Pre-Photokina 2008: Canon has launched the Digital IXUS 980 IS and Digital IXUS 870 IS, which replace the Digital IXUS 960 IS and Digital IXUS 860 IS respectively. The 14.7MP IXUS 980 features 3.7x (36 - 133mm equiv) optical zoom, 2.5” LCD

and is the first IXUS model to offer manual controls. The 10MP IXUS 870 IS features a 4.0x (28-112mm equiv) optical zoom and a larger 3.0” LCD. Both cameras use Canon’s new DIGIC 4 processor for faster image processing.

Original post by Andrew Barrow