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Canon PowerShot S100

Canon PowerShot S100Canon Digital IXUS Review, Phil Askey, May 2000(AKA. Powershot S100 Digital Elph / Ixy Digital)

Review based on a Production Model Canon Digital IXUSOpen your wallet, take out a credit card.. No, Im notgoing to ask you to order one just yet, that credit card is the same sizeas the front of the Digital IXUS. Small? You bet. This is truly the smallestdigicam Ive ever reviewed and weighs in as the smallest 2.1mp digitalcamera on the market.But is small good? Well, its eminently pocketable yetwith a steel case, flat front and automatic lens cover youll not worrytoo much about how you handle it. What does this mean? It means youremore likely to take the camera out with you and get "that shot".One slight confusion has been the naming convention,put simply this camera is called the PowerShot S100 Digital Elph in theUSA & Canada, the Digital IXUS in Europe / SE Asia and Ixy Digitalin Japan. For simplicity in this review Ill refer to it as the DigitalIXUS (as Im based in the UK).

Canon PowerShot S100The Pocket-Powershot Family

A50.8 megapixelsFixed lens

A5 Zoom0.8 megapixels28 - 70mm lens

A501.2 megapixels28 - 70mm lens

S101.92 megapixels35 - 70mm lens

S203.14 megapixels35 - 70 mm lens

Dig IXUS / S1001.92 megapixels35 - 70mm lens

Canon have used an almost identically designed and sizedcase since the A5 , A5 zoom, A50, S10 and S20 (all pictured above). Thebreak with that design has now come with the Digital IXUS as Canon beginto merge the distinction between traditional photography products anddigital products.


Canon IXUS II, APS camera	Canon Digital IXUS, Digital camera

Here you can see from where the Digital IXUS gets itsdesign points, with the same stainless steel exterior, very similar designpoints and some "borrowed items" (spot the zoom control andflash unit). Canon are making a strong statement with this camera, andits all about where it sees the digital market in a few years time, seethis as one of the first steps. This, and the EOS-D30.If youre new to digital photography you may wish to read the DigitalPhotography Glossary before diving into this review (it may help youunderstand some of the terms used).

Photographs of the camerawere taken with a Nikon Coolpix 990, images which can be viewedat a larger size have a small magnifying glass icon in the bottomright corner of the image, clicking on the image will display alarger (normally 1024 x 768 or smaller if cropped) image in a newwindow.To navigate the review simplyuse the next / previous page buttons, to jump to a particular sectioneither pick the section from the drop down or select it from thenavigation bar at the top.

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