Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS Reviews: Digital Compact Camera

+ excellant size. great pics.

- viewfinder is very small!

+ Very very easy to use and great quality pictures

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+ Small, stylish, excellent build quality, fast response time

- Poor auto focus in low light, colour balance sometimes wrong

+ i cant think of anything bad very pleased with the camera small compact east to use.

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+ easy to use, variety of settings, compact size

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+ The range of types of shot (macro etc) and the vivid colour effects.
It's really compact so you can carry it in the smallest of bags!

- Had to read the manual quite intensively to work out many of the features.

+ small size, price, image quality, the best !!!

- autofocus little bit slow

+ economical

- image quality was disappointing

+ Ease of use, intuitive, great quality

- Pricey

+ excellent small compact camera,brilliant video and sound. Why buy a video camera when this one gives good results,software easy to use,the extra viewfinder is a boon on very sunny days.Best digital camera I have ever purchased.

- Havent found any yet,only small niggle it will not charge from computer

+ Fantastic camera, very small size, takes great pictures during a day and at night

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+ Superb camera, easy to use and full of feature.

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+ A neat little camera that does all it says on the box

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+ Good looking and easy to hold. Can take this camera everywhere.

- Gold finsh can rub off with use.

+ It's easy to use, it takes fantastic pictures and it's a really nice design.

- I haven't found any yet.

+ Image quality is really good outside especially the colors. Really nice design! Overall a really fine pocket camera!

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+ Canon Ixus 100 IS isso far, all that I require for my standard of photography.

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+ great picture, fully auto for those who dont know how to operate a camera. decent enough video footage to get rid of exsisting camcorder.

- software not as intuitive to use as previous ixus model but may improve with familiarity

+ This camera is very easy to use and takes great pictures.

- You must make sure you have a big memory card for this camera as it uses a lot of space for pics. The downloading of photos to pc is easy but sorting photos into folders takes a bit of thinking about.

+ Its a great Compact camera that looks great

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+ easy to use
point and shoot is great
image very clear and sharp

- some time take a while to change to picture selection

+ Easy to use, compact size, image quality.

- Can't really think of any.

+ Compact and well designed

- The black finish wears off quickly and the lens is noisy

+ easy to use, small for convenience, pictures are very good quality

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+ It's a very good balance between size/zoom/other features and easy to carry around unobtrusively.

- I would like a greater zoom range - sometimes but not at the cost of making it bigger and heavier

+ I love this little camera - it's so light and easy to use make such a difference from my old one. It also looks really stylish, my sister went out and bought the gold version as soon as she saw mine!
The battery life is brilliant on it too - I have used it allot and only had to recharge once in the last 3 weeks.

- Can't say I have come across any bad points!

+ its soo small and compact and it looks really good.
Lots of automatic features that constantly adjust the settings for you (all you notice is the icons in the corner).

- The menu control buttons maybe alittle too small for mansized figures.

+ Overall, this camera is excellent.
For those looking for:
1) Small and easy fit into pocket
2) Quick charge
3) Simple to use - point and shoot
4) Excellent quality pics then this camera must be considered.

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Couple of pictures came out blurry, but I think that was due to photographer rather than kit.

+ compact.

- being compact, it is easy to cover sensors when operating

+ Quality of shots on automatic mode is brilliant. It is particularly good indoors and with portraits. The camera is stylish and attracts admiration. It has a viewfinder - a feature you don't usually get with such cameras.

- Only 3x Optical zoom - but I realize this is a tradeoff between capability and size.

+ Size, weight, ease of use, portability.
I have only started using the camera but have found the picture quality better than anything I have used before.
I have adapted a belt pouch so I carry it with me all the time, even in work.

- It would have been a big bonus to have had a belt pouch specially for this camera.
This is the type of camera ment to be with you all the time. It is not convienent
to carry it in the pants pocket and we do not all wear jackets.
It is so portable and would be much more so with its own BELT pouch.

+ Small, lightweight, large viewer, there's also a viewfinder for seeing subjects in bright light, great Canon lens quality.

- The scenes cover most common things but there's no 'sport' mode, and no way of manually setting shutter speed or aperture.

+ Packed full of features. Images are of a very high quality. Camera itself looks classy. Very small in size but with an good sized LCD screen

- A little bit expensive, camera didn't come with even a basic memory card

+ size

- plastics used arent great

+ Outstanding quality pictures and Hi-Def video. Very quick to turn up - no delay taking photos (never miss a special moment!). HD video recording is amazing - better than having a camcorder at 720p resolution. The thinnest camera I have seen with these features - slips into jeans pockets with ease. Recommend getting a genuine Canon case and a large SD card (minimum 8GB)

- HD Movies are in a format that can be difficult to play - without a top-of-the-range computer the video playback on Windows is poor (stutters) or audio is not synchronised. This is not a fault of the camera - the HD video files created (.MOV) are high quality and intact, you just need a high-quality media player to play them! Try GOM on a high-performance PC. I play them back on the WDTV Media Player connected to my HDTV via HDMI after first converting the audio using the mov2avi utility.

+ Size, picture quality and ease of use

- Can't really think of any!!!

+ Really nice and sleek, lots of features crammed, great for photos for events etc

- Should come with a carry case, had to buy my own spearately

+ Good pictures, HD-video, easy, sturdy and cool

- HD-video takes up surprisingly much space on your computer. 12M is a bit over the top for standard family pictures. Not good for pictures of kids because time from pressing the button till picture is taken is long compared to SLR.

