Canon SD 800IS vs. SD 900

[KillWW]

I previously owned the Canon SD 900 until I went to Jazzfest in New Orleans and got blacked out drunk and lost the damn thing somewhere on Bourbon St. I need to buy a new camera and I was wondering if anyone new how the SD 800IS compared. Any help is appreciated.

[bossass]

dpreview.com

IS is Image Stabilization. Don't know what that translates too in terms of functionality.

[Arty50]

Get the new 850 that's coming out in mid-June. 8 Megapixels and a slightly longer telephoto than the the other 2.

Otherwise, listen to bossass and check out the review of the 800 and 900 on dpreview. It's a great site.

[skier666]

I'd go for the IS, but that's just me speaking from experience.

[hop]

No experience with the 900, but I have the IXUS 850is which is the Hong Kong version of the 800is. So far it's a great little camera but I'd prefer to know when the digi zoom kicks in so I can avoid it, or be able to turn it off altogether (both may be possible but I'll have to dive into the manual to find out).
I also don't like the battery and USB covers; they seem a bit flimsy when open and I would rather just plug the cord directly into the camera to charge it a la my Fuji F700 than open it up, take the battery out, and put it in a charger.

[gramboh]

I think you can disable digital zoom on all Elph series camears, I have an older SD500 (7.1mp, 3X optical) that I bought 18 months ago and immediately turned off digital zoom, now I forget where, but you can do it (mine only zooms to the optical range then stops).