Canon Powershot SD450 / IXUS 55 Digital Camera

Pros: Ultra compact, 2.5" LCD, 5 megapixels, very fast, user friendly, and ISO 50 sensitivity
Cons: Average battery life, red-eye, chromatic aberration, and noisy ISO 400 images

Canon has long been the leading player in the ultra-compact digicam business and the new Canon Powershot SD450/Digital IXUS 55 digital camera clearly demonstrates why. This digicam is truly tiny, but Canon's engineers managed to stuff a 5 megapixel CCD ...

Pros: Huge screen, compact size, weight, looks nice, fast, pleasing photos
Cons: Red eye, not much manual control, low LCD resolution, no substantial improvement over SD400

After Canon released the 5-Megapixel Canon PowerShot SD450, I decided to find out how much different it is from the Canon SD400. On the surface, it seemed that the only difference would be the larger LCD screen (2.5-inch vs. 2-inch on SD400). I have ...

Pros: Small, overall good photos, good movie mode, nice build quality (except for battery door), price.
Cons: Very cheesy battery door. Small size lends itself to camera shake. Soso battery life.

ANOTHER ELPH The Canon Digital Elph series has been around a while now, and it is still available in retail store chains - now at a nice low price, too. In the Canon camera lineup the Elphs have always been known as the small, stylish, and usually ...

Pros: Tiny, very pretty, big LCD screen, My Colors feature, awesome multiple drive mode, very responsive
Cons: Problems with flash, doesn't do too well in low light conditions

When the battery contacts on my Olympus C40 (camera #1) started becoming cranky, I knew the search for another compact camera was on. It's just too much hassle to try to massage more performance out of a camera that claims your freshly-charged batteries ...

Pros: Lots! Size. Colors. Ease of use. Battery life.
Cons: Manual mode isn't actually a manual mode. It's a filthy lie!

I love this camera. It goes with me everywhere. What I like: The size: It's small enough to fit in my pocket comfortably and big enough to hold comfortably. Battery Life: The battery is small and light, yet lasts about 2 days with frequent ...

Pros: Small, light, does video/pictures well. Having a small camera means you'll bring it along.
Cons: Red Eye (all compacts have this issue), battery life could be better.

I bought this camera to bring along with me on a family vacation. I didn't feel like lugging my dSLR (digital single lens reflex) along with me along with the lenses and I also wanted something that could capture video/audio. I did a lot of research (I ...

Pros: Great picture quality and a viewfinder option for when the screen is not visible
Cons: Only 3x optical zoom and advanced features may take some reading

The current trend in camera purchases right now is that everyone wants the "small" and "cute" cameras that fit in a purse or a pocket. To be completely honest, most of these cameras are not worth half of what it will cost to fix it once it is broken from ...

Pros: Compact and good looking
Cons: No linux drivers!

This Canon Digital comes in a range of guises, depending on the market where it is purchased; the one on review here is actually listed as an Ixy60 - the Japanese number (why the US & UK models are Ixus 55 anyone can guess). This camera was purchased ...

Pros: Movie mode, large display screen, feature laden
Cons: Only fair still image quality. A little heavy likely because of metal case.

I've had this camera for several months now. Previously, I had a Fuji A-210 (3MP) which took beautiful pictures. (See my other reviews for a review of the Fuji A-210) I was a little surprised to find this camera didn't quite measure up with the Fuji's ...

Pros: Extremely small and lightweight, easy to use, HUGE view screen
Cons: Because of lightweight, non-metal body, camera is fragile and can be broken without care

After buying an Olympus Camedia C-50 Zoom and having it break due to the sliding cover piece, I decided to buy a small, high-quality camera without a sliding lens cover. After searching online from various electronic ranking websites (like cnet.com), I ...

Pros: Size, Huge LCD, Optical Zoom
Cons: No battery Meter, Blurry Pictures, Noisy Pictures

I was in the market for a new digital camera and my number one selling point was getting a camera that was of a good quality and price that was small. I don't know about other people, but I hate having to carry around some huge camera because in the end ...

Pros: Excellent camera, definitely worth it!
Cons: Takes time to get used to all of the features.

Owning this camera was actually an accident for me. I received a kodak digital camera for Christmas, exchanged it for a lower pixel (comparable price) canon camera. Well, luckily the screen broke on my new canon camera after it had been dropped. I ...

Pros: Light weight, small, nice looking
Cons: Red eye, flash and low light problems, image stability

I have owned my SD450 for just about one year now. It was a replacement for a failing Minolta Digital S414. I read the reviews, asked the necessary questions, checked some actual photos and thought this was "THE" camera for me. Wrong! No doubt the ...

Pros: This camera that takes great photos and a good package of features.
Cons: If it's broken, it doesn't mater how good the picture would have been.

I had this camera for a year and it worked fine: great pictures, good battery life, and easy to use menus. I was delighted. I have wonderful pictures from vacations. The menu organizations was good and I was able adjust the camera for a variety of ...

Pros: Bigger screen than the SD 400
Cons: Cannon customer service if broken

If you have read my review for the SD 400, you will know that it has been recently updated. After 4 months of service, the flash went out so it was going have to be repaired by me or sent to Cannon for warranty work that would tke like 10 days. Despite ...