57 am - Saturday, August 30, 2008

#9 Olivier

Hi

Many thanks for the site and the very useful articles.

One thing bothers me though: sample movies are mostly done on busy streets, which makes the evaluation of the sound quality very difficult. A good sound is very important for scenes like children first words or such. It would be therefore very helpful to have someone speaking in the sample movies.

7:29 pm - Wednesday, September 17, 2008

#10 David Bate

I'm now an ageing ex-35mm semi-pro.camera buff who went digital a few years ago and have owned several, mainly Canon, digicams.I bought an IXUS 860 about 6 months ago as a back-up for my S5IS. Since then I have used the 860 more often than the S5 due to it's very compact size and, for me, perfect focal length range of 28 to 105(equiv.)in 35 mm terms.The LCD is brilliant and all setting options are easily accessed in the clearly organised Canon menu system. Even at higher ISO settings (up to 400) picture quality is good at A4 print size and who actually goes bigger than that? I do wish the Flash level were adjustable as on the S5, but this can be compensated for by adjusting the exposure level, so all is not lost.For me, a brilliant back-up camera, superbly made. What a contrast with the 35mm era I was part of when ISO400 was as fast as you could get and SLR cameras were as large as a brick! I am astounded by the number of digicam variants being introduced by all makers in attempts to capture the market and often wonder how many of each variation are actually sold!I am not specifically interested in the video modes many cameras offer but have used them occasionally, mainly at air shows. Any comments?

11:24 pm - Thursday, May 21, 2009

#11 Patrickv

Well I never owned a digital camera, and this is my first one. I am not disappointed by any means. However a nice tripod will do as some images can be difficult to take. All images I took with it is on my blog @ http://www.patrickvalmont.com

5:57 pm - Monday, September 14, 2009