'The SX20's video quality is very decent as well.'
'It's image quality is superb, the controls and menu are easy to use, and its video mode is almost good enough to make you leave your dedicated camcorder at home when you go on holidays.'
'The 10-megapixel camera has as solid feature set for a novice photographer who's ready to move beyond snapping photos in automatic mode.'
' The Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS is an affordable pocket camera with an interesting variety of shooting modes, excellent image quality, and optical image stabilisation.
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'the Canon SD960 is very comfortable in the hand.'
'Measuring a mere 0.87 inches thick and made from rigid aluminum, the SD960 is easily transportable in a jeans or shirt pocket, and only weighs 5.11 ounces.'
'You can't go wrong with Canon Powershots (their name for these little cameras).'
'the SD960 is small, reasonably good-looking, and available in different colors-- silver, gold, blue, and pink .'
'In truth, there's not a lot about the A590 that really jumps out in an initial evaluation.'
'great camera'
'an "Easy" mode which reduces complexity of the on-screen information overlay and disables all external controls except for the shutter button, flash button and zoom lever.'
'JPEG compression setting (normal to superfine, which is appreciably lossless), face detection, and a wide range of selectable resolutions, including matted widescreen modes'
'The Canon A580 automatically detects, tracks, focuses and optimizes the exposure on up-to nine forward looking human faces in the frame or can lock onto a specific face in the crowd, ensuring that all (or one) are in focus and properly exposed, with or without flash.'
'This camera doesn't do anything poorly, and does a host of things quite well.'
'At 3.75 inches wide and just over 1 inch thick, the unit is slightly too big to park comfortably in a shirt pocket'
'It is a lightweight and compact digital camera, allowing the camera to fit unobtrusively into a small purse or shirt-pocket, and be whipped out easily to capture a memorable moment.'
'a generous 11 Scene modes keep the camera approachable for beginners'
'This camera doesn't do anything poorly, and does a host of things quite well.'
'a generous 11 Scene modes keep the camera approachable for beginners'
'[Canon camera naming scheme can sometimes be quite confusing: in Japan and Europe the Canon PowerShot SD950 IS Digital ELPH is known as the Canon Digital IXUS 960 IS'
'the finder cut off a significant portion of the bottom of the frame'