Canon Digital IXUS Wireless - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Digital camera Canon's Digital Ixus Wireless is a basic five mega­pixel, 3x zoom compact camera offering point-and-shoot functionality and good image quality for $850. What sets it apart from others in this class is that 'wireless' tag. The Ixus ...

Verdict: Once you've added the camera to your wireless network, you can send images to your PC as you take them. You can also use the bundled remote control software to control the camera from the PC. Using the print adapter is as simple as plugging it into ...

Review summary: Announced on the 26th of October 2005, the Canon Digital IXUS Wireless / Powershot SD430 Wireless is a Canon's first compact digital camera to feature wireless support built in - they manage to do this whilst still maintaining an ultra-compact body. ...

Verdict:  The Canon Digital IXUS Wireless / SD430 is a good compact digital camera, image quality is good with very good colours, the camera is very pocketable, and speed is good. However I had problems with the wireless feature, and personally found using the ...

Review summary: Announced on the 26th of October 2005, the Canon Digital IXUS Wireless / Powershot SD430 Wireless is a Canon's first compact digital camera to feature wireless support built in - they manage to do this whilst still maintaining an ultra-compact body. ...

Pros: Easy to use ; Sturdy, compact pocketable body ; Good image quality ; Very good colour ; Very good macro mode ; Wireless connection may make transfer of pictures easier... (see below)

Cons: Wireless connection was somewhat unreliable for me and may not work at all with some wireless routers ; Wireless connection is slower and more complicated than using a simple USB cable ; Small memory card provided ; Doesn't store ISO setting in EXIF ...

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS Wireless / SD430 is a good compact digital camera, image quality is good with very good colours, the camera is very pocketable, and speed is good. However I had problems with the wireless feature, and personally found using the ...

Pros: Wireless B printing with included WiFi adapter ; Vibrant, appealing color ; Good skin tones ; Auto white balance handles a wide range of lighting well ; Better than average exposure accuracy ; Good lens, generally low distortion (some chromatic ...

Cons: WiFi transfers only to Windows systems ; Very inaccurate optical viewfinder ; Only white balance and EV compensation options in Manual mode ; Shutter response at telephoto focal lengths is a little slow ; Contrast is a little high, tends to lose ...

Verdict: Unlike other Canon PowerShot ELPH digicams, the SD430 "rocks." Stood on end like its cousins were designed to do, the Canon SD430 is actually resting on its slightly curved WiFi antenna. Following Nikon and Kodak into the WiFi-enabled digicam arena, ...

Review summary: The Canon SD430 is attractively styled, and has good image quality and zoom range. But considering its poor battery life and noisy operation, its price isn't entirely justified.

Pros: Good image quality ; good zoom range ; compact size

Cons: Poor battery life ; zoom and focus mechanisms are noisy ; expensive

Verdict: The image quality of the 5-megapixel SD430 was above average; test images were well exposed, with good color and plenty of detail. The zoom range is 5.8mm to 17mm (equivalent to 35mm to 105mm on a film camera). Battery life was unimpressive, though, ...