Canon PowerShot SD890IS 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

Bought a Cannon 1200 for my wife and was very impressed with the features and quality of the camera. I had an older Pentax WP that is getting pretty banged up so I bought the SD890 and have been completely satisfied. The macro feature is easy and very high quality.

Like the camera. I am using it for last 1 year. And have taken thousand of pics using this camera. It has all the modes which you may require. Zoom is good in small sized camera. It is small in size and can be easily fit in pocket.

I bought my Canon SD980IS on 15 January 2010, recieved it on the 23 January 2010 and within 1 week and 6 photos later its no longer functioning with an "Memory Card Error" message. Since I'm currently out of the country on a work assignment, they won't allow me to have an authorized canon service center in London repair it even though its an apparent known design defect. The only suggestion I can give is don't buy any Canon product as they don't stand behind their cameras

I bought this camera a year ago for my daughter for Christmas. She absolutely loves it. The picture quality is fantastic. Her pictures are all taken on auto mode. The zoom is phenominal. She was sitting at Yankee Stadium on the 3rd base line, outfield, I was sitting on the first base line, outfield. She managed to find me and snapped a shot. It was clear and sharp. I like her camera so much, I bought one this year for myself. Canon has discontinued this model, so I grabbed it when I found it. Their upgrade to this model does not have a viewfinder (like so many other camers). Without a viewfinder, I can't see the screen in bright sunlight or at the beach, etc. I have snapped many a picture guessing.

The sd890is lightweight and easy to carry, battery life is fantastic.

I have always had Olympus cameras, so I had to get used to the menu and controls, I am still learning, but I love this camera.

Pros: Shutter speed, image quality, amazing zoom, fast power on,+++

Cons: None

After ordering the camera and availability was there when ordered,and expecting delivery from the source you recommended, the source then said it was back orderedl. Then the price went up and I was not impressed with the company because of their scam of increasing the price and the camera not being available for purchase. I will never use this source again when Amazon recommended. I ordered it from another on-line company, it was not back ordered and ended up being less money and deliver excellent. I hope you have creditied my account with the amount charged to my credit card. I had purchased this camera back in April of last year but dropped the camera and it then didn't work any longer. I plan to send it back to Canon for perhaps a repair. But I liked the camera so much I had tried to order another one just like but it all failed. Think you should check on the source you recommended for my second purchase of this camera.

I researched all the Canon camera models and most of them have 3x zoom or above. So I wanted to try something different and bought SD 890 with 5X zoom to see if there are a difference. I trusted the consumer reviews posted for this camera and have great expectation for it, but the camera died on me after my trip to Australia and Los Angeles.

The lens won't retract and it keeps making screechy weird noises when I turn it on. My SD 890 basically died on me and I can't use it any more because the lens no longer retract or work.

Another thing to keep in mind is the curveness of the camera on the right hand side. It is hard to hold and you could easily drop it.

I really like this camera. It is small enough to stick in your pocket, but the pictures have turned out great! I even accidentally left it outside in the rain one night, but the camera worked fine the next day. I would definitely recommend this camera.

I always have this camera on me.
This small camera has all the quality and capability I need in a point and shoot
I love this camera. I bought it just after returning from a trip thinking only if I had a point and shoot in my purse for those up close candid pictures.
A couple of months later I was in New York taking photos, on the day I spent with family and I decided not to use my 1ds M3 just the p&S , I was able to take some amazing photos.

I used this camera only for two months, and it died right in the middle of our trip in Israel. It was a problem to expand/pull out lenses. I got system error message on the screen, and it was completely out of use, not even see pictures.

