Canon Digital IXUS 500

Canon Ixus 500 Digital CameraThis little camera owes us nothing. We bought it for about £200 in Malaysia when we were visiting our daughter. She was pregnant at the time and our grandson is now nearly eight years old so we have had it around nine years.It is a pretty basic camera compared to what we buy today for that price but at the time it was pretty darned good. For quite some time this was our good camera and the one my husband had charge of while I still used our old Fuji Finepix one. Each time we upgrade I get the older camera and my husband takes over the new one.This little beast is ... more

I have been looking to upgrade from my old digital camera for a few months now, and having read a lot of reviews, I decided that the Canon IXUS 400 was a good product that suited my needs, the only problem was that if I was going to invest in a new digital camera, I felt that I should go for 5MP. This is when I noticed that Canon had brought out the IXUS 500 the big brother of the 400. The book price for this little gem was around £400, but a search around the web found it available for £298 (pixmania). I decided that before I made my purchase, I would go and have a look at one "in the flesh" ... more

I bought my ixus 500 after using an ixus 400 that one of my work colleagues had. I was immediately impressed by the look and feel of the camera. I bought it on the net and added the option of a 256Mb memory card option as I didn't think I'd have a use for the smaller 32Mb memory card. When my camera arrived it had both the 256Mb and the 32Mb card. I have never yet needed the 32Mb card. I bought the Canon Case which was available as an option when I bought the camera but it wasn't cheap at £30!! I was worried because I have large fingers and find some mobile phones difficult if the buttons are ... more

I spent over a year researching into digital cameras and yes you can buy cheaper ones than the Canon IXUS 500 but you won't fall in love with it. Sorry for sounding so patronising but it really is the best camera on the market by far. It's amazingly simple to use with very simple buttons, and menus. The battery lasts ages and the picture quality it produces is better than some professional Photo shops I've been to! It's a 5megapixel camera which means it can capture 5,000,000 pixels. So the resolution is going to be crisp and clean. It can zoom in and out with clarity and even auto focus if ... more

With canon now being a market leader in digital cameras and the IXUS range being one of their top achievers its not suprising they hit the mark with the IXUS 500. Straight out of the box, having charged the battery the camera was giving me great pictures with the controls being extremely easy to use. On first glance that camera is very attractive with its all-metal body that both gives the camera a stylish look and provides plenty of protection (it has taken a few knocks and drops but has made no complaints). The LCD screen isnt the largest on the market so if you want a good sized one the ... more