Canon PowerShot SD1000 / Digital IXUS 70 Digital Camera

Pros: Small, fast turn-on, easy to use, most default settings fine.
Cons: Making manual adjustments to exposure difficult

One of the smallest ultracompacts available in US now (May/June 2007); very good value.

Very easy to use (purchased as gift for spouse). I really like the fact that it still has an optical viewfinder (useful in bright outdoor settings).

Most of the default settings or automatic settings are quite good. Changing some of the settings are not quite as intuitive as one would like (cycling flash options, for example--turning red-eye on/off is from the tools menu, rather than just cycling the flash button).

Turns on/off pretty quickly (on the order of 1 second or so).

Battery life also appears excellent.

Pros: Great picture quality.
Cons: Fragile

This camera takes great pictures for the price and you won't regret your purchase. Canon cameras in general are the best digital cameras in the market and they take the best pictures.

Pros: Compact camera size with large lcd screen, Incredible battery life.
Cons: Can't think of any.

My wife and I bought this camera right before our wedding. This is our 8th digital camera. Before purchasing I assumed that all digital camera's eat battery's after about 20-50 pictures taken. I was always so disappointed with digital camera's until we bought the SD1000. We took almost 350 pictures at our wedding before it warned us of low battery. The pictures turned out great, the price was fantastic, the rechargeable lithium battery lasts forever, the speed of the camera is better than I have ever seen and the size of the camera is ideal. I will never buy any other camera brand then Canon.

Pros: compact, easy, decent tools
Cons: short battery life, sub-par zoom

This camera works great for basic usage. It's compact and portable. It's easy to use - perfect for point and shoot photography.

The battery life is short, so I always carry 1-2 spare batteries with me. The zoom is not stellar, which is expected.

I especially like using the timer tool and color swap.

Pros: Portable, good LCD display, using the basics is easy
Cons: Zoom not that great, challenging to take low light photos

After owning a Canon PowerShot 3.2 mega pixel camera for several years, my wife and I decided to upgrade to a smaller, more powerful camera. We found a great deal at an office supplies store (that I would rather not name due to their continued poor service) and purchased the SD1000 Digital Elph for $149 in November 2007 during a Black Friday sale. After purchasing my first Canon maybe just 5 years ago at more than twice the price (and that was a good deal back then), I could not believe the quality that this camera provided. It is powerful at 7.1 mega pixels and, more importantly to us, very compact, taking up less than half the space we had with our old camera. The menus took some getting used to, but the large display is great, and shooting and downloading pictures is easier than before. I did discover a few challenges taking photos with poor lighting that I had not experienced with my old camera, but found settings to combat that (a little inconvenient though). I have not tried the movie feature yet, but I have a camcorder for that anyways.

Pros: Compact size, cool features, great action shots
Cons: Flash is a little slow, screen is smaller than I would like

I got this camera for Christmas last year and started playing around with it immediately.  There are some really cool features on it such as Color Accent where you can pick a color that you want to show up and everything else in the picture is black and white.  The pictures look awesome!  One thing I really don't like about it is that it is nearly impossible to take a picture without the flash on.  The pictures always come out blurry.

Pros: size, quality of pictures
Cons: price (when I bought it, although now it is less expensive_

I bought this camera as my third digital camera. I like the compactness of it, the battery lasts quite a long time, is really easy to charge (comes with an electrical outlet charger), and takes great pictures.

It is very easy to use which was important to me. You can use the Auto feature and still take great pictures.

Pros: cant make a better body. the looks. 2.5 inch screen in such compact space
Cons: battery good, but panasonic fx01 was better, the (picture quality of fx01 was pathetic)

Used it for about a week now. I have used more bulkier canons and sonys, and have decided that everywhere carryability is more important than some extra manual features. Ixus 70 has a lot of manual features, though. The picture is very good. I compared with my sony w1, which is also a fantastic camera. But pics of ixus is more correctly coloured, whereas sony tends to be a bit sweet - like dressing up. No dont get me wrong its a minor feeling. sony is also very good. Ixus 70 is the best.

Pros: Speed, quality of colours and sharpness, hardly any purple fringing.
Cons: Lack of manual control over aperture and shutter speed.

This compact has to be one of the best I have ever had. Blows away the competition with crisp colours, little purple fringing and good speed. Another well-thought through, well-made, Canon product!!

Pros: Good looking, great pictures
Cons: Battery life sucks

Great good looking camera. It will fit your pocket, so you have every opportunity to take it with you and use it! But poor battery life, when you use your flash it will be dry in just a few shots. Good quality pictures, even with just 2.1 megapixels. Its great for quality snapshots.

Pros: Compact. Sleek. Easy to use.
Cons: TERRIBLE TERRIBLE PHOTO QUALITY unless you are under full sun.

Got an excellent service from S-410 for over 2 years. Then i dropped it and broke its LCD. Hence i started looking for a digital camera. It had to be CANON since it gives best photo quality. I looked at my options and like SD1000 although i did see some people complaining about its picture quality. Well, i have had the camera for over a month now... guess what.... CANON let me down. Something about this model, it is terrible. Unless you are taking picture in the beach under full sun, you will NOT get quality. Your WILL get dithered.

Pros: compact, easy to use
Cons: has more features than I would ever use

What a great little camera, compact and easy to use, even for an amateur like me. With a price of only $199 online from RitzCamera and a 3% rebate if you log into ConsumerClub.com, it is a true great deal!
Can recommend it to anyone.

Pros: amazingly clear pictures; lightweight and VERY DURABLE; neat adjustments; simple layout of menus and options.
Cons: Some adjustments (color accents and color swaps) aren't available with flash.

After using several digital cameras, I've finally found the one I'd like to say I'll keep forever. I've used Kodak, Sony, and another Canon that I didn't feel were appropriate for my level of experience and knowledge. The PowerShot is perfect for both the average user (like myself) as well as advanced users (like my wife) who know what most of those buttons do! The one feature that really sold me was the ability to take pictures with color accents and color replacements. For instance, if you wanted to take a picture with only one color visible and the rest grey-washed, all it takes is two pushes of a button to adjust the camera to do so. If an average user like myself can manage that, anyone could!

Pros: Great picture quality; lots of controls; large screen; optical view-finder; included SD card.
Cons: SD card is only 32 MB; some darkened edges or purple fringing

The camera is sleek, fits nicely in my small hand, has simple controls and does exactly what is expected. However, every professional review I read spoke about purple fringing and this is definitely the case.

While the effects of the purple fringing can be reduced by limiting the use of the Flash, if you're thinking about taking pictures for anything more than just personal use, the darkened edges are noticeable.

Pros: Good picture image when it actually takes one
Cons: MASSIVE PROBLEM WITH UNRELIABLE LENSE FUNCTION. DO NOT BUY

I bought my ixus 70 at the end of January. By the end of March the lens was playing up and kept saying "lens error" Its currently in for repair but at 4 months old I just want my money back. I dont trust the thing. It had other issues but I think they all relate to the malfunction of the lense.