I need some opinions from all the experts out there.

Interested to get a new digital compact point and shoot camera which is:
1. Good for low-light photography
2. Able to help static/non-blurry photos

A friend of mine suggested Canon 860IS, because it can produce good photo quality. But after doing some research of mine, I find that for low-light situation cameras, Fuji F series seemed to be the best. So in between this, MAYBE Fuji F50fd is better

But for helping solve the blurry photos problem, Canon 860IS Image Stabilization is better it seems. So in this area, Canon wins.

To solve the problem of blurry photo, if the digicam is able to control manually the shutter and aperture, will that help or Image Stabilization will solve all the problem?

Cause I read that in low-light situations, where flash is usually best prevented, high ISOs and faster shutter speed can help capture a slightly noisy photo(which can be fixed using softwares), but non-blurry photos.

So, the Fuji F series, in this case, F50fd, is famous for low-light shooting, but not sure if can get blur-less photos. Canon on the other hand, is famous for its image stabilizer. One extra feature that F50fd has is the Shutter and Aperture priority.

Hence, I'm torn in between this two choices. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks.

hmmm, i'd go for the Fuji. It has the image stabilizer built in it though, and its famous for low light photography, on the other hand the 860IS is just a good walk around camera.

Get the f50fd. I don think you'll go wrong with it.

just played the f50fd 2 hours ago...
this one shld fit ur requirement ~
to be frank...f50fd ISO800 better then ixus860..

I'm in the exact same dilemma as the threadstarter. Looking for a good PnS using non-flash yet producing non-blurry shots. Mostly used for taking baby pics, and I would not like to subject her to flashes and frankly, she won't keep still for photos

Seems like Fuji50fd is more favoured. What's the price like for these 2 cameras?

Thanks.

guys
the photo comes out from fujifilm FX50fd really nice
my brother send the photo from JAPAN...
aa nice chooise and economy....
he said he buy about rm1100 in japan(but donno with memory card or not)

Japan memory card much more expensive then in malaysia.

wow.. means fuji camera is more better ya...

Fuji do have mechanical stabilizer - shift ccd. in a compact camera, i believe it work as good as IS. Ability to shoot at high ISO is another credit for fuji.

IS vs high ISO. I prefer high ISO that produce less noise.

f50fd is the best compact camara...
ixus hav very good market in malaysia in the other hands
fujifilm dun less market in malaysia.
because majority of ppl hardsale ixus model

i bought f50fd rm1180 nov 2007

Canon IXUS sell more because of good marketing, and also strong brand fanbase. Fujifilm not enough marketing, people only know about the Fuji film rolls.

But the Fuji compact have larger image sensor than the IXUS, it will produce better image quality naturally.

Yes, how about the user interface and functions, which cam is better?

for me f50d function is good and easy to use.
actually those compact digital camara all also friendly user interface
f50d design not bad than ixus design....

go for fuji f50 or f31 if u found it.