Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS

Author Cliff Smith
Published 17th Oct 2006
Manufacturer Canon
Price £228.26 (inc VAT)

Features Score 8 for Features
Image Quality Score 9 for Image Quality
Value Score 6 for Value
Overall Score 9 for Overall
award recommended


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After the dismal performance of the A710’s flash last week, it’s good to see that the flash on the IXUS 850 works perfectly.




A shot like this is never going to look good, but the Canon has coped better than most, retaining plenty of detail in the shadow areas and avoiding fringing on the burned-out highlights.




With this much orange in the scene, some auto white-balance systems would have added a colour cast, but the Digic III processor is made of smarter stuff.




The IXUS 850 has a good zoom control, allowing accurate framing for some arty snapshots.


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