Canon Ixus V2 Review

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Canon Ixus V2
3.8 stars
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vimaster's Review of Canon Ixus V2

24th Dec 2003

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
  • Image Quality
    5 stars
  • Features
    5 stars
Good Points

A fine, attractive, precision instrument that does the basics very, very well. It is the Swiss Army Knife of Digital cameras. Superb value for money. Great documentation.


Bad Points

The basic package is just that -- basic. An extra battery and memory card would have been nice addition, worth paying a few extra bucks for, as would the AC adapter kit to run the camera from house current.

Not serious deficiencies, though: just opportunities to make a superb offering even better.


General Comments

The Cannon IXUS v2 is a "horses-for-courses" camera. It is not -- and never should be -- an Industrial Strength, professional photographer's camera.

For what it is, though, it is by far and away the best value-for-money I've seen. Its core features are very impressive and extensive, all packed neatly into a stainless-steel case the size of a packet of cigarettes. It easily fits into a shirt pocket or a purse.

The battery fully charges in about 2 hours from dead-flat: not bad at all. And it does not need to fully discharge before being recharged. Convenient!

An evening -- say 4 leisurely hours -- is enough to learn all that you need to know about this camera, in fine detail. The menus are sufficiently intuitive that you can start plunking away, taking quite good pictures, within 5 minutes of the batteries being charged.

I had great fun exploring all its capabilities, and when I was done it was dead-simple to reset to Factory Defaults, which I found to be very good. Someone designed this camera intelligently.

The documentation is very well written, in superb, easy-to-understand English. It is well set-out, and even comes with a Table of Contents AND an Index AND a Quick Start!!! Yet, it is an easy read: you don't even need the camera to be in front of you to understand from the manual what you need to do to run the IXUS v2. Try doing *that* with your VCR or DVD!

Don't expect all the gizmos or resolution of an Industrial Strength camera ("only" 200 megapixels), and be satisfied with the (very nice) lens (you can't change it), and you won't be at all disappointed by this beauty.

Speaking of which, it is a truly "beautiful" looking camera. Aesthetically pleasing, a classic example of pleasant Industrial design. It is the Swiss Army knife of digital cameras, good looking to boot!

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