Canon Ixus 80 IS - Expert Reviews

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: At the start of the millennium, Canon's original Digital IXUS cameras were the super models of the digital compact world; looking as good as they performed, their popularity seemed a sure bet. But time has moved on, rivals have got slimmer, smaller and mo

Verdict: The Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS can perhaps best be summed up as an undemanding snapper for the unpretentious imagemaker â?? and as such is largely beyond criticism, save for some fiddly controls inherent in a camera with a height and width (if not depth) eq

Review summary: Like its Digital Elph predecessors, Canon's new Ixus Ixus80iS looks and feels great. Its price tag of about $249 puts squarely in the realm of midrange point-and-shoots, but its robust features--including Canon's fast DIGIC III processor, a maximum apertu

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Pros: Great design, solid feel, display information, image stabilisation

Cons: Some features hidden in menus, viewfinder a little on the small side, only 32MB SD supplied

Verdict: You can find similar specification from other manufacturers at a lower price, but the IXUS 80 is seriously worthy of consideration

Review summary: This is an 8 megapixel camera with a 3x zoom (38-114mm focal length in film equivalent). The lens has effective optical image stabilisation. There is face recognition which works in most, but not all, situations. Many of the features will be familiar to a

Pros: The camera is, in fact, a camera, never mind the fashion accessory. And it takes decent pictures provided the ISO speed is kept to 200. Auto white balance copes well with most indoor lighting except strong incandescent. Focus is good and detail is accepta

Cons: The dynamic range is limited and highlights tend to blow out in contrasty scenes. You can use exposure compensation to underexpose but you can't adjust the in-camera contrast. Selecting the Neutral colour mode helps a little and reduces colour saturation,

Verdict: This camera comes out of the box set for fully automatic point and shoot. It is easy enough to change to the Manual mode to get control of the ISO speed ssetting, but perhaps most people won't bother. As a point and shoot it is one of the best at this pri