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Canon IXUS 200 IS / PowerShot SD980 IS / IXY 930 IS Reviews

$290.88

Small ; good lens specs ; appropriate mix of touch and button controls ; HDMI output ; excellent... (cnet.com)

Some things are meant to look pretty just like how Canon's IXUS cameras have always been head... (hardwarezone.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Canon IXUS 200 IS / PowerShot SD980 IS / IXY 930 IS

We have collected and analyzed 32 expert reviews and 119 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 76/100 and users rate it 72/100. The average review date is September 29, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 556317 reviews from other Digital Compact Cameras. The alaScore™ for this product is 94/100 = Excellent. Last update: November 19, 2009.

alaSCORE 94

940100

151 reviews

November, 2009

76 / 100

32 Experts

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72 / 100

119 Users

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from $290.88

Expert Reviews (32)

US

Canon PowerShot SD980 IS (silver)

By (cnet.com)

Small ; good lens specs ; appropriate mix of touch and button controls ; HDMI output ; excellent photo color, exposure

Wide-screen LCD size misleading ; touch-screen interface not for everyone ; no optical zoom while recording movies

The Canon PowerShot SD980 IS is a very good touch-screen camera for those on the fence about using a touch-screen camera.

The Canon PowerShot SD980 IS is a bit of a reworking of the SD960 IS. General...

Rating

76100

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cnet.com
US

Canon IXUS 200 IS - The IXUS Touch (Now with Video!)

By Vincent Chang (hardwarezone.com)

Some things are meant to look pretty just like how Canon's IXUS cameras have always been head turners. Enter the new IXUS 200 IS, one of the sleekest compacts with a 12.1MP sensor, 24mm wide-angle lens and capable of 720p video recording. Oh, and did ...

Here are some of the key specifications of the IXUS 200 IS to get you ready for our in-depth review in the following pages

Rating

80100

hardwarezone.com
US

Canon PowerShot SD980 IS

By PJ Jacobowitz (pcmag.com)

Canon's PowerShot SD980 IS ($329.99 list) is the company's first point-and-shoot camera to feature a touch-screen LCD. The good news: The camera's display is well implemented, with intuitive navigation options, and support for touch-based focusing. ...

Responsive touch screen with intuitive interface. Fast shooting speeds. 720p30 HD video capture. 24mm wide-angle lens. Accelerometer-based navigation. Mini HDMI out

Significant barrel distortion at wide angle lens position. Soft image details at the edge of the frame

Canon's first touch-screen point-and-shoot camera, the PowerShot SD980 IS masters the touch-screen shooting experience, but some wide-angle image-quality issues hold it back from true greatness.

Performance ResultsLike most other Canon point and shooters, such as the...

Rating

60100

pcmag.com

User Reviews (119)

US

"Its really a good product. Good value for money."

By wlxfeedpartner4 (cnet.com)

Model is really stylish !!! 

Its picture quality is too good. Canon make a real good package

No cons as such.... They can make better cameras than this to give good compition to compititors

US

"Best compact camera available."

By epreci (cnet.com)

The Canon SD980IS has to be one of the best c... 

5X zoom\ 24mm wide angle lens, 720p video recording and touch screen interface

Touch screen can be a little hard to work with and the max 720p record time is 10 minutes

US

Canon PowerShot SD980 IS

By lasm (dpreview.com)

+ Innovative Face detection with touch screen very practical, especially the feature to allow Face detection with self-timer makes group photo shots fun.. +Touch to focus useful and fast.. +Plenty of features take a long while for beginner to out-grow...

Power-on button too small, and fragle.. almost require the use of finger nail to operate ; Camera mode switch similarly filmsy and fragile ; Choosing image by flickering or fanning motion gimmicky and inpractical ; Touch screen requires more pressue than...

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