Point and click and get amazing results! (Canon Ixus 70)

Member Name: cognition

Product:	Canon Ixus 70
Date:	18/11/08 (278 review reads)
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Advantages: Light, compact, good battery life, separate battery charger included

Disadvantages: No pouch included

The Canon Ixus 70 is a really compact and light 7.1 Megapixel digital camera, weighing only 125g. It has a 2.5" LCD display, built in flash and built in microphone for the video recording mode. The dimensions are 8.6cm x 1.9cm x 5.4cm.

The camera is incredibly user friendly. It can be used as a "point and click" camera using default and automated settings, and the resulting pictrues will almost always look crisp and clear with vibrant colours. If adjustments need to be made, such as turning flash on or off or manually adjusting ISO, this can be done through a few clicks, and the interface is so intuitive, you will never have to look at the manual.

The camera has a face recognitino function, which is active by default. When you point your camera at a group of people, you will notice on the LCD preview screen that all the faces have been automatically recognized, which is symbolized by boxes appearing around faces on the screen. Basically, this is a way for the camera to tell you that these faces have been recognized and will be in focus on the picture. There is also an automatic red eye reduction function.

The camera supports memoery cards of the types: MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card. I personally got myself a 4gb SDHC card, which you can get from £6 and up. This literally allows you to save thousands of pictures on one single card. I've been on several occasions and have not yet had the need to erase my card. For transfering files, a USB cable is included, and a software package, which it is optional to use, although a lot of modern computers come with card readers included.

The battery is a Li-ion rechargeable battery. It's small and detachable, and included with the camera is a charger. The battery takes a couple of hours or so to charge, and I am impressed with how long it lasts! I always bring my charger on vacation, just in case, but if I charge my camera up front, I have never had to charge it while on the move. One downside, though, is that it's hard to tell how much battery life is left until the battery is almost dead.

I paid around £120 for my Canon Ixus 70 about half a year ago, and the price of the camera still seems to hold that value in most shops.

Main selling points of this camera:
-Light, small, compact, portable
-Good battery life
-User friendly
-Quality
-Point and click and get amazing results!

Summary: Extreme value for money for those who just want a good point and click camera!

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