Canon Ixus 85 IS Reviews: Digital Compact Camera

+ BRILANT LITTLE CAMERA SO EASY TO USE YOU CAN JUST PICK IT UP AND USE IT. EXPERIMENTING WITH THE FEATURES BUT SO FAR I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ITS ALL VERY GOOD

- IMPROMMENTS WOULD BE A BIGGER ZOOM X4 IS GREAT BUT TO GET CLEAR INTENSE QUALITY THE ZOOM COULD BE THE ONE THING TO UPGRADE, I'M ONE FOR CLOSEUPS.
THE LCD SCREEN ONE OF THE LARGEST ITS GOOD BUT AT NIGHT IN THE DARK ITS HARD TO GET THE FRAME RIGHT TRIED USING THE VIEW FINDER BUT ITS NOT SO GOOD AT NIGHT SO ANY ADVANCES THERE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
A MINOR IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE SMALLER OR LITTLE LIGHTER ( BUT THIS IS A QUIBBLE) NOT A BAD POINT I'M A GIRL AND THESE THINGS MATTER IN TINY HAND BAGS AND SMALL POCKETS.

+ I never give 10/10 as i believe you can improve on anything ........... but i nearly did with this product ... Not one to study Guide books ... I like to pick up and go , and thats just what i did with this camera ... its just soooo easy to use ... the pictures are great and I transfered to my pc with no problem !! this IS the first digital camera i've had, so i cant compere to others ... but as a newbie to digital tech ..... i can't fault this camera .... money well spent !

- The only minus was the memory card supplied ..... 6 pics and it was full ......................

+ Slim compact design, features both an optical viewfinder and large active screen. Bright sharp display. Good video. Good battery life. Aesthetically pleasing.

- No manual shutter or aperture settings.

+ Very compact camera with pretty much all the features of a compact you could want. Built in accelerometer means that it knows which way up it is - very cool if you quickly want to see a portrait picture full screen. Great build quality.

- Picture quality won't compare to a DSLR, but then you'd have to spend £200+ on a compact for this to be true.

+ Great camera and easy to use!

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+ smart,camera.easy to use

- would be much more helpful if came with a instution manual !

+ small, robust and simple with good quality

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+ Very compact and easy to use on auto settings

- Some of the instructions are not terribly clear

+ good quality for a good price

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+ I'm not very technically minded - I get dizzy when I hear about mega pixels and zooms - however this has been very easy to use. The upload to the compuer routine is very good, and it's been dropped a few times and seems to bounce quite nicely with no ill effects. I'd recommend it.

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+ Good solid build quality, large clear screen, small compact with some excellent freatures.

- I inadvertantly/accidentally deleted ALL my pictures this morning. I cannot understand how this happened as it clearly shows "delete" for individual pictures - I will be very cautious in the future to avoid this happening again.

+ I've had canon before and I love their stuff. This is no different. Very solid camera, takes brilliant photos. Lots of settings if you know what you're looking for and what to change for what you want - but I don't!

- Can only have the multi shoot function on the manual setting, and takes a while sometimes to take the pic. For example, I play rugby and my girlfriend wanted to take some pictures, every time she tried to do so I was out fo the frame before it took it. So I taught her to half-press on the area to focus, then press fully to take the shot straight-away. I would have like to to have a sports mode so it takes the pic as soon as you press the button.

+ Very good battery life; big screen; screen has very good picture quality and resolution; easy to use. We are very happy with the camera.

- None encountered

+ image quality and small size.

- hard to navigate the menu

+ ease of use

- none

+ Light, easy to use . small. feels nice in the hand.

- casing marks with fingerprints too easy

+ Build quality. Image and video quality. Fantastically compact. Great for slipping in a pocket and capturing unexpected shots.

- None I have found yet.

+ What you would expect from Canon.

- Just the price but you get what you pay for.

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- No soft case included

+ so easy to use. esspecially after owning a previous model 4 years earlier

- none

+ sexy design

- slow picture taking

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- Canon have made the battery millimeters longer than my family's other Canon IXUS models. We also have a 65 and 70 or 75 and being able to share batteries and chargers was one of the reasons for buying it. We're very disappointed.

+ Compact, light, easy to use, good pictures

- None yet

+ Excellent photographic and video image quality.
Vibrant and authentic colour.

- Increasing loss of picture clarity with zoom facility, especially with video.

+ Nice, compact design with an optical viewfinder, great for sunny conditions. Body feels nice and solid, metal, not cheap plastic. Great value for money in terms of what the camera can do, has the basic automatic, point and shoot function but also allows for manual modes and different scenery options. Quality of images (10million pixels) is fantastic in a variety of conditions. Would definitely recommend, especially for beginners who want a decent quality camera but ease of use with great pictures. Very user friendly.

- None that spring to mind.