Canon Ixus 70

[Gold]

I'm not going to make any pretences at being at photographer but I need a digital camera for mostly point and shoot photos (Holidays, friends/family, occasional car pics). It would also be best for it to be as compact as possible and I was looking at the canon ixus 70 camera.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-IXUS-70-Digital-Came...

I like the looks and the size (1.9cm deep) as well as being 7.1MP.

Anyone got one/used one or seen reviews? Any good? Any good alternatives for around that price? (Preferably less )

[cannedheat]

My Dad has the Ixus 75 which is very similar. Seems a pretty good camera to me but lacks any real manual control. The face recognition works pretty well though...

[Marki]

I have had a couple of Ixus ,, its only because we were given a HP927 each for christmas from the company is the only reason i have not upgraded from the old 3mp one i have ixus are great little tools

[MadeInEngland]

I bought the IXUS 800 earlier this year and it's a great bit of kit for when you don't want to cart the DSLR around. Images are really good quality. The only downside is getting the real control i.e. shutter speed / aperture isn't possible so it's kind of half manual but really automatic if you see what I mean.
It seems very robust for a small camera and the battery life is great. Don't try and use it for action pictures though you still need a SLR for that.

[Burba]

i was checking teh 'specs' of cameras around these price ranges and noticed the ixus wasn't up there against the Powershot or Cybershot in terms of pixels-optical/digital zoom levels.

Are these not as important as I would first think?

[Ricardo G]

I had just popped on to post a similar question so I hope you don't mind me adding to this thread?

I have been looking for a new p and s also and this seems up there with the best of them for the price at the moment. The only other two I was really looking at was the Panasonic FX12 and Olympus 760.

Stuck between the three at the moment and I hope I havent left you with a similar dilemma but maybe someone can shed light on which is best?

Rich

[Steve Evil]

I have bought the GF one of these for her birthday next month, had a quick play in the office and was amazed at how tiny it was (feel free to quote that) face recognition thing seemed pretty smart too, should be perfect for her as it will fit into almost any pocket, plus you can give it to someone who doesn't have a clue about technology and still get some nice pics.

[zax]

No answers, but another "me too" My old Canon S50 point-and-shoot is reaching the end of it's life (display works sometimes, not always. A good smack helps) so it needs to be replaced.

Was thinking about the Ixus but what I liked about the S50 was the ability to mess about with manual controls when the urge took me. If the Ixus doesn't offer this then maybe I'll look elsewhere, although it's not my main priority. Does anybody have experience of the Olympus models? The reviews and opinions I've seen so far suggest they're a bit of a mixed bag...

[lowdrag]

Funnily enough I am looking to replace my old Sony and did a bit of research. I came across the Ricoh R6 P&S cameras which have as a bonus 28mm at the wide end. Anyone got any knowledge or experience of these?