Compact / CAMERA REFERENCE
PowerShot SD890 IS (Digital IXUS 970 IS / IXY Digital 820 IS)
Canon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 10 megapixels
- Sensor size
- 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
- Sensor type
- CCD
- Max resolution
- 3648 x 2736
- ISO
- Auto, High Auto, 80 ,100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
- Uncompressed format
- No
Lens and focus
- Focal length (equiv.)
- 37–185 mm
- Maximum aperture
- F3.2–5.7
- Optical zoom
- 5×
- Number of focus points
- 9
- Manual focus
- No
- Macro focus range
- 2 cm (0.79″)
- Image stabilization
- Optical
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 15 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/1600 sec
- Continuous drive
- 1.2 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)
- Aperture priority
- No
- Shutter priority
- No
- Built-in flash
- Yes
- External flash
- No
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 640 x 480 @ 30/1/0.5 fps, 320 x 240 @ 30 fps, 160 x 120 @ 15 fps
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (tunnel)
- Screen size
- 2.5″
- Screen dots
- 230,000
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/MMC card
- Battery description
- Lithium-Ion NB-5L battery & charger
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 195 g (0.43 lb / 6.88 oz)
- Dimensions
- 95 x 57 x 27 mm (3.74 x 2.24 x 1.06″)
- Environmentally sealed
- No
- USB
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- HDMI
- No
- Remote control
- No
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
Reviews and field reports
An independent review has not yet been added to this record.
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
A catalogue year identifies the year held in the source dataset. Announcement dates and retail months are labelled separately. Specifications can vary by region, firmware and recording mode; use the linked manufacturer documentation for those conditions.
Archive updated 2026-10-04. Archive coverage and dataset credits →