Canon Digital IXUS 55 (Powershot SD450 / IXY Digital 60)

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91% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

88% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

100% des avis sur Amazon.fr donnent une note favorable à ce produit.

Very good resolution, Incredibly slim, compact design, Beautifully built and all-metal construction, Excellent color and white balance in most situations, Manual (custom) white balance, Good exposure and generally very reliable focus (using...

Fairly strong purple fringing, Some dynamic range issues (common to cameras using this sensor), Some edge and corner softness at wide angle/max aperture, Battery life when using LCD, No exposure information in record mode except when camera shake is an...

In an ideal world buying an ultra compact camera would not involve any compromise at all.

Quick performance and excellent image quality. Unique "My Color" feature. Sleek and very portable.

A little tricky to operate with larger hands. Menus could be improved. No manual settings.

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Ultracompact design ; Long battery life ; Excellent burst capabilities ; Low shutter lag ; Versatile movie mode

Few manual controls or scene modes ; Image quality is far from stellar

Chromatic aberration cropped up as purple fringing around backlit subject matter, and noise, not much of a problem at ISO 50 or ISO 100, was quite evident at the high end of the sensitivity range (ISO 400). While the flash provided even illumination...

Vibrant, appealing color, Good skin tones, Auto white balance handles a wide range of lighting well, Better than average exposure accuracy, Good lens, generally low distortion (some chromatic aberration at wide settings though), Good shutter response...

Very inaccurate optical viewfinder, Only white balance and EV compensation options in Manual mode, Shutter response at telephoto focal lengths is a little slow, Contrast is a little high, tends to lose highlight and shadow detail under harsh lighting,...

Ultra-compact and stylish ; Lens is probably the best among ultra-thin cameras ; Fairly powerful flash ; Great LCD performance ; Extremely fast ; Unlimited continuous shooting ; Excellent movie mode ; Improved user interface (Not as boring as the old...

Battery life needs to be improved (by a lot!) ; Included memory card is useless (Too small) ; No manual controls ; LCD is lacking resolution ; No special feature to counteract blurring during low-light shooting ; Red-eye ; Some soft photos ; Fairly...

The Canon PowerShot SD450 Digital ELPH is a nice camera - Compact, stylish and fast. It starts up almost instantly and shot-to-shot speed was good. The SD450 Digital ELPH also has one of the best lenses and flash units among ultra-thin cameras as well...