Sunday, January 6, 2008
New Canon Ixus 750
The Canon Digital Ixus 750 is a 7 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens and 2.5 inch LCD screen. It replaces the slightly older Digital Ixus 700 in the Canon line-up. New for the Ixus 750 is what Canon's marketing department have dubbed the "Perpetual Curve design", which basically means that one end of the all-metal camera body is rounded. Under the surface, the Canon Digital Ixus 750 uses the same advanced DIGIC II processor for fast performance and image processing as the company's digital SLR cameras. There are 9 different scene modes on offer for beginners and a more advanced Manual mode for those who desire greater control. VGA movies at 30fps, a My Colors mode that allows special in-camera colour effects, and PictBridge and USB 2 support complete the specification. The Digital Ixus 750 is Canon's most advanced and most expensive ultra-compact point and shoot camera. Does it have what it takes to find its way into your pocket? Read my extensive review to find out.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Digital compact cameras
IXUS/IXY/PowerShot ELPH series
- Sold as PowerShot Digital ELPH in US
- Sold as IXY Digital in Japan
- Sold as Digital IXUS in Europe and Southeast Asia
US names listed
- Canon PowerShot S100
- Canon PowerShot S110
- Canon PowerShot S200
- Canon PowerShot S230
- Canon PowerShot S300
- Canon PowerShot S330
- Canon PowerShot S400
- Canon PowerShot S410
- Canon PowerShot S500
- Canon PowerShot SD10
- Canon PowerShot SD20
- Canon PowerShot SD30
- Canon PowerShot SD40
- Canon PowerShot SD100
- Canon PowerShot SD110
- Canon PowerShot SD200
- Canon PowerShot SD300
- Canon PowerShot SD400
- Canon PowerShot SD430
- Canon PowerShot SD450
- Canon PowerShot SD500
- Canon PowerShot SD550
- Canon PowerShot SD600
- Canon PowerShot SD630
- Canon PowerShot SD640
- Canon PowerShot SD700 IS
- Canon PowerShot SD750
- Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
- Canon PowerShot SD850 IS
- Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
- Canon PowerShot SD900
- Canon PowerShot SD950 IS
- Canon PowerShot SD1000
Canon PowerShot digital cameras
PowerShot G series
- Canon PowerShot G1
- Canon PowerShot G2
- Canon PowerShot G3
- Canon PowerShot G5
- Canon PowerShot G6
- Canon PowerShot G7
- Canon PowerShot G9
PowerShot S series
- Canon PowerShot S1 IS
- Canon PowerShot S2 IS
- Canon PowerShot S3 IS
- Canon PowerShot S5 IS
- Canon PowerShot S10
- Canon PowerShot S20
- Canon PowerShot S30
- Canon PowerShot S40
- Canon PowerShot S45
- Canon PowerShot S50
- Canon PowerShot S60
- Canon PowerShot S70
- Canon PowerShot S80
- Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
PowerShot A series
- Canon PowerShot A5
- Canon PowerShot A5 Zoom
- Canon PowerShot A50
- Canon PowerShot A10
- Canon PowerShot A20
- Canon PowerShot A30
- Canon PowerShot A40
- Canon PowerShot A60
- Canon PowerShot A70
- Canon PowerShot A75
- Canon PowerShot A80
- Canon PowerShot A85
- Canon PowerShot A95
- Canon PowerShot A100
- Canon PowerShot A200
- Canon PowerShot A300
- Canon PowerShot A310
- Canon PowerShot A400
- Canon PowerShot A410
- Canon PowerShot A420
- Canon PowerShot A430
- Canon PowerShot A450
- Canon PowerShot A460
- Canon PowerShot A510
- Canon PowerShot A520
- Canon PowerShot A530
- Canon PowerShot A540
- Canon PowerShot A550
- Canon PowerShot A560
- Canon PowerShot A570 IS
- Canon PowerShot A610
- Canon PowerShot A620
- Canon PowerShot A630
- Canon PowerShot A640
- Canon PowerShot A650 IS
- Canon PowerShot A700
- Canon PowerShot A710 IS
- Canon PowerShot A720 IS
PowerShot Pro series
- Canon Powershot Pro1
- Canon Powershot Pro70
- Canon Powershot Pro90 IS
PowerShot T series
- Canon PowerShot TX1
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
All about CANON IXUS
Canon Digital IXUS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Canon Ixus)
Digital IXUS is the name in Europe and Southeast Asia for a series of ultra-compact digital cameras by Canon. In the U.S., it is called PowerShot Digital ELPH and in Japan, IXY Digital.
It is very similar in design to the once very popular Canon IXUS/IXY/ELPH line of Advanced Photo System (APS) film cameras.
