This is my PowerShot Elph SD880 IS Digital Elph (Ser. No. 8123208803). This camera came to me in its original box with all or most of its contents. It is in new condition and fully functional.
PowerShot SD880 IS Digital Elph
This camera is known in Japan as
the IXY Digital 920 IS and in Europe
as the Digital IXUS 870 IS.
Introduced in September of 2008
it is a fully automatic 10 mpx camera
with a 4x optical zoom lens.
The digital zoom adds a factor
of 4x a total zoom range of 16x.
The lens is a 5.0 to 20.0mm zoom range which works out to about
28 to 112mm in full frame equivalent terms. Lens speed runs from f/2.8 on the wide end to /5.8 on the long end.
There is much more we could say but it woud be just details. The full specs can be found on the Canon Museum website and the operating instructions can be found in the User Manual.
The SD880 is a small camera, as all of the Digital Elph cameras are, with rounded corners which allows it to slip easily into a shirt pocket.
The SD880 lens retracts when not in use with a built in lens cover. When turned on the camera automatically extends the lens and opens the lens cover.
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And of course, How does the SD880 Shoot?
The SD880 handles very like the SD890 with a slightly reduced zoom range and megapixel count. Other than that this is very much the same camera. Looking at the SD890 I talked about the comparison with my Samsung Galaxy 8’s camera. I think that the cellphone has the edge because the lens is wider but the SD880 is more versatile because of the zoom range. The problem the point and shoot has is that the phone is always with me, the camera is not.
This is a full frame image using the 5mm setting which is the widest setting of the zoom range amounting to about 28mm 35mm equivalent. No post processing other than an adjustment to color balance and contrast. Camera settings were 1/250th at f/5.6 and ISO of 80. The 10 mpx sensor gives an image 3648 x 2736 pixels. Notice the very decent crispness of the image right across the frame.
Center of the 20mm image at 100% magnification.
Upper right corner of the 20mm image at 100% magnification.
This is a full frame image using the 20mm setting which is the longest setting of the zoom range amounting to about 112mm 35mm equivalent. No post processing other than an adjustment to color balance and contrast. Camera settings were 1/160th at f/5.8 and ISO of 80.
Center of the 20mm image at 100% magnification.
Upper right corner of the 20mm image at 100% magnification.
The lens on the SD880 seems to be more than adequate for the 10mpx sensor in the camera. I did take some “brick wall” images and found some barrel distortion at the wide end of the zoom range but it reduced to nothing as the zoom became longer and it was not apparent at all at the long end. The effect was not likely to be noticed in your typical “snapshots” for which this camera was defined.
Lens sharpness holds up as you zoom into the image but the 10mpx limitation cause loss of definition before the lenses inherent limitations take effect. There is no point designing a lens that delivers more resolution than a sensor is able to capture.
This is a full frame image with some post processing. The lens was set at 20mm (35mm equivalent of 112mm) and the camera chose 1/160th at f/5.8 and an ISO of 125. This picture shows some softness as all of the lenses on these point and shoot cameras seem to. It looks like one or more lens surfaces are lightly frosted. But maybe it is a feature of Canon’s ultra compact auto cameras.
And one final image. This picture has been enhanced in post processing. The color is not right. It was taken on a cloudy day and the lack of ability to control color space was a problem. Also, it should be noted that the images can only be saved as jpg’s which limits the amount of post processing manipulation that can be done. The dynamic range is a but wanting as well. Although the image was well exposed the whites are blocked up. But, then, this camera was not meant for people that would even know what those terms meant!
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