Small, Sexy and Fantastic (no not me - the camera!) (Canon Digital Ixus)

Member Name: nutz

Product:	Canon Digital Ixus
Date:	19/03/01 (624 review reads)
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Advantages: small, slinky, sexy - impress your mates and get great results.

Disadvantages: not for the David Bailey's of this world.

I bought one of these little beauties (no I'm not Australian) out in Germany at the end of last year. I happened to be in a camera shop with my brother, and he decided to preach to me about what a fantastic bargain it was. I wanted to try it... so I managed to colar one of the shop assistants. He informed me that it was "ibsolutely Vondurful", and began to go through all of the great features - 2.1 mega pixel, zoom lens... blah.. blah.

It wasn't until I picked it up, and tried it out that I realised just how great this little camera was. The smallest of its kind, slinky, sexy... fab. I was running round the shop with it, zooming in and out and taking pictures of everything. (If the shop assistant knew any English swear words I would think he would have been saying them at this point... I think he may have said a few in German though). :)

It was a 'must have' gift, and I have not regretted it. At the time, it cost me the equivelent of £400 - around about £100 - £150 cheaper than the UK at the time. The only hitch I had was with the manual. I asked the shop assistant whether the manual came in English as well as German... when a German shop assistant nods his head at you, dont believe him (lesson learned!). I should have checked myself - oh well! Canon Customer Services were fairly helpful when I got back to the UK though. I simply had to send off my German manual, and they sent me the English equivelent.

The camera has lovely features with its playback of photos. A simple switch on the camera takes you between viewing what you have taken and actually taking the pictures. The screen on the back displays the pictures excellently, and the little zoom push button on the top allows you to zoom into your photos, or zoom out to display the selection of the all your photos, 12 at a time, allowing you to reselect and zoom in again. A lovely and effective way of allowing you to view what you have taken. You can also take pic
tures using the screen - as it displays exactly what you are pointing at in a kind of 'video' mode.

The software that comes with the camera is excellent - allowing quick and easy connection from PC to camera, with added bonuses of software photo albums etc. A nice package.
You also get a cable attachment with it that allows you to connect your camera to a TV. Fantastic for showing people the snaps that you have taken that day, after a day out. Dont forget those fantastic results that you can get by setting it onto "take pictures" mode and pointing it at the TV screen, whilst simultaneously viewing it on the TV screen. (yes I've even tried that one!) :)

The photos come out sharp, providing that you dont get your light positioned wrong, use the flash when you shouldnt etc - the usual camera type stuff. Sure the pictures arent quite as sharp as some more expensive, bigger cameras. But this camera isn't supposed to be for the David Bailey's of this world. It is all about having fun - and thats exactly what this camera is.

If you want a small, lightweight, easy to carry, sexy, cool camera... then this is the one for you. Everyone that I have shown this to has been impressed (and insanely jealous!! :) ).

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