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There are already two reviews this is meant more of a recap on some of my own experience upgrading from an older model version.
I bought the IXUS900ti from a local dealer as a replacement for my rather ancient IXUS 330. It is quite a revelation the technology has moved on an awful lot in 3 years.
The first thing I noticed was the size; the unit is a lot thinner, lighter, and elegantly nicely shaped than my old camera. The body is made from titanium (hence the TI suffix) making it very strong and rather shiny. The screen is also far superior over twice the size
Though it looks good the shaping took some getting use to. The camera has pretty much designed to be held in your right hand. The controls are situated on the right hand side to operated by your right thumb. While this is a pretty neat solutions giving you the entire controls set in one hand its slightly tricky for southpaws like me. Though after a few days of use I got accustomed to it.
The software on the camera has been vastly upgraded I especially liked the OSD (on screen display) effects and the way in which the camera flips viewed images dependant on what orientation your holding the it in. The menus are a lot more responsive than the older model and the shutter lag (time between pressing the button and the picture been taken) is hardly noticeable much better than the second or so on the older model. This allow point and shoot to be almost instantaneous so less likely you would miss a reaction shot.
There is also a multiple shot mode in which you can hold the button and the camera just keeps shooting (though you cant use the flash for this unless you have the mains adapter (which seem about as common as rocking horse dung).
Movie mode has been upgraded you can now film in 640x480 and 1024x768. The quality of the movies at the higher res moe is comparable with some compact video cameras. Though at high resolutions filming quickly fills up the memory card you would only get seconds on the bundled 32mb one.
Cannon bundle a rather pathetic 32mb SD card, you would think given the price they could have at least stretched to 512mb. You will need to upgrade this unless you lower the resolution right down. I bought a 1gb for 14.99 which fits around 250ish pictures dependant on the quality settings. You can get a 2gb card for around £35 + postage from places like amazon.co.uk and ebuyer.com. If you use the highest quality the images sizes are huge you could use them for high detail A3 prints.
This is a digital compact camera, while the image sensor is 10mp it does not produce pictures at SLAR quality. The optical zoom is adequate but limited and while the ISO settings can go quite high shooting in low light without a flash will result in noise on the picture. That said if like me you want a snap and go pocket camera this is certainly the business it looks great is small light easily transportable.
The price is at the high end but you are getting one heck of a camera for your money I think you would have to go prosumer / SLR level to better the images.
I didn't even look at the manuals, not do I use the cannon bundled software (I prefer Googles Picassa software to image browser) so I cant really comment on them
Overall highly recommended!
Addendum
I recently took this camera on holiday and noticed two annoyances which might affect your decision to purchase. Firstly there is no battery level indicator, so you have no idea your nearly out of juice until it runs out meaning you can miss shots unless your religious about charging. The second issue is that you cant charge over usb, this would be idea for on the road so I didnt need to carry the charging pack only the camera and a usb lead. This is pretty a minor annoyance but a valid one as a lot of devices can be charged over usb these days.
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05.01.2007 10:14
I need a new camera! Great review - would have been useful to know how much it cost (or did I miss that bit!) alley x
05.01.2007 01:34
Good review (-: .............Darko
04.01.2007 23:15
sounds good! Good review! xx