+ small and easy to use.

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+ Excellnet compact camera - I love it!

- The only problem I have is that the movie files are not saved as .mpegs. I haven't worked out ow to view them on my computer yet.

+ compact, light and fits in handbag with ease. Very well made. Fast operation and impressive auto macro feature.

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+ Compact, good picture quality for a small camera

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+ I love this camera, it does everything I want it to and is so much better in every way than my previous compact, a Pentax Optio E20.

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+ Quality of the lens and photos produced. Number of pixels. Size - amazingly small

- Menu system
Battery life

+ Good small easy to use camera.

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+ Easy to use and very compact.
Great looking camera and some very good features with great quality on video.

- Only 3X zoom

+ Small. Excellent images, Endless possibilities

- Lens fairly narrow-angle

+ Size & Number of functions. Image quality.

- Slow shutter speed.

+ Compact, great picture quality.

- Complicated menu

+ Very compact, simple to operate, having a viewfinder, good size screen

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+ Excellent picture quality and small enough for even my small handbags. Very easy for point and shoot use, but the programmable mode will take longer to master.

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+ I like the fact that it has a viewfinder. I don't need to put my reading glasses on to take a picture and if it is very bright the screen is sometimes difficult to see. Lovely photos particularly if subject is moving. I took some great photos of my grand daughter jumping in the water on holiday.

- The buttons are a bit small but with a tiny camera that is to be expected - I am glad I have stopped biting my nails!

+ The camera is very handy, easy to use. I use it as a second camera to my DSLR. I don't always have the DSLR on me but the Ixus 100 is always in my pocket ready to shoot and I love it. I can take pictures whenever I need to and the quality is very good and it also features HD movies which is pretty impressive.

- I was missing a SD card as part of the purchase but it seems to be standard that these are not included with the camera. Would be nice to have a kit with SD card so one is ready to shoot with the camera right out of the box.

+ Compact size, ease of use.

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+ excellent image quality, quick to start up, simple to use.
very small & nicely put together.
Automatically detects subject, ie macro, sunset, portrait etc.
hd video is pretty good.

- battery compartment a bit plasticey
flash could be quicker to recycle.
can't zoom whilst recording video

+ quality for size excellent

- optical viewer could be better

+ It's very easy to use and compact

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+ Compact and light, making it easy to carry in shirt / jacket your pocket

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+ well made great improvement on my Ixus 400

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+ Quality Prrints, Great Display Screen, Compact size.

- Takes a lot of learning to to sucessfully use all programmes, but this would apply only to amateurs.

+ Compact, robust and easy to use!

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+ light , compact and easy to use.

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+ size quality

- limited zoom

+ Great product for the money. ideal just to slip into pocket when out and about. Image quality is excellent as is flash performance indoors. highly recommended for those who want a camera for parties / nights out and for those who always like to have a camera with them but don't want the bulk of a digital SLR

- Only a minor point, however button size takes a little bit of getting used too

+ Living in Malta with bright sunlight all year round, I needed a good camera with an optical viewfinder. This is the best I found in the category and the price range I was seeking.

- I would have preferred a 5x optical zoom instead of 3x. This camera would have been the very perfect choice.

+ It is perfect and excellent product.Superb and grade one.

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+ small .... very portable... tons of features...

- COSTS TOO MUCH .. YOU CAN GET MANY OTHER CAMERAS WITH SIMILAR FEATURES FOR ~£100

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- take a bid of getting use to the featurs.

+ Very compact,fits into a small handbag. Cool looking design. Can use in bright sunlight,because of the viewfinder.

- Zoom tricky to use even with small fingers

+ very little delay on shutter

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+ Amazingly there are very few compact cameras now available with viewfinders. Anyone who has tried to take pictures outdoors cannot usually compose their picture without, even with additional shields (have noticed even canon is stopping this feature-which is stupid). Camera neat and compact. Not yet had a lot of use but have taken both still and video.

- The viewfinder is good but it would be better if not quite as close to the edge of the body.

+ Great size, small and light.

- Didn't come with case.

+ Great for travelling. Fits into any pocket

- Slightly disappointed with the quality but it is a small camera.

+ neat. Easy to use. Good clear screen.

- haven't found any bad points yet.

+ Great screen - no need for viewfinder after all.

- Haven't found any yet!

+ Very Compact with reasonable battery life and takes a decent picture. Has a view finder as well for sunny days on the ski slopes!

- A manual focus would still be useful every once in a while.

+ Size and ease of use

- Build quality of the connection and memory card covers.

+ Compact, light wait and easy to use.

- The image screen rotation does not work if the camera is at an angle. It only works when the camera is perfectly vertical.

+ very good quality- piksels!!

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+ i lke the view finder

- didn t come with a case

+ i love it. found myself constatly fiddling with the settings trying everything out ot get better photos and got the rewards

- should come with a case really and you have to download/look at user manuals from a disk.

+ Feature rich, nice little camera, good video, great to carry around in pocket.

- Noisy pics with auto (anything above ISO 100). I guess too many pixels for such a tiny optic coupled with trying to balance this out during processing causes this noise.

+ ease of use, image stabilisation, size.

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