Hello /p/Please help me out. I never owned a digital camera and I'm looking to buy a general purpose ultra compact one. I've narrowed it down to either the Canon SD970 IS or the Canon SD870 IS.The former has 10mpixel as opposed to the 8 of the latter cam, but IIRC more doesn't equal better, right? Besides, the SD870 seems to have the overall better stats (optical zoom, shutter speed, etc), the only thing that sucks is the design (imho).Any opinions on which is the "better" cam? Also, suggestions on other cams in the same price range are highly appreciated.
>>184193wat
flip a coin, because honestly it probably doesnt matter which is slightly better for you
you are rightthe sd870 is better than some of the newer onescanon likes to put good features at first and removes them later on
>>184195If it really doesn't matter spec-wise then I'll go with the SD970 as I like the design better. But things like 3.0x vs. 3.8x zoom they really don't matter?
>>184203dudethe sd870 has 28mm equivalent, the other is 35mm, able to go wider is betterthe sd870 goes down to 2.8, the other is 3.2
>>184204Well shit, you're right. Turns out I told you the wrong models. I was actually talking about the 870IS and the 790 IS. They have different names in Europe and I was trying to find the US equivalent.
>>184207I was actually talking about the 870IS and the 790 IS.is that YOUR numbers or US numbersregardless, the SD870 IS or Digital IXUS 860 IS is the better one
>>184208That's the US numbers. Our numbers are IXUS 860 IS and IXUS 90 IS respectively. I still can't believe my fail. Still thanks to anyone that replied so far.
sd870 in the US still winsfor the same reasons i said earlier^