Canon IXUS 700 / PowerShot SD500 / IXY 600 Expert Reviews

This easy-to-use camera is small enough to take everywhere, but its images aren't quite as nice as we'd like.

Pick up the SD500, and it just feels substantial. It weighs only 6 ounces, but the metal body appears sturdy and well made. Its dimensions are petite: 3.37-inches wide by 2.24-inches tall by 1.04 inches deep. Canon helps keep things small by using an ...

We've seen mixed results from Canon's Ixus range, but this latest addition has to be the best point-and-shoot compact model yet - and we don't just mean from Canon. While keen hobbyists may baulk at the lack of manual exposure options, everyone else ...

It may be too automated for budding photographers but for everyone else, the Ixus 700, competitively priced and easy to use, is the compact camera to buy.

Excellent image quality.Accurate metering.15-second maximum exposure time allows for night photography.Good ergonomic design.Very fast to operate.Solid and high quality construction.

Wide angle images slightly less sharp than others.No full Manual mode.Lack of indication for aperture and shutter speed on the monitor.

The Canon Digital IXUS 700 / SD500 features a Canon 3x optical zoom lens, a 7.2 megapixel sensor, and a large 2" screen (the newer IXUS 750 features a 2.5" screen). The IXUS 700 is available from around £275 | $396, making the IXUS 700 decent value ...

Very good colour Very good image quality (exposure / auto white balance good) Custom white balance Good movie modes Quick switch on time, shutter response and shot to shot time 'My Colours' adds some fun and potentially useful creative features Very ...

Doesn't display shutter / aperture speed (in playback or photo mode) USB/AV Cover difficult to open Purple fringing noticable Slightly soft images

The 7 megapixel Canon Digital IXUS 700 is a very good digital camera. The easy to use camera is capable of very good results, although there is some purple fringing and images are slightly soft. The camera gives you a lot of options, such as 'my ...

A very well-designed, 7-megapixel snapshot camera. Just don't look for advanced controls.

Very well designed ; the best start-up time in its class ; quick shot-to-shot performance ; novel, fast frame-rate movie mode

More frequent than usual purple fringing ; longish flash shot-to-shot times

is a 7 megapixel digital camera with a 3x zoom - 37~111mm film equivalent. The lens is reasonably fast at wide angle - f2.8, falling to f4.9 at maximum telephoto

The IXUS700, like its competitors in this price range, seems to be so fast in its responses that we may be able to say that shutter lag is now just a bad memory. We had no trouble capturing the decisive moment.

Picture noise is obvious at ISO400. This is no doubt a consequence of squeezing 7 million light receptors onto a small area sensor. The noise effect can be tamed with noise reduction software, but it is still a nuisance. ISO400 is not particularly ...

Once again dpexpert is impressed with the construction quality and picture taking ability of a small, highly automated camera. The IXUS700 is the sort of camera that can be easily carried everywhere and be ready in a second to snap the once-in-a ...

Styling , image quality, 7 megapixels if that's your thing

The high megapixel count will eat memory for breakfast

On paper this is a great model, but in practice do you really need 7 megapixels in a compact digital camera.

Optical viewfinder, very easy to use

Image quality a little lower than expected

The small and rugged Canon Digital IXUS 700 is a good companion for capturing everyday mementos, though image quality may disappoint more demanding photographers.

A very well-designed, 7-megapixel snapshot camera. Just don't look for advanced controls.

Very well designed, The best start-up time in its class, Quick shot-to-shot performance, Novel, fast frame-rate movie mode

More frequent than usual purple fringing, Longish flash shot-to-shot times

The Digital IXUS 700 offers a whopping 7.1 megapixels; that's a resolution of 3,072 x 2,304 pixels. If you belong to the 'more is better' brigade, you'll be slavering at this thought, but take note that ...

Canon's Digital IXUS 700 is another step forward for the company, and another good advance. Canon needs to be more generous with its bundled SD cards, though, and we'd like to see some effort put into increasing optical zoom as well as overall image ...