I tried out this camera as well as another Canon (SX200) and a Panasonic Lumix SZ1. These last two really are in another league from the sd890. But I was so impressed with what the sd 890 can do for its size, and actually the colour in the automatic mode is what in my opinion set it apart. The colour is true and natural. The flash indoor shots are beautiful, with natural colour and good saturation. I wanted a camera that I could leave in automatic mode and not think about anything other than capturing a good shot. This camera lets me do that easily. When it was first introduced, it was expensive but is now available at a very good price because it's discontinued. For some reason some people really don't like the design, but I think it's very cool. It feels very good in your hand - very smooth with nothing jutting out. You soon get used to the on/off button and how to hold the camera so that it doesn't feel like it's going to slip out of your hand. Don't hesitate to check it out. It's a very, very nice little camera. (By the way, I ended up purchasing the sd890. I will do another review after I've had the camera for awhile.)

The camera is a small compact camera. I like it because if you shake just a little when you take the picture it does not come up blurred like some cameras. It is taking me a little while to figure out how to operate the camera. Overall it takes great pictures.Out of all the camera I had I like this one the best.

This is an excellent product. This is much better than other Canon models. The grip is not so good but we got used to it. The picture quality is very good. I love the picture modes. Awesome. Picture mode selection using jog dial is not user friendly. Look is very stylish and not like other cheap canon digicams. Finally, we love it.

I have taken many indoor shots and was able to review them without any problems. When outside the lcd screen would not work. It was comletely dark. I took some pictures using the optical viewfinder but could not review them. When I came indoors I was going to read the owners manual but when I reviewed the pics the Lcd was working. It turns out that if I was wearing my polaroid sunglasses the screen looked completely dark. That's the only trouble I have with this camera. I have had this camera for three months now.

I purchased this for my friend. He had a sony camera before and liked it very much.
I got this canon camera as a replacement for his lost sony camera and he is not satisfied with the picture quality and ease of use.

I purchased this camera to replace a 4 year old 7.2MP Sony Cybershot. The Sony was a very good camera except for one drawback. It has a hard time taking night time shots. They tended to come out blurry due to the long exposure and no image stabilization.
The Canon PowerShot takes great pictures in low light. It has the image stabilization and very easy way to change shutter speed to optimize the picture. The one negative issue is menu access. Reviewing photos on the camera is not very intuitive.
I recommend the Powershot for anyone looking for a basic point and shoot camera.

It was finally time to replace our older Kodak Easy-share camera and thought the Canon SD890 was a good choice. I jumped on a sale that Amazon had and received it for $169 shipped.
After receiving it and trying it out for a weekend the only thing that my wife liked about it was its relatively small size, especially when compared to our older Kodak & the optical view finder.
The major issues for us were (1) the LCD screen was EXTREMELY grainy; (2) the controls were difficult to access; (3) long lag time (but the SD890 is not alone on this one); and (4) it was very hard to hold onto to. My wife said it literally slipped out of her hands on several occasions.
After all was said and done, it simply was not a camera for us and so we returned it Amazon.
We are still looking for a camera to replace our Kodak Easy-share and the one thing we know is that it won't be the Canon SD980IS.

I used to have a Kodak which was incredibly simple and easy to use. In comparison this is complicated for a casual user, for example deleting pictures and transferring is much more complicated than it was on the Kodak. It does take great pictures and I like the size of the camera and the display.

This is my first digital camera and it suits my needs just fine. I barely had to open the user guide to
get things going. Has great picture quality, very easy to use. The download to computer function
couldn't be easier. All you have to do is plug it in and unplug it when it is finished.

The only drawback I can think of is the size of the controls. I have small hands for a man and I have to
be careful when using the multiple buttons, wheels etc. I can't imagine a person with large hands having
an easy time with this.

I'm a long-term, satisfied DSLR user (at the moment, Nikon D200) but I take it along only when I am planning on doing serious photography. I wanted a point&shoot that would be easy to carry. So based on a friend's very satisfactory experience, I bought a Canon G10 --- this is a nice, portable supplement to the D200; moreover it has a hot shoe so that one can do flash photographs with bounced light. I recommend the G10 strongly, but a camera of this price/quality should not just be shoved into a pants pocket without a protective cover of some sort, so for me it was still a bit too bulky to be the "always have it along" camera.
Then in July of 2009 Amazon sent me one of those morning e-mails with an attractive, bargain-price ($169)offer for the Canon PowerShot SD890IS. I perused the user reviews and also looked it it up on several websites that review digital cameras before ordering it from Amazon. It arrived promptly.
The SD890IS meets my need for a compact, easy-to-carry camera. Other reviews here on Amazon have pointed out the minor issues (e.g. the less-than-assertive on-off switch) but none of these have diminished my satisfaction with the camera. I bought an after-market back-up Lithium Ion battery (Lenmar, $10) that seems to work about as well as the battery that came with the camera.
I'm happy with my purchase.

