Canon PowerShot SD850 IS 8.0 MP Digital Elph Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

This camera is absolutely amazing!!! Highly recommended. We took over 300 pictures in Yosemite with this camera...the battery lasted several days. There was a lot of smoke in the air and the camera was still able to capture the true beauty of Yosemite. I'm extremely happy I went with the Canon over an Olympus.

This is the best camera I have ever owned. It recently accompanied me on a trip to Israel and while the landscapes were amazing in their own right, this camera enabled me to capture every last detail on the fly. Bright blues, incredible textures. Unbelievable. I suggest actually perusing the instructions before using it (I'm generally not a big instruction reader) because it will help you understand the menu navigation--which isn't as simple as say a Kodak or Nikon Coolpix. But once you do understand the nav, you'll appreciate all the controls available to you. Not that you really need them. If you're a point-and-shoot person, but want to take "snapshots" that could be award-winning, get this camera. Also, be sure to get a memory card...at least a gig or two. You may not think you need that much memory now, however, you'll find that the pictures you take are so amazing, you want to take more and more. The "memory card" it comes with holds about six photos.

the SD 850 IS is an excellent piece of technology.the pictures r sharp and the best thing is the ease of use.just off the shelf kinda use features...no complications at all!!

a great buy!

This is my first digital camera. I have enjoyed using it to capture life here in the NW. I wish it had more options for zooming in but think you have to go to something larger & a new price range to get that.

Does what it needs to do & easy to start taking pictures with for a real beginner like me.

Took this guy to Costa Rica for a week and took some amazing photos and videos. Fabulous camera! A little pricey, but worth it (esp for optical image stabilization).