Lasoo Product Reviews - November 2007
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Canon has long been a leader in the digital camera market in Australia, and the IXUS 860 IS looks set to continue that tradition over the busy Christmas shopping period.
The IXUS 860 IS is designed to replace the popular 850 IS model, and taken at face value, the specifications are fairly similar. That's not a bad thing - the 850 IS is a solid performer.
The key improvements are to the CCD sensor (8.3-megapixels for the IXUS 860 IS) and a larger LCD viewing screen (it's now three inches). Notable absent in this model is an optical viewfinder.
If you have previous experience with other brands of digital camera, you may also miss the manual exposure controls. Canon rarely includes these, however you really only need them if you are an experienced photographer - if you just want something for point-and-shoot purposes, manual exposure is superfluous.
To compensate, Canon has included Advanced Face Detection technology which sets auto-focus and exposure by sensing up to nine faces in a frame.
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