I just purchased and love this camera - easy to use, great pictures, great interfacing with both my home Mac Os and my work Windows vista. Just buy a larger memory card right away it comes with a very small card. Small light and easy!! Thanks Canon!!!

This Canon PowerShot is everything it claims to be. Perfect size, quality photos, long lasting battery life, and easy to use. It's the best camera I've owned for a long time for this type of money. Great buy and I highly recommend!

So far, I am very happy with the camera excpet for its look. It is very easy to operate and takes excellent photos.

I bought this Canon camera after looking at a number of competitors in the same range of quality. I have not been disappointed with the results. The 10 meg picture quality is very good and I really have no need for higher resolution since I no longer print pictures at home. I have had some printed on line through both Walgreen's and Shutterfly. Both services report I could print well over the 8 by 10 print sizes I have had done. The print quality in both 5 by 7 and 8 by 10 are equal. The Image stability seems to work well since I have taken a lot fewer blurry pictures with this camera.

The camera has a nice feel and the shape makes it easy to hold. I prefer using a view finder so the capability to turn off the view screen played a big part in my choice. Camera came with a nice "printed" instruction book besides the stuff on the included cd. books seem to pretty rare these days with electronic cameras. The camera does take some learning and having an instruction with you in the field can't be understated. I am sure once the camera is fully learned the book wont seem as important. I do usually travel with more than one camera so this certainly helps me.

I am very satisfied with the battery life and picture capacity. I bought a spare battery and two Transcend 4 GB SDHC cards when I bought the camera.

My only gripe about the camera is the Power on/off button. Not only is it hard to operate correctly it seems to take a while for the camera to turn on. Fortunately there is an alternate way to power up the camera so I find I use the Power button mostly to turn the camera off.

This camera was on sale when I bought it and a newer version was also available. However, newer versions are removing the view finder feature so I chose this model.

Canon Powershot SD890 IS 10MP Digital ELPH Camera - Best Selling Super-Savings Bundle


I am pleased with the Canon Elph camera. It is small and fits comfortably in my pocket and in my hand. My photos are clearer than those my son and husband can take with their Canon cameras.

One problem with the camera is that it is complicated to use. I had some trouble figuring out how to get it from display mode to photo mode. The Camera User Guide is not clear. It isn't conducive to reading from cover to cover, and often the index will refer one to several different places in the book.

On the whole, I am very pleased with the camera, and I am sure that with use I will learn to use its many features.

These little Canons just get better and better, and I find myself leaving the big SLR at home much of the time, because this one fills most needs. The lenses are pro quality, which is what makes the difference between the powershot cameras and cheaper pocket cameras. I have a few quibbles about images taken in low light, but the pictures are still surprisingly good at high ISO. Facial recognition works very well.

Don't have much time to write this out, so this won't be especially helpful technically... but this is a great camera! It's very easy to use, and if you've owned a digital camera before you should have little trouble quickly mastering the techniques. I had strongly considered a typical "point and shoot" camera when considering my options (Nikon, Samsung, etc) because I wanted something easily portable. This is slightly thicker than some of the popular ones out there, but that quality of the photos more than makes up for it. Give it strong consideration when shopping around, it's worth it.

This camera takes great pictures and is really easy to use. The quality of the pictures are really amazing especially for the price. I'm so happy with my purchase!

I have taken so many pictures with this camera. I cannot believe the clarity of it. The pictures are

beautiful!! I had this same camera and took it on a cruise. When we got back my husband dropped it in

garage. It didn't work at all after that.

