The Canon SD890 IS digital camera is the subject of a new review at CNET.
Here's what they thought of the $340 10 megapixel 5x optical zoom compact Canon SD890 IS:
"Overall, the SD890 IS' photo quality just tips over the fence from above-average to excellent, mostly because of the great color and usable high ISO shots under many conditions. It's not the best lens--the photos generally look a bit soft and there's some fringing on edges--but the camera renders good exposures with accurate, saturated colors. (Click through the slide show for more details on photo quality.) It captures very nice 30fps VGA movies--at a file size of almost 2MB per second, it had better--but you can't zoom the lens while recording, which seriously decreases the usefulness.
I miss Canon's traditional if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it approach. There was very little wrong with the SD850 IS; while the PowerShot SD890 IS delivers a decent shooting experience, it can't escape the shadow of its more talented older brother."
We still use a canon SD800 IS as our main compact point'n'shoot camera (having started with the S100 8 years ago and stuck with Canon ever since), and don't see a need to upgrade yet.
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