A briliant stylish camera. (Canon Digital Ixus 980 IS)

Member Name: rawwrjem

Product:	Canon Digital Ixus 980 IS
Date:	31/03/09 (75 review reads)
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Advantages: stylish, excellent photo quality, good range of features.

Disadvantages: a bit prcey,

I purchased this camera for my aunt who loved it. It is really easy to use and has a brilliant picture quality with 14.7mp. Canon is one of those brands you feel you can trust and it has to be said that they do produce good quality goods. This camera is reliable and hasn't broke in the time she has had it despite the fact that she doesn't take much precaution to keep it safe. ( she doesn't use a camera cover or anything.) It has been dropped a few times and has been scratched but its performance hasn't been affected by this and it still works perfectly. It has a sleek elegant design and is small so it will fit easily into a handbag or pocket. The battery life is really good on this camera and according to CIPA standrads, you can take 280 shots before the batteries die. It has good zoom and flash features which increase image quality and allow you to take pictures in different coniditions. It also has a red-eye corrector which prevents those horrible pictures with red-eye. I paticularly liked the quickshot feature which allows you to repeatedly photograph a moving object very quickly and the results from doing this look awesome.You can put a memory card into the bottom of the camera by the batteries which will allow you to take more pictures, I'd recommend a 4gb. Using a memory card means that your pictures will also be safer, if you break the camera, you can take out your memory card and you don't losy any precious images. Also, you could take the memory card out of the camera and use it in a digital photo frame which is what I've done in the past and it looks great. It's easy to use and the controls on the back of the camera are quie basic and easy to understand. There is also a screen on the back of the camera so you can view your images before printing them off which gives you the option to delete images you don't like rather than having to print them.
The camera costs around £250 online which sounds a lot but it really is worth every penny.
I would definately recommend this camera as it is great quality and value. My only regret about purchasing this camera for my aunt is that I didn't but it for myself.

Summary: overall a brilliant camera and I would recommend it to others.

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