Compare Prices : Canon Digital IXUS 70 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Slim design, good image quality

Cons: Design a little boxy

Verdict: Another great compact camera from Canon, the IXUS 70 excels with a tiny design and good quality pictures, making it ideal as an all purpose happy snap camera.

Review summary: Although the Canon Powershot SD1000 has a retro look similar to the original Digital Elph, it has much more in common with the excellent . Besides its looks, the SD1000 is everything the SD550 was and more.

Pros: Below avergae image noise up to ISO 400, Reliable exposure, Accurate focusing, Quit fast focusing, Nicely saturated colors, Good lens sharpness

Cons: Warm cast using automatic white-balance indoors, Short battery-life, Weak flash, Difficult to hold securely, Unusable ISO 1600, Slight corner blurrines

Review summary: The Canon Ixus 70 isn't cheap at £249

Pros: Well built and solid, Fast starting up

Cons: Light on features, Indifferent image quality

Verdict: The lens fitted to the Ixus 70 is passable, but it does suffer from a little softness towards the edges and some purple fringing. On a more positive note, the colours produced are great, thanks to Canon's new generation of DiGIC III processor. You can ...

Review summary: Both the PowerShot SD750 and the SD1000 Digital ELPH cameras build on Canon's original and iconic box and circle design, while maintaining their own individual ELPH identity. The PowerShot SD1000 Digital ELPH offers consumers the choice of either ...

Review summary: Canon Digital Ixus 70 review: To celebrate ten years since the first Ixus appeared, Canoncommissioned ten, special, diamond-encrusted models of what has becomethe world's most iconic camera sub-brand

Pros: Well built and solid, Fast starting up

Cons: Light on features, Indifferent image quality

Verdict: A rehashed design, too few controls and the image quality is decidedly lacklustre. Disappointing from Canon