Canon IXUS 700 / PowerShot SD500 / IXY 600 Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1086 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the design. The interface also impresses, but many are less positive about the contrast.

Design, Interface, Resolution, Performance

Contrast, Price, Video, Viewfinder

Reviewers rate this product 84/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras, the Canon IXUS 700 / PowerShot SD500 / IXY 600 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very Godd quality.

When Canon set out to make an ultra compact, ultra high resolution camera, it wasn't as simple as dropping a new CCD into an existing body. The reason for that is due to the size of the CCD sensor itself: on the SD200, SD300, and the new SD400, the ...

Excellent photo quality (though see issues below) ; Compact and very stylish metal body ; Blazing performance ; First rate movie and continuous shooting modes ; Powerful flash for a compact camera ; Unique My Colors feature ; LCD visible in low light ...

Some corner softness and purple fringing ; Redeye is a problem ; Cheap plastic door over memory card / battery compartment ; While an improvement over the other SD series cameras, battery life could be better ; Can't swap memory cards while camera is ...

Canon gives you a 32MB Secure Digital (SD) memory card along with the SD500, which sounds nice at first until you see how many photos that can hold. Since you probably don't know, I'll tell you: it holds nine at the highest quality setting. So you ...