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CNET Australia provides advice for choosing among Canon's Digital IXUS ultra-compact digital camera models.
No fewer than 11 of Canon's ultra-popular, ultra-compact digital cameras are still widely available, some still going strong after a year — remarkable in such a fickle, high-churn market.
For the most part, they're all of equal quality, with extremely similar feature sets. Canon seems to have finally officially dropped the Canon Digital IXUS Wireless, which is more than three years old now, leaving the company without a model with Wi-Fi support.
So if you've set your heart on one of these other sleek little snap shooters, how do you choose among them? Let a salesperson steer you toward the one that happens to be in stock? Perish the thought! Make your own decisions. Here are some guidelines that should help — we hope.
- If you want the cheapest model, your choice is the 80 IS.
- If you want the smallest model, opt for the 100 IS.
- If you want a wide-angle lens, the 870 IS and 110 IS offer 28-112mm-equivalent lenses. The 870 is cheaper, but the 110 offers HD movie capture.
- For the best overall photo quality or fastest model, buy the 90 IS; old, yes, but still the best. Though Canon has offered faster models in the past, none of them are widely available any more, leaving the 90 in front. Its one speed flaw is slow flash shot-to-shot time.
- For the most feature-packed model, which includes a 5x zoom lens, 3-inch LCD and HD movie capture, buy the 990 IS.
- If you want HD movie capture, your choices are the 110 IS and 990 IS; the 110 delivers more bang for the buck.
That's our advice. If you're still undecided, you might as well let the salesperson steer you toward a camera.
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