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Canon IXUS 100 IS / PowerShot SD780 IS / IXY 210 IS Reviews Analysis

Digital camera - compact - 12.1 Mpix - optical zoom: 3 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus - silver More product details

Canon IXUS 100 IS / PowerShot SD780 IS / IXY 210 IS
alaSCORE 97

778 reviews

November, 2009

72 / 100

57 Experts

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What people think about the Canon IXUS 100 IS / PowerShot SD780 IS / IXY 210 IS: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 778 reviews from across the web.

image quality

5

  • Typical point and shoot picture quality
  • Poor picture quality
  • very good photo and HD movie quality
  • good picture quality
  • High-quality shots
  • Good image quality
  • Good image quality, 720p video mode, endearingly petite
 
  • very high image quality
  • photo quality
  • look ,slim,photo quality
  • and the quality of the videos and photos it takes is phenomenal
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price

0.5

  • price
  • If you cant afford one
  • Premium price
 

performance

0.5

  • mixed performance
  • Weak low-light performance
  • Weak low-light performance, Picks up scratches easily, Tiny buttons
  • VERY slow compared to other Canon
  • There is typically a 4 - 6 seconds lag
  • and low-light performance
  • Fast performance
  • turns on quick and takes good photos for a point and shoot
 

focus

4

  • focus assist tools
  • • A huge laundry list of auto features, scene modes, focus assist tools, face detection, etc
  • unflappable auto focus
  • Snappy, unflappable auto focus
 

lens

0.5

  • unadventurous 3x zoom lens
  • No wide-angle lens
  • The lens
  • The lens, with its measly zoom, and lack of wide-angle capabilities
  • relative slow lens (aperture
 

zoom

0.5

  • No optical zoom in Movie mode
  • Relatively small 3x optical zoom
  • Weedy optical zoom
  • with its measly zoom
  • Relatively limited zoom range / Not cheap
  • but with no optical zoom and few image controls available
  • and zoom range
  • Small controls, LCD, and zoom range
  • Awkward zoom control
 
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LCD

1.5

  • Screen and body stay clean
  • Screen and body stay clean, but scratch easier than previous SDs
  • LCD
  • The LCD screen is sharp
  • The LCD screen is sharp, the camera itself is slick, and the quality of the videos and photos it takes is phenomenal
 

design

4.5

  • elegant design
  • • A nice ultra-slim, elegant design
  • Text on the buttons is a bit dark (looks great but might cause problems for people that need reading glasses
  • sleek design
  • Small, sleek design
  • The design
  • Design
  • Design, slim profile, smart auto
 
  • stylish
  • cute
  • It is red, small, cute
  • small size was just what I was looking for in portability
  • I love the red case, small size was just what I was looking for in portability, great HD movie mode
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video

5

  • • 720p video
  • • 720p video, but with no optical zoom and few image controls available
  • video format should have been .mp4
  • Video shot outdoors had excessive wind noise
  • can not zoom while shooting video or else it will cause video degradation
  • HD video
  • Video capture looks very nice
  • 720p video mode
  • HD video and HDMI interface
  • I recorded 40+ minutes of video at 720p (8 gigs worth
 
  • The pictures and video are both great
  • It deliver exactly what you are looking for with HD video (720p
  • HD video is good under ideal conditions
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usability

5

  • • Intuitive controls
  • controls too small for some
  • Small controls
  • no wide-angle lens or manual controls
  • but not enough so to effect the usability
  • simple operation
  • easy to use
  • the speed and the ease of use despite plenty of shooting options
  • The design, the speed and the ease of use despite plenty of shooting options
  • Super-small / Easy to use / Beautiful to look at
  • Buttons on the round selector are small and somewhat stiff, but not enough so to effect the usability
  • is also somewhat strange to use
  • will not effect actual usage at all
  • This is a small con though and, take my word for it, will not effect actual usage at all
  • It is easy to misplace
  • Smart Auto mode is effective and easy to use
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build quality

5

  • Seemingly indestructible build quality and fantastic styling
  • build quality
  • but it's very sturdy
 

flash

0.5

  • Occasional flash quirks in Smart Auto mode
  • The selector menu (for macro, flash, delete, etc
  • flash will make it look horrible and no flash will make it dark and blurry
  • If its dark and/or anything is shiny, flash will make it look horrible and no flash will make it dark and blurry
  • My only complaint is that the door for the battery and flash card are flimsy plastic
  • flash
  • Great features, flash, and low-light performance
  • The flash is very
  • The flash is very, VERY slow compared to other Canon
 
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interface

5

  • easy to understand and well thought out user interface
  • Fast performance, useful 12 mp, build quality, very high image quality, easy to understand and well thought out user interface, HD video and HDMI interface, nice colours and beautiful shape make it a real eyecatcher (imho ofcourse
 

exposure

5

  • Impressively reliable metering/exposure
 

viewfinder

0.5

  • Tiny viewfinder
  • Tiny optical viewfinder
  • Tiny optical viewfinder, price
  • • The minuscule viewfinder is pretty superfluous
  • Viewfinder too small
  • Optical viewfinder
  • Viewfinder too small, price, controls too small for some, no HDMI cable
 
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appearance

5

  • Sleek
  • tiny shape
  • Sleek, tiny shape, Built-in accelerometer, Smart Auto mode quickly and accurately adjusts the settings, Face detection quickly detects and tracks multiple faces, Accurate colors
  • nice colours and beautiful shape make it a real eyecatcher (imho ofcourse
  • look
 

sensor

5

  • prob smaller than some cell phone
 

battery

5

  • battery life is limited due to size so a spare battery is a good thing
  • Better than expected battery life
  • and am still showing a full battery on the GUI
  • Battery life is great
 

menu

4.5

  • The selector menu (for macro
  • Simple navigation menu
 

shutter

0.5

  • • No manual control over aperture or shutter speed
  • QUICK SHUTTER
  • FANTASTIC FUNCTIONS, QUICK SHUTTER
 

remote control

0.5

  • no Active Control
  • Awkward zoom control, occasional noise issues, no Active Control
 

sound

0.5

  • Noisy shots
  • Noisy shots, even at low ISOs
  • i even took it to the front row at a Melvins concert this weekend and the sound came across fantastic - you'd think i was holding a boom mic
  • Microphone is surprisingly good, i even took it to the front row at a Melvins concert this weekend and the sound came across fantastic - you'd think i was holding a boom mic
 

black level

5

  • black color
 

reception

2.5

  • face detection
  • sometimes its not easy to notice the blink detection
  • Face detection tech
  • Face detection quickly detects and tracks multiple faces
 

portability

5

  • • A nice ultra-slim
  • pocket-sized dimensions and rounded corners
  • slim profile
  • and it is very pocketable
  • slim
  • light
 
  • and portable
  • The camera is also very small, light, and portable
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size

3

  • The buttons are a little hard to push
  • The buttons are a little hard to push, but I got used to it
  • and I do mean little
  • Great little camera, and I do mean little
 

product quality

5

  • Superb styling and finish
 

connectivity

0.5

  • HDMI and USB connections are a bit fiddly
 

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