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[edit] History
Predecessors of the Digital IXUS include the PowerShot S10 (March 1999). The PowerShot A and S line of the time were being made as small as contemporary technology allowed [1], and demonstrated the demand for a small digital camera of good quality. Canon leveraged its expertise in quality small film cameras, particularly the old APS IXUS, to make good consumer cameras smaller than anyone else had managed up to the time (the first Digital IXUS was the smallest 2MP then available [2]) and reused the popular IXUS/IXY/ELPH brand name: "The DIGITAL IXUS blends Canon's award-winning IXUS design with PowerShot digital technology." [3]
The first IXY Digital (June 2000) had standard Canon digital technology of the time in a similar body to the IXY 320 APS camera.
The thinner models starting 2003 and 2004, and the move from CompactFlash (PowerShot S models) to the much smaller SD card (PowerShot SD models), were in response to the Casio Exilim line of ultra-thin compacts. Many manufacturers started making thinner compacts around this time.
The current flagship models of the Digital IXUS series are the SD800 IS/Ixus 850 IS (7.1MP, 3.8× zoom, DIGIC III, image stabilisation) [4] and the SD900/Ixus 900 Ti (10MP, 3× zoom, DIGIC III) [5], both introduced in September 2006.
[edit] Digital IXUS models
The same camera models are released in Europe, the US and Japan under different names. The cameras themselves are identical apart from the front fascia, according to the parts lists. The Canon model number on the bottom is consistent between marketing names.
All models use lithium ion batteries of Canon proprietary design, though third-party equivalents are readily available.
All models use RGBG Bayer filter (except the original Digital IXUS, which uses a CYGM filter [6]) CCD sensors made by Sony. Images are recorded as JPEGs. Raw image files are not accessible.
| Digital IXUS PowerShot Digital ELPH IXY Digital Canon model | Release date | Sensor | Lens (35mm equiv), zoom, aperture | Card | Battery | Size (mm), weight (inc batt) | Photo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital IXUS(1) S100 IXY Digital PC1001 | June 2000 | 2MP (1600×1200), 1/2.7" | 35-70 mm (2×) | CF | NB-1L | 87 × 57 × 26.9, 210g |  | [7] Only Ixus with a CYGM CCD (all others are RGBG) |
| 300 S300 300 - | December 2000 | 2MP (1600×1200), 1/2.7" | 35-105mm (3×), f/2.7-4.7 | CF | NB-1L | 94.8 × 62.5 × 29.9, 275g | Video [8] | |
| v S110 200 PC1012 | April 2001 | 2MP (1600×1200), 1/2.7" | 35-70 mm (2×) | CF | NB-1L | 87 × 57 × 26.9, 225g |  | Video [9] |
| v2 S200 200a PC1022 | 13 March 2002 | 2MP (1600×1200), 1/2.7" | 35-70 mm (2×) | CF | NB-1L | 87 × 57 × 26.9 |  | S110 with improved interface |
| 330 S330 300a PC1026 | 13 March 2002 | 2MP (1600×1200), 1/2.7" | 35-105 mm (3×) | CF | NB-1L | 94.8 × 62.5 × 31.5, 274g | 300 with more software features [10] | |
| v3 S230 320 - | 16 August 2002 | 3MP, 1/2.7" | 35-70 mm (2×) | CF | NB-1L | 87 × 57 × 26.7 |  | |
| 400 S400 400 PC1038 | 28 February 2003 | 4MP (2272×1704), 1/1.8" | 36-108mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | CF | NB-1L | 87.0 × 57.0 × 27.8, 222g, f/2.8-4.9 |  | [11] |
| II SD100 30 - | 2 May 2003 | 3MP (2048×1536), 1/2.7" | 35-70 mm (2×) | SD | NB-3L | 85.0 × 56.0 × 23.9, 185g |  | First to use SD card [12] |
| i SD10 L PC1060 | 12 September 2003 | 4MP (2272×1704), 1/2.5" | 39 mm, f/2.8 | SD | NB-3L | 90.3 × 47.0 × 18.5, 100g (-batt) |  | Several colours of body [13] |
| IIs SD110 30a PC1085 | 9 February 2004 | 3MP (2048×1536), 1/2.7" | 35-70 mm (2×) | SD | NB-3L | 85.0 × 56.0 × 23.9 |  | II with added features and faster software |