I went to store and looked at newer models. I decided why go to a different model when you loved the one

you had.

I again, bought the Canon PowerShot SD8901S. I'm so happy I did. I carry it in my purse.

Jan Winter
Orland Park, Il.

I've had my SD 890 IS for about 5 weeks now and I am quite satisfied. There are many good compact cameras on the market but few have view finders in addition to the LCD screen as this one does. Some may find the power button difficult to operate but I find this to be a positive as the chances of accidentally turning the camera on in ones pocket is reduced. I find the location and operation of the 5X optical zoom control located on the top of the camera body a bit cumbersome, but my spouse seems to like it fine. The menu for setup and function are straight forward. After shooting about 400 frames in the automatic mode I find the picture quality to be quite acceptable. Don't lose or misplace the battery charger as a Canon replacement is quite expensive.

Love this camera. Canon does a great job with these small cameras (and even better with their SLRs!). The optics are great and functionality is intuitive. 5x optical is so much better than the common 3x. I highly recommend this camera.

We love our new camera. It fits in our pocket or on my husband's belt. The special settings are easy to find and use. It is the perfect camera,takes wonderful pictures and takes up little space when traveling. We had an elph before and think they are the only camera to have.

This camera takes great pics and is easy to use. Buy an extra battery. The Lenmar
DLC5L battery works fine and is cheap.

This is a great camera. I recently went to Hawaii on vacation and took many pictures as well as short video while there. The picture quality is excellent. The images are very sharp and the color is top notch. I was also very pleased with the quality of the short videos. The video images were much clearer than those taken with my friend's 10mp Olympus. Battery life is not bad either. I really don't have anything bad to say about this camera. My only complaint was that the time for shipping and delivery was much more than anticipated. I had chosen 3-5 business day shipping/delivery as I was vacationing in a little more than 2 weeks. My item left the seller facility in 2 business days but required 9 business days for delivery! In fact, if the item had not arrived on the day it did I was going to buy a different camera from Best Buy and return the Canon to Amazon.com.

This camera, for $189 at time of purchase, is an excellent and capable camera for the money. The size is great, the zoom is amazing, and for my purposes, noise was minimal. I love the pictures taken with this camera.

In terms of advantages, I find a large list, including size, clarity of photos, large zoom, and I find the camera very grippable. The camera seems durable, but I do not think I want to test that. The 10 Megapixel sensor introduces a little noise, but it is very acceptable. I thought the battery lasted for a very long time. Yet another advantage is macro mode. Another advantage is that there are very few disadvantages.

When talking about disadvantages, this camera has a spin wheel, instead of conventional arrow keys. I find this annoying at times, because you often go too far in the menus than you would with arrow keys. Another disadvantage is the power button, which works fine for me, but it may be a little hard to press for some.

Other than these, I found a few things that were neutral. You must remove the battery to charge the camera, with a wall power adaptor. Another is the impressively large 32MB SD card included, that stores a whopping 11 pictures on highest quality and megapixel settings, so make sure you buy your own SD. With my 2GB SD card, I am able to store around 600-700 photos.

This camera is amazing, and for new photographers, it is excellent. The zoom is great for things that are farther away, and I really enjoy taking pictures of small things with macro mode, which is excellent. I love this camera!

I'm a sports writer for a mid-size 7-day a week paper that strives to have a local main package in sports every day. Because of the tough economic times, we now have only two full-time photographers and we cover a big area. The real photogs, of course, use these $5,000 cameras. But using my Canon Powershot, about 1/25 of that price, I'm also able to shoot photos that not only can run as the main package but get great shots. It even does well with baseball, where often you have to focus on the batter when the big play happens at second base. With the Powershot, you can whisk the camera from home to second and it'll autofocus in that instant and get you that shot. With a dense-photo setting (M or L), you can be zoomed way out and still get a quality shot because then you can crop in on that dense photo and it won't be grainy. Just keep the telephoto lens clean -- otherwise it can get stuck easily -- and don't be tempted to throw the sleek little camera in your pocket without a case. If it turns on in there, and the lens can't pop out, it'll jam it and lead to problems. But I highly recommend this camera. I'm still learning what it can do!

