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Canon Digital Rebel XT / Canon 350D
Canon Digital Rebel XT / Canon 350D
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Dany Meier (dmeier09) 1 pts
December 20, 2007 9:36 AM
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how good is the LCD screen on the SD870 IS?

Im thinking about buying the SD870 IS but is the LCD visible in the sunlight?
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
December 20, 2007 9:02 PM
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Dany,

Any LCD is going to be hard to see in sunlight. I personally like to have a camera with a viewfinder (digital or optical) instead. If you like the canon ELPH line, you might try the Canon SD850 IS instead. It actually has slightly more optical zoom (4x vs 3.8x), manual exposure control, and it costs about $50 less. Personally, I would go with the SD850 IS when choosing between the two. Good luck and happy shooting.

Andrew
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Dany Meier (dmeier09) 1 pts
December 21, 2007 9:51 AM
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hey thanks a bunch for your help! im kinda young so i dont know much about cameras and stuff but someone told me about the SD870 and i thought it sounded great. This is the first digital camera i want to buy so your answer to my question was really helpful. I'll check out the SD850.

Thanks again!
-Dany :)
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Amy S. (whprstmpr) 105 pts
December 21, 2007 9:59 AM
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Hey Dany,

I wanted to add to Andrew's reply that the LCD on the 850 is slightly smaller (2.5" vs. 3.0", I believe) because the 850 makes room for that viewfinder. But as Andrew also pointed out, it will be a difficult go w/o a viewfinder if you are taking pics in the sun. About 3 mos. ago, I was also deliberating between the 850 and the 870. The 850 won out in the end! Good luck on your camera search!

And Andrew ... great pics on your site, BTW. Were you using the 850 for those pics??

Amy
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
December 21, 2007 7:55 PM
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Dany,

You're more than welcome on the advice on the SD 850 IS.

Amy,

Thanks for the assist on the recommendation. As for my site, I took those pictures with a variety of cameras. It really depends on which you look at. Most of them were taken with either the Canon Rebel XTi or the Rebel XT. Some were taken with the Canon S2 IS and the SD230 as well.

Andrew
http://blackdoorphotos.deviantart.com/gallery
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Larry (logcabiny) 4897 pts
December 22, 2007 10:39 AM
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Suggest using this Canon web page to compare the two cameras' specifications side-by-side:

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=113

Best wishes, Larry
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Andrew Skinner (blackdoorphotos) 18535 pts
December 23, 2007 8:52 AM
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Dany,

If you feel one of the reply's has sufficiently answered your question, please feel free to mark it as the best answer. If not, please let us know what else you would like to know so we can better answer your inquiries. Thanks again for using Digital Camera Headquarters.

Andrew
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Larry (logcabiny) 4897 pts
December 23, 2007 9:19 AM
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Another reason to have a viewfinder in addition to the LCD is when shooting moving objects where you are panning the camera with the moving object. Very difficult to do that with the LCD, but much easier with the viewfinder especially if shooting in burst/continuous mode (think race cars, trains, track and field runners, anything you can predict its path and move the camera the same way the object is moving).
Larry
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Jonathan O'Reilly 25 pts
January 4, 2008 7:28 AM
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I had my 870 on holidays in sunny South Africa and the viewfinder was never a problem. the only MUST is a anti glare screen film protector. The wide any of the 870 far outweights the optical viewfinder in my opinion, having both would be the ultimate. Either way, Canon has produced some great products, the 850 and 870 been 2 of them.
Jonathan
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