Canon Digital Pocket Cameras

At the time of this review, the Canon PowerShot Digital Elph line featured no fewer than 10 models–not even including lingering older models–so deciphering what makes one better or different than another gets tricky (here’s our succinct breakdown). The 10-megapixel PowerShot SD880 IS Digital Elph is the follow-up to the popular SD870 IS, and what a worthy successor it is. It’s capable of producing truly excellent pictures for a camera of its size and it has nice components for a sub-$300 model including a wide-angle lens and optical image stabilization. There are a couple weaknesses, but nothing that keeps it from being an excellent point-and-shoot camera.

At 6.3 ounces and measuring 3.7 inches wide by 2.2 inches high by 0.9 inch deep, it’ll fit more comfortably in a pants or coat pocket than a shirt pocket, but it’s by no means big. Compared with the SD870 IS, the SD880 IS has the latest version of Canon’s image-processing engine, Digic 4, jumps from 8 megapixels to 10, and offers a few more scene modes. The 4x f2.8-5.8 28-112mm lens is a highlight of the camera; the wide angle is so nice to have on a camera this small, and it’s a tad longer zoom than on the SD870. It also records video using the H.264 codec instead of Motion JPEG.

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