| 430 S410 450 PC1086 | 9 February 2004 | 4MP (2272×1704) | 36-108 mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | CF | NB-1L | 87.0 × 57.0 × 27.8, 215g |  | 400 with added features and faster software. USB 1.1. |
| 500 S500 500 PC1084 | 9 February 2004 | 5MP (2592×1944), 1/1.8" | 36-108 mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | CF | NB-1L | 87.0 × 57.0 × 27.8, 215g | 430 with 5MP sensor [14] [15] [16]. USB 1.1. IXY Digital 500 White Limited: 10,000 units in Japan, June 2004 [17] | |
| 30 SD200 40 PC1102 | 21 September 2004 | 3MP | 35-105 mm (3×) | SD | NB-4L | 85.8 × 53.4 × 21.1 | First with DIGIC II OS | |
| 40 SD300 50 PC1101 | 21 September 2004 | 4MP (2272×1704) | 35-105 mm (3×) | SD | NB-4L | 86 × 53 × 20.7, 147g |  | [18] |
| i5 SD20 L2 PC1108 | September 2004 | 5MP, 1/2.5" | 39 mm | SD | NB-3L | 90 × 47 × 19 | ||
| 700 SD500 600 PC1114 | 17 February 2005 | 7.1MP (3072×2304), 1/1.8" | 37-111 mm (3×) | SD | NB-3L | 89.5 × 57.0 × 26.5, 192g |  | USB 2.0 [19] |
| 50 SD400 55 PC1150 | 17 February 2005 | 5MP (2592×1944), 1/2.5" | 35-105 mm (3×) | SD | NB-4L | 86 × 53 × 20.7, 130g |  | [20] [21] |
| 55 SD450 60 - | August 2005 | 5MP (2592×1944), 1/2.5" | 35-105 mm (3×) | SD | NB-4L | 86 × 53.5 × 21.6, 157g | Ixus 50 with larger LCD, no viewfinder and software updates [22] | |
| 750 SD550 700 PC1169 | August 2005 | 7.1MP (3072×2304), 1/1.8" | 37-111 mm (3×) | SD | NB-3L | 89.5 × 57.0 × 26.5, 192g |  | SD500 with larger LCD, no viewfinder and software updates [23] [24] |
| i Zoom SD30 L3 - | September 2005 | 5MP | 38-90 mm (2.4×) | SD | NB-4L | 96 × 45 × 24 | ||
| Wireless SD430 Wireless Wireless - | October 2005 | 5MP | 35-105 mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | SD | NB-4L | 99 × 54.4 × 21.7, 130g (-batt) | 11b Wi-Fi upload | |
| 60 SD600 70 PC1193 | March 2006 | 6MP | 35-105 mm (3×) | SD | NB-4L | 86.0 × 53.5 × 21.7, 170g | ISO 800 [25] | |
| 65 SD630 80 PC1147 | April 2006 | 6MP | 35-105 mm (3×) | SD | NB-4L | 90.3 × 56.8 × 20.2, 175g |  | IXUS 60 with larger LCD and no viewfinder [26] |
| 800 IS SD700 IS 800 IS PC1176 | April 2006 | 6MP (2816×2112), 1/2.5" | 35-140 mm (4×), f/2.8-5.5 | SD, MMC | NB-5L | 90.4 × 56.5 × 26.4, 192g |  | Image Stabilisation, ISO 800 [27] |
| i7 Zoom SD40 L4 - | September 2006 | 7.1MP (3072×2304), 1/2.5" | 38-90mm (2.4×), f/3.2-5.4 | SD, SDHC, MMC | NB-4L | 96.1 × 45.1 × 23.9, 105g (-batt) | ISO 1600, titanium case, face detection, first to use DIGIC III OS, Denim Blue, Steel Grey, Sepia, Pink [28] | |
| 850 IS SD800 IS 900 IS - | September 2006 | 7.1MP (3072×2304), 1/2.5" | 28-105mm (3.8×), f/2.8-5.8 | SD, SDHC, MMC | NB-5L | 89.5 × 58 × 25.1, 150g (-batt) | ISO 1600, face detection, DIGIC III OS [29] | |
| 900 Ti SD900 1000 - | September 2006 | 10MP (3648×2736), 1/1.8" | 37-111mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | SD, SDHC, MMC | NB-5L | 91.2 × 59.6 × 28.2, 194g [30] | ISO 1600, ISO 3200 at 2MP, 1024×768 video, titanium case, face detection, DIGIC III OS [31] | |
| 75 SD750 90 - | February 2007 | 7.1MP (3072×2304), 1/2.5" | 35-105mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | SD, SDHC, MMC | NB-4L | 91.6 × 56.8 × 19.6 mm, 130g (-batt) |  | 3" LCD, no viewfinder, ISO 1600, red eye correction [32] |
| 70 SD1000 10 - | February 2007 | 7.1MP (3072×2304), 1/2.5" | 35-105mm (3×), f/2.8-4.9 | SD, SDHC, MMC | NB-4L | 85.9 × 53.5 × 19.4 mm, 125g (-batt) |  | 2.5" LCD, ISO 1600, red eye correction [33] |
| Digital IXUS PowerShot Digital ELPH IXY Digital Canon model | Release date | Sensor | Lens (35mm equiv), zoom, aperture | Card | Battery | Size (mm), weight |
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