Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50

size, price, usability

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86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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

Both models are superbly compact ; Camera has arge screen and great lens

Prints can be a bit blue ; Slightly less compact than rivals

An irresistible combination. If you want a compact camera and prints wherever you go, then this is the bundle to beat

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...

Some purple fringing, Some edge softness at wide angle/max aperture, Battery life when using LCD not fantastic, No exposure information in record or playback mode, Very little manual control

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

Good video quality ; Ability to shoot video at 60 frames per second ; Images have excellent color and low noise ; 2 shots per second continuous shooting mode ; Fun My Colors mode

Lack of manual controls ; No live histogram

My Colors, good looking, compact design

LCD, viewfinder, 16MB storage card

Aside from My Colours and QuickBright, the IXUS 50 is almost identical to Canon's IXUS 40, which we reviewed in November 2004. The IXUS 50 adds a megapixel, but this will make no difference to standard, 6 x 4 prints. However at A3 it will give...

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

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

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

Ultracompact design; long battery life; excellent burst capabilities; low shutter lag; versatile movie mode.

The SD400 has few manual controls or scene modes; image quality far from stellar.

The SD400's improved image quality makes this high-performance ultracompact one of the better choices in the current Canon Digital Elph lineup.