Canon Digital IXUS I

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Possibly The Best Camera In The World

5 Feb 15th, 2001

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Size, Weight, Image Quality

Disadvantages:
none to mention

Recommendable: Yes 

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stephbu

About me: Work in internet systems business, married with 2 kids, dog, 1/2 a garden and 1.4 cars.

Member since:15.02.2001

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Review rated by 6 Ciao members on average: very helpful

If there is one thing that could make this camera stand out from any other, it must be the size.

In something the a little smaller than a packet of cigarettes, it packs so almost all the features of its larger brother the S20, which is 30% bigger...

So what can it do?....

Well for starters it comes with a optical zoom lens, with digital zoom processing too, optical viewfinder, flash, and an LCD. The camera captures images at upto 2.2Mpix resolution.

The external design is very clean, finished in brushed steel, with few buttons or knobs on display. The LCD is around 2.5cm by 2cm, and is clear even in quite strong light. It is used along with thumb 'cursor' controls to drive the cameras functions. The menuing system used is clear, and concise, though the user guide could be a little clearer (luckily it is intuitive enough not to need too much guidance) The LCD doubles as a digital viewfinder on demand (compulsory for the digital zoom feature)

Using the camera is a snap - switch on - point and frameup subject - shoot. Unlike other digital cameras there is very little shutter lag. The camera's auto setting is very good for most 'snaps'. Photo settings can be overridden in manual mode - for those more tricky shots. Picture quality in this environment is excellent. The power of the lens makes this camera unsuitable for really distance shots however.

As with all the other Canon digital cameras, it came with a rechargeable battery and recharger cradle. This battery lasts around 60 shots without flash or 35-40 with.

The camera comes equipped with 8Mb of Compact Flash memory - which can be filled with about 12-14 shots at maximum resolution. So more memory will be on your shopping list quite early on (I bought a 64Mb card with mine)

The camera is connected to computers via USB, so sucking those pictures off the camera is blazingly fast. The supplied software suite is a great bonus as it is simple to install and powerful at managing your opus masterpieces.

The camera can also drive a television directly thru the composite output lead. Allowing you to supply an impromtu slideshow to bore your friends and neighbours.

This is my 3rd Canon digital camera, and possibly the best of all - I carry everywhere that I go because it is so small, versatile, and usable. 

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pauluk

pauluk

19.03.2001 18:28

Great review Ive just bought a cheap digital camera but its nothing compared to this.

clanmac4

clanmac4

20.02.2001 15:25

Good helpful opinion, especially on how to bore the neighbours, lol.

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