Canon Ixus 300

Think very hard before buying an expensive Canon digital camera. If they pack up so soon, the repair costs are as much as buying a new digital camera, since prices are coming down all the time.

I am very disappointed with Canon's customer care. It simply doesn't. They should be ashamed that one of their cameras only took 18 pictures before packing in.

The main thing I like about the Canon digital Ixus camera is the ability to capture directly to the computer enabling me to take several hundred hi res images in a short period of time. Great for stop motion animation. Very few digital cameras have this feature. Other than that it's super funky and a real collectors item that I reckon is going to maintain it's value over the long term. Plus it's easy to use, small and tough.

A great little camera.

I read Phil Askey's review of the Canon Digital Ixus 300 (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canondigitalixus300/default.asp) and was very impressed by the amount of detail provided and the layout of the review pages. I am even more impressed with the camera. I've had it for two weeks now and have been actively seeking opportunities to put it through its paces. It is an incredible piece of technology. I was looking for a replacement for my circa 1983 Canon AE-1 progam which, with its 35-105 lens is still a fantastic camera but sooooo big and heavy. My wife and I have been doing a lot of travel and it had come to the point where I was spending time locked in a mental debate about whether or not to take my camera! With the Ixus 300, it's never out of reach and the 3x optical zoom plus digital gives me the same telephoto capacity (though marginally reduced quality when digital zoom is used). I took advice and bought the extra battery and a 128Mb card; well worth the extra dollars. Overall I'd give it a 9.5/10 ~ I reserve half a mark because nothing electronic is ever 'perfect'.

I think the Fuji 4800 is a better value and higher specification digital camera.

I got the Canon Ixus 300 with a 128Mb card & 2 batteries. Having read numerous reviews, I knew what to expect. When the little darling arrived, it was fantastic. The quality feel and LCD clarity cannot be given enough credit.

A good little camera that does more than enough. Overpriced? No more than any others at this point in time.

I would avoid this camera like the plague, all pics i have taken with this camera are all very soft focus, head straight for a Nikon or Sony

I've had this camera for about a month - my first digital - and it is brilliant. I purchased a 64Mb Compact Flash Card & Scan Disk reader, to ease process of downloading to my desktop PC - all very easy. I have yet to exhaust the CF card - I took 88 photos on a trip to Nice and it still had room for more!

Real plus about the IXUS is its size - I can carry it in the palm of my hand or just slip it into my pocket - it makes it quick to retrieve for that spur of the moment shot. Shooting on auto is very simple - once you have got used to the fiddly on/off button. The picture quality is superb. I erase the CF card after every trip - roughly once a week, and create a dedicated folder for each 'event' on my PC.

I'm just starting to experiment with the non auto settings, to get rid of red eye, or to create special effects. This takes a lot more getting used to, as my short sight vision is not great, due to age, and the small symbols on the LCD are not easy to read. I guess this will improve with practice.

If, like me, you are really just a point and shoot person, then this camera is hard to beat.