Another Canon PowerShot is on the streets. The 850 IS (if you live in Yurp it answers to the name of Ixus 950 IS) replaces the SD700 IS (Ixus 800 IS) and has an 8-megapixel 1/2.5″ CCD sensor and 4 x optical zoom. Add to that optical Image Stabilization, face detection, a 2.5″ PureColor LCD monitor, auto ISO shift, red-eye correction, time lapse mode and creative lighting effect.
Vital statistics are 3.6″ x 2.2″ x 1″ and it weighs approx 5.8 oz. But please, Canon, forget your Image Stabilizer, you need a Name Stabilizer—can we have a bit of Euro-American symmetry, please? More pics for you to feast your eyes on in the gallery below.
Press Release [Canon Japan]
