Canon PowerShot S400 / IXUS 400 Digital Camera

Pros: Solid picture quality; handy size; unparalleled ease of use.
Cons: Red eye is an issue when the camera automatically selects the flash mode.

The Canon S400 is wonderful for anyone looking for a snapshot camera. The picture resolution (4 megapixels) and photo quality give you excellent photographs. The 3X optical zoom gives you good range. The pictures I take and print with my S400 are ...

Pros: Small, good looking, easy to use, high image quality, solid construction, good battery life
Cons: Small, overly complex menus, poor wide-angle, limited zoom

S400 Review: It took me several weeks of research before I finally purchased the S400. I had been looking for a higher mega-pixel replacement for my (excellent) Fuji MX-1700). My first stop was Fuji, since the quality of images produced by my ...

Pros: Awesome pictures, plenty of manual controls
Cons: No uncompressed images, very unreliable, hot

I purchased the Canon Digital Elph PowerShot S400 in Seattle while traveling, in January 2004. The industrial design of the camera is dead sexy. You will be amazed how many features Canon have jammed into this tiny case. I am easily impressed by such ...

Pros: Great look. Ease of use. Good quality photos. Panoramic and video modes with sound.
Cons: Price (sometimes), battery can run down quickly.

Look and feel: The camera is relatively small and is a suitable size and shape to hold. The silver and brushed metal look is very stylish and looks absolutely brilliant although is prone to finger marks (if that worries you). The LCD display in the back ...

Pros: Size, 4Mp, easy to use features, fast on time, fast shutter response
Cons: None

UPDATE: I have now owned this camera for over a year and have taken roughly 7000 pictures with it. I still highly recommend this camera. Some of the comments made by other reviewer over failures when subjected to rapid temperature changes don't hold true ...

Pros: Small, fun, stylish, plenty of features and just awesome
Cons: have trouble takeing the picture when i really want it.

This is my first big money purchase I have ever made. Its cost me $998 Australian dollars but I love it and I call it my baby. Ive had it since December and I took it on my cruise holiday around the pacific island and the photos turned out great! they ...

Pros: highly functional, easy to use, small, looks good
Cons: inconvenient to recharge battery, small LCD screen, insufficient Compactflash card

I've used my 35mm camera for years. It always satisfied the need to capture those precious moments, especially since I'm not very trigger-happy when it comes to taking pictures. However, times change and I felt the occasion has arrived for me to step ...

Pros: Very small, quality finish, anti-glare screen, easy point-and-shoot auto mode, great low-light manual mode
Cons: Weak flash, battery life

Now that I've had the Canon PowerShot S400 Digital Elph 4 Megapixel camera for over a year, I'll update my initial review (below). I chose the Canon S400 specifically for a cycling trip through Tuscany, Italy. I wanted a very small, high mega-pixel ...

Pros: Great pictures, features, easy and fun to use, small
Cons: No battery indicator, batteries run out quicker with LCD on

Make no mistake, this is a powerful camera. It has an excellent number of features. It is so small that you can easily fit it into your pockets and take it with you everywhere. You do have to keep in mind that it is a "point and shoot", so don't ...

Pros: small, compact, fast start, great pictures, metal body, great LCD
Cons: some manual functions, battery life

I have been interested in finding the right digital camera and have been researching for it for a lo ...

Pros: Zoom range, photo quality, extra features, compatibilty with Mac, size.
Cons: Can't change zoom during movie mode, camera case sold separately.

Good Points: Very good quality images captured with this camera. Even on medium 1 resolution (1600 x 1200) and fine compression (giving approx 50 images per 32Mb Compact Flash Card) you can zoom in to see minute detail. The 3x optical zoom gives the ...

Pros: Small, 4 megapixels, sleek looking, no delay to snap a picture, idiot proof
Cons: Videos are low resolution, battery life is okay, 32 MB card is inadequate

The S400 is my first digital camera, and only the second camera I have ever owned. I've had it for almost two weeks now. I choose it for: 1) Small size 2) Great pictures 3) Ease of use 4) Little to zero picture delay I was also considering the ...

Pros: Great design, compact size
Cons: Ineffective warranty, not robust enough to live through normal use

I bought an S400 seven months ago and was very happy with it. Recently, however, it stopped working without warning. When I sent it in to the factory service center, I discovered something very troubling about the camera that had I known earlier would ...

Pros: Easy to use, great features, good quality
Cons: Optional case is large

I have had the ixus 400 for some time now. The camera is very straight forward to use and very easy to take high quality pictures. Aesthetically the camera is very good, the sleek lines and the rounded edges make this and the ixus 500 look better ...

Pros: Small, light and good picture quality
Cons: Warning (something you must never do with this camera)

Let me start off by saying the Canon S400 is a very good small camera. Picture quality is decent, however, many times it's a hit or miss affair. Many images tend to come out soft and sometimes downright blurry. The lack of focus could be due to the fact ...