I'm not much of a camera person, but i really enjoy this camera basically makes it easy for me to get a good photo out of almost anything i aim and take a picture of not complicated at all. Also the camera has a lot of features and different types of modes for different scenario. you really need to buy a bigger memory card becuase the included one is only 32 mb I believe which wont really holy that many pictures, but the battery last a lot longer then i ever imaged I took photos all day flash on and off and i had only used half the battery.

I've had a number of point-and-shoots over the years, most recently from Canon, Olympus, and Sony. This review is based on my experiences, and is not meant to bash Olympus or Sony lovers!

My Olympus was great when I got it and tried it outside in plenty of sunlight. Unfortunately, the pictures taken indoors - even in good lighting conditions - were incredibly grainy. So grainy, that I had to get a new camera. Enter my Sony...

First off, I find Sony to be a little annoying for having a different memory format. I prefer SD to Sony's model, and don't like I have to buy a special card just to accommodate Sony products! That frustration aside, I came to love my Sony point-and-shoot. Unfortunately, that love wasn't reciprocated, and my POS failed on me - OF ALL DAYS - during my college graduation! I was upset that the few pictures I did manage to take came out horribly distorted, but was excited I had an excuse to get a new digital camera.

I got the Canon Powershot after reading reviews on Amazon. I generally try reading 5-star reviews and 1-star reviews first, to see what people love the most, and hate the most. While there were some fears about the Powershot, for the most part the positive reviews gave me the impression most people were happy with their Canons.

And so far, so good! I haven't had any problems to complain about so far. I use a 4GB SDHC memory card, and have a Transcend USB SD card reader that I got off of Amazon. I've been able to capture many pictures - and videos - without too much of a problem.

The camera is light and seems durable, because it works after I dropped it! The picture quality is strong, both indoors and outdoors - obviously in low-light there can be a lot of image noise, but that's to be expected of most POS cameras. The image stabilization really works, because I generally have shaky hands but have had good pictures! As for video quality, while it isn't the best, it's suitable for my video needs; if I really want video, I take a camcorder instead ;-)

I've been very happy and recommend the Powershot SD890IS to anyone who's willing to make the switch to a reliable point-and-shoot!

I received my SD890 camera June 23, 2009 and it died July 15 with a "Len Error" message and has recover from the error with repeated power cycles. This is the second Canon Power Shot camera I have owned, first was a SD600 I used for several years but died after getting damp from use on the beach last year. I guess it is my fault on that one but the SD890 died after 3 weeks of normal use. Not what I expected from Canon. I have not contacted Canon to inquire about warranty repair but I expect this will provide me with some headaches and expense on my end.

I bought this camera June 11, 2009. I have had owned several Canon camera and have been satisfied until now. Within 5 weeks of purchasing this camera, the lens stuck in the open position. A simple search for, "Canon SD1000 Lens Error", will provide over 10,000 hits. Canon will charge over $100 to fix and Amazon is not interested in providing a refund. It appears that Canon is now using plastic gears for the lens movement which has greatly diminished the overall quality of the camera.

This is one great camera. The zoom is amazing, and makes the camera worth it. The complaints about the on/off button have not been a problem for me. The battery lasts a long time and charges quickly, much better than other cameras that you have to buy new batteries for. And most importantly, it takes great pictures!!

This is a fantastic camera, as I would expect from Canon. There is now a new model of this camera (SD970), but I like the SD890 better because the buttons on the back panel are easier to use. Also the SD890 is a far better value than the SD970. $150+ for 12 megapixels vs. 10 megapixels is NOT worth it. Anyone using this camera mainly for snap shots will not see a difference between 12 megapixel and 10 megapixel photos because 10 is already really great quality.

Picture quality is very crisp on any mode (auto or manual). I've taken lots of action shots both in daylight and night time on auto mode and I never get blurry pictures. If you compare with a Nikon coolpix, you will get blurry action shots on auto mode. So if you want a point and shoot camera that will get every shot with no fuss, then this is the camera for you. It's also got a lot of advanced features and I do find myself tinkering around in the manual modes.

