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“I bought the Canon Ixus I little number after many...”

written by bongta on 22/12/2003

Good Points
Ideal size for casual night-on-the-town shots. Robust stainless steel body, and good weight. Large LCD screen. Fast shots. Packs just as many menu functions as S400 but half the size/weight. Lovely little gem to muck around with, but still has excellent functions for serious shots.

Bad Points
No optical zoom. No optical view finder. No thumbnail views of photos stored. Small size makes it difficult to hold camera steady.

General Comments
I bought the Canon Ixus I little number after many months of shopping, testing and reading.

If you want a compact, discrete camera for going out and taking fun snapshots, with just as many functions as it's big brother (S400) then this is the camera for you.

It's got a great feel to it, small and easy to hold, without the over-delicate nature of other digital cameras of it's class (namely the Pentax Optio S/S4).

It's minute size may compromise steadiness and focus, but I suppose that'll need getting used to with time.



I've got the silver finish, but would've preferred the white pearl, if only it wasn't sold out.

Takes photos fast, but risks proper focus. But who cares as long as that shot of yer mate vomiting, or passing hotties WAS TAKEN at all.

I've felt indifferent about the lack of optical zoom at the moment. This is because I'm content of the fact that the far superior clarity of optical zoom can't possibly be packed into this little camera without making it feel flimsey, or look like it'll be easily broken.

Macro zoom is excellent on it.

Also lacks thumbnail views on replay of photos (which I like on the s400) which is disappointing as I like to see the overall series of photos stored, and jump to previous photos when showing mates.



A great fun little camera so far. I've only had 1 day to muck around with it, but it looks like it'll do the job.

And it's a cute design that'll have every chick melting... for those who wanna strike up conversation.