Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS review : Canon decided to introduce their new assortment of digital cameras for the second half of the year in August 2007. A new IXUS was one of the many cameras that got added to the Canon compact camera line; the Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS. There is no stopping the success of the IXUS and Canon know how to continuously and rapidly renew or at least add to the IXUS assortment with improved specifications. The Canon IXUS 860 IS camera is a successor to the IXUS 850 and is more or less a logical upgrade.
Canon 860 IS - 3 inch LCD format monitor
The biggest changes compared to its predecessor are obvious in one glance when you take a look at the rear of the camera. The large 3-inch sized monitor covers approx. 70% of the back. The remaining space is used for positioning the few operating elements available on this camera. Although the larger size of the monitor is an advantage for the user, it went at the cost of the optical viewfinder. Compared with their competitors, Canon stuck with the viewfinder a lot longer than other brands. Over the past few years the optical viewfinder got pushed aside more often until nowadays it plays hardly any role at all. The quality of the monitor and its size are the cause of losing the viewfinder.
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Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS Digital Camera Review Introduction