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Review summary: Canon's latest ultra-compact: it's hip to be square

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS 70 is a wonderfully stylish ultra-compact which offers lightning-quick performance, outstanding low-light ability and a useful range of features. Value for money is also surprisingly good for what is usually an expensive brand. ...

Award: Editor's Choice!

Review summary: What kind of point-and-shoot camera has what it takes to stand out from the pack? Generally, it's one that exhibits both excellent quality and nimble performance. But that's not the whole story. Other features, such as a useful and beautiful design ...

Pros: Fantastic picture quality. Excellent performance. No shutter lag. Sweet styling.

Cons: Should have better video capabilities, including MPEG-4 encoding. Wide-angle lens could be wider. A bit pricey.

Verdict: Although there's an incredible amount of competition in the ultracompact category, the Canon PowerShots are still the cameras to beat. And at the top of the mountain sits the PowerShot SD1000.

Review summary: The Canon Digital IXUS 70 (SD1000) Digital Camera is the slimmest Canon Digital camera and an ultra compact 7 megapixel digital camera, it features a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2.5inch screen.

Pros: Good image quality - excellent colour Good video mode - VGA, 30fps, Sound Feels good (solid) and looks good with an ultra-compact stylish body Slimmest Canon Digital IXUS at just 19.4mm thick. Quick in operation - continuous shooting is quick Lots of ...

Cons: Videos take up a lot of space - eg 2 minute VGA/30fps video uses 250mb! (MPEG4 compression would be nice) Slightly slow flash recharge time Some (slightly) hidden options: Panoramic / Stitch assist at bottom of Photo menu, Sharpness, Contrast, ...

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS 70 / SD1000 is an excellent ultra compact digital camera - image quality is very good with great colour and detail although images are slightly soft. This camera is one of the slimmest Canon digital cameras available and is a ...

Review summary: Measuring just 19.4mm thick, the Canon Digital IXUS 70 is the slimmest compact camera in Canon's extensive lineup. Inspired by the original IXUS model, the new Canon IXUS 70 offers a 7.1 megapixel ...

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS 70 is a stylishly retro, well-made, responsive point-and-shoot digital camera that successfully recalls the original IXUS design and which thankfully doesn't ...

Review summary: The SD1000 is one of the newest editions of the ELPH series that celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. The film-based original broke the design mold with its classic "box...

Pros: 7.1MP ; 3x optical zoom ; ultra compact

Cons: Few manual controls ; high digital noise at ISO 400 and above ; LCD could be more responsive