Camera is fairly light weight and the 5x optical zoom is fantastic. Digital zoom is amazing for a camera this size and price point. I also like that this has an optical view finder for times when you want to save the battery or if you just like to use this feature. But battery life is very long (I've taken pictures all afternoon and then all evening until 2am and the battery didn't even go into the low zone). Takes 2 hours or less to fully recharge the battery and the charger is very portable/light weight. I did buy a spare battery from a generic brand (just make sure that you match the specs of the canon battery instead of getting a generic with less "juice").

Here are the only CONS that I see with this camera:
- Many reviewers have noted this, so I must repeat that the power on/off button is a bit difficult to finess if you don't have nails or nimble fingers (ie, probably not the best for a man). I don't have an issue with it, but if you think that you might, then all the other canon models have the traditional power button on the top of the camera. Personally, a slightly difficult power button is a small trade off for the perks of this camera and how superior it is to others in the same price point.
- Small size and rounded edge is a bit hard for a man to handle comfortably without needing to be conscious of where his fingers are (not over flash, etc.)
- Can't see LCD screen when wearing polarized sunglasses; however, there is an optical view finder. I've taken pics all summer with this camera, all the while wearing polarized sunglasses, and I haven't found this to be a hassle, but you might.
- In general, Canon's menus and features are not the most intuitive. I've had 2 previous canon digital cameras so I'm familiar with the layout and workings of it. Manual is decent at walking you through what the icons mean and how to adjust things. But if you are a digital camera novice or want something very straight-forward and intuitive, then don't get a Canon. Look for a less expensive camera from Nikon - you will sacrifice a bit on picture quality, but the menus will be more user friendly.

It's hard to beat this camera with anything close to its size. It takes great pictures and is easy to use once you do a little exploration of the menu system. It has one minor problem, mentioned by others, and that is the polarization of the LCD screen. You can't see it with polarized sunglasses on in some orientations (at first I thought the screen had gone dead until I figured out what was going on). However, unlike some other models this one has an optical viewfinder, which is often easier to use in bright sun (when you have your sunglasses on) than the LCD. To me that is a must-have item. I've also found that in some cases the best use of your polarized sunglasses is to take them off your head and hold them in front of the lens. I got some great shots of manatees at Blue Springs SP in Florida that way. Without the sunglasses in front of the lens the reflection off the water partially obscured the subject. The view through the optical viewfinder is not exactly what you get but that's easy to fix with a little cropping. I have a bunch of cameras, including big SLRs, and this is the one I end up taking along 95% of the time.

This camera is small so I can carry any where. It takes clear pictures and is easy to use. It is great!

After taking a few hundred pics over the last few months I am very happy with the camera. The software is another issue, but the camera works great. Excellent battery life, great stable pics. I upgraded the memory and got a case for it

I've had this camera for about three weeks now, so I'm still getting acquainted with its features. But I'm pleased with its small size, its powerful 5x zoom, and its image stabilization. My pictures are sharp and detailed.

So far highly recommended! Easy to use, nice shots, sleek design, big screen, nice zoom, cool video. Like it a lot!

the camera is fine and met my expectations (my 3rd Canon of this type)
but the amazon shipping (next day delivery) was a flop,(waste of money)
since it was delivered (tried) late afternoon, too late.
I should have known that amazon sent it "UPS air saver" not the fastest way (I would have gladly paid more, had I known this detai!)

A good deal, worth the money, five stars' (smile) This is my third Canon Powershot I upgrade every few years, all the old units still work, but are out of date.

This takes amazing photos for someone not skilled at taking photos. It's compact, easy to use, easy to navigate without reading the directions. I carry it with me always now and have been able to capture some amazing things from a great distance without even getting out of the car. I love it! So much better than cameras intended for this kind of purpose that I've owned in the past.

This was just the right purchase for our family. Compact and very easy to use. The color is amazing. We are very satisfied.