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Canon Digital IXUS 85 IS Compact Camera - Silver (10 MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5 inch High Resolution PureColor LCD II
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(4.5 out of 5)
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Most Helpful First | Newest First | + Share191 of 192 people found the following review helpful:
Brilliant little camera with easy-to-use functionality
(5 out of 5) by Dr. O. Discombe on Oct 21, 2008 (Milton Keynes)I bought this camera from Amazon in October 2008, which came with a free case that made the whole package very good value. I am no photo professional, so this camera is perfect for a layperson like myself who just wants to point and shoot! Delivers nice pictures; actually 10 megapixel gives lots of unwanted (!) details on your skin, too.. I am glad I didn't go for the 12 megapixel option, which would be too much for the leisure user (each photo becomes too large in size too, using up your SD card space quickly). Overall, this is an impressively small camera that does everthing it's supposed to do quite nicely. The functionalities are straightforward and easy to use as well.
58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent camera
(5 out of 5) by Ian Norris on Feb 4, 2009 (UK)This camera is excellent. It is very small and compact but packs a real punch. The image quality is very good (if you don't compare it to a Digital SLR) and it also has pretty good video quality too.
Features worth mentioning are that it also allows you to record video clips for as long as your memory card (and battery) will allow. It also has a funky time lapse video record mode that allows you to record over a long period of time and have a short video clip at the end of it. Very fun to play with.
The image stability makes a noticable difference to image quality, especially in lower light conditions so definitely get a camera with it on if you can.
The battery life I would consider 'very good' but not excellent. It did run out on me when recording a two hour long time lapse clip, but it had been used a bit before that too. To conserve power it turns the screen off when using this feature so they have clearly thought it through.
This is a very competent camera with a lot of positive features and I can't really say anything bad about it.
Features worth mentioning are that it also allows you to record video clips for as long as your memory card (and battery) will allow. It also has a funky time lapse video record mode that allows you to record over a long period of time and have a short video clip at the end of it. Very fun to play with.
The image stability makes a noticable difference to image quality, especially in lower light conditions so definitely get a camera with it on if you can.
The battery life I would consider 'very good' but not excellent. It did run out on me when recording a two hour long time lapse clip, but it had been used a bit before that too. To conserve power it turns the screen off when using this feature so they have clearly thought it through.
This is a very competent camera with a lot of positive features and I can't really say anything bad about it.
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
canon IXUS 85 IS Compact Camera
(5 out of 5) by J. Barber on Feb 6, 2009 (UK)A brilliant camera packed full of features. A shame that the hand book does not detail all the feature for handy reference. However features are fully explained on CD. Was not worth getting the old camera repaired for the price of this one. Would highly recommend this product.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
best option
(5 out of 5) by N. Tobin on Apr 29, 2009I bought one of these a couple of years ago and it is brilliant; the best camera of its type I have seen. The anti-shake feature is fantastic. I paid much more than current prices and still think it was great value. I take photos for professional brochures and prefer it to my SLR.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
great camera
(4 out of 5) by A. Bruce on Mar 16, 2009 (Manchester UK)fantastic camera, easy to use for point and click photos but also powerful enough for professional photography. this is a must by.
Only critisicm is that the instruction manual for the more advanced features is on a disc and needs to be printed out. Would have been 5 stars if a full manual was sent in the box.
Only critisicm is that the instruction manual for the more advanced features is on a disc and needs to be printed out. Would have been 5 stars if a full manual was sent in the box.