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CNET have published a review of the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS (Silver) digital camera. 'To give Canon credit, the SX100 retains many of the controls found in the S3 and S5; manual controls tend to fall by the wayside in this camera class. There's still a full complement of manual and semimanual exposure modes, flash and exposure compensation, and three-metering modes. There's also the de rigueur handful of scene modes, plus a decent face detection mode that lets you scroll through found faces to select one. It still takes longer to use than simply picking a face and focusing on it. You do forgo an electronic viewfinder, support for add-on lenses, and a hot shoe with the SX100, though I doubt many potential users would really miss any of them. More irritating is the downfeatured movie capture mode. It does VGA, 30fps movies, but optical zoom doesn't work while shooting them, and the nice separated stereo mics of the S3 and S5 have been replaced with mono sound.'

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DigitalCameraReview have published a review of the Canon Powershot A720 IS digital camera. ‘As this camera is an "IS" model, it has Canon's optical image stabilization system. You can disable IS, use continuous IS, have IS only enabled at the time you shoot, or use "Panning" IS. Each mode has its strengths - continuous IS can help with previewing a shot, but is not as effective as shoot-only IS, which also uses less battery power. If you're trying to shoot a moving subject while you pan, like in a race of some sort, the panning IS mode stabilizes vertical movement, but allows horizontal movement. Lens performance was good overall. There was some fairly noticeable barrel distortion at wide angle, but pincushion distortion was minimal. Details across the frame were excellent.’

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A review of the Canon Powershot SD870 IS digital camera has been posted over at DigitalCameraReview. 'The SD870 is equipped with a 3 inch amorphous silicon TFT 230,000 pixel screen. Without an optical viewfinder, it is essential that the LCD screen provides a clear and accurate representation of the shot. It is becoming increasing popular with P&S designs to “ixnay” the viewfinder in exchange for a larger LCD screen. For example, my own PowerShot SD850 IS is equipped with both an optical viewfinder and a 2.5 inch LCD screen, but I rarely use the viewfinder because it is so small and I can hardly compose a shot through such a small field of view. The 3 inch LCD makes a huge difference and I do not miss the viewfinder on this size and type of camera.'

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A review of the Canon EOS 40D digital SLR camera has been posted over at Camera Labs. 'The EOS 40D’s kit options vary depending on your region. Europe and Australasia have the sensible choice of either the new EF-S 18-55mm IS or the popular EF-S 17-85mm IS USM, while America has the somewhat curious option of the EF 28-135mm IS USM. The latter offers a decent reach, but misses out on wide angle capabilities, but at least all three kit lenses have stabilisation, no doubt a reaction to rival DSLRs with built-in anti-shake facilities. The EOS 40D is of course also available as a body alone. So what we have with the EOS 40D is a camera which appears comfortably superior to Nikon’s D80 and better in many respects to the D200. Indeed the EOS 40D is arguably a mini version of the EOS 1D Mark III with a cropped-frame sensor. Canon clearly took Nikon’s success over the last generation very seriously and after resting on its laurels with the EOS 30D, is now back and fighting.'

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CNET have published a review of the 12-megapixel Canon PowerShot SD950 IS digital camera. ‘In our lab tests, the PowerShot SD950 IS performed well for a 12-megapixel model, though that still makes it slower than some of the other SD models that have fewer megapixels. The camera took 1.3 seconds to start up and capture its first JPEG. After that, it took a slightly sluggish 2 seconds between shots with the flash turned off and 3.5 seconds between shots with the flash turned on. Shutter lag measured a pleasing 0.5 second in our high-contrast test and 1.2 seconds in our low-contrast test, which mimic bright and dim shooting conditions, respectively. In continuous shooting mode, the SD950 IS fell just short of its fancier cousin, the G9, clocking an average of 1.6 frames per second regardless of image size.’

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A review of the Canon EOS 40D DSLR digital camera has been posted over at Pocket Lint. ‘While the build is great, the handling suffers slightly from crammed in buttons round the new, larger screen. However, on balance the key button combinations needed to adjust shooting settings are very good. The main shooting control buttons are placed on the top plate behind the shutter button and control dial. Pressing one, say the ISO/exposure/flash compensation button for example and then spinning either the control dial or the large dial on the back plate adjust one of the variables the button deals with. Ditto the metering, AF, and white balance buttons also ranged across the top plate.’

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DigitalCameraInfo have published a review of the Canon PowerShot S5 IS hybrid digital camera. ‘The Canon PowerShot S5 IS is built to be handled more than the average compact camera. It has a chunky SLR-like grip that is wide enough for big hands. The inner portion of the hand grip has a rubber surface to give fingers a little more to grip. On the back of the camera, the right thumb can cradle the body on the plastic bumps to the left of the multi-selector. There slight bump beside the multi-selector makes a niche that gives users a better grip. The bottom of the camera is nice and wide, with plenty of room for the left hand. Users can hold the camera like a compact model, with the left thumb supporting the bottom and the other fingers wrapped around the side – or users can hold it like a DSLR, with the left palm cradling the bottom and fingers holding the lens.’

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CNET have published a review of the Canon PowerShot G9 digital camera. 'Weighing about 0.2 ounce more than its predecessor--likely the result of the larger LCD--the G9 nevertheless still comes in at just under 13 ounces. Controls cover the areas of the top and back of the camera not covered by the LCD or the optical viewfinder, leaving just enough space for a decent handhold. It's still true that those with large hands may find it difficult to firmly grip the G9 without accidentally covering one button or another. I also found myself wishing that the shutter button and zoom switches were just a bit larger.'

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A review of the Canon PowerShot SD850 IS digital camera has been posted over at Digital Camera Info. 'The front of the Canon PowerShot SD850 IS is branded on the left side with a textured metal Canon logo and a printed model name. There is a Digital Elph logo beside the model name. The right side of the camera’s front is a little busier. The optical zoom lens takes up most of this side. The lens sits flat with the rest of the camera body until it is turned on: it then extends in three segments. Each segment has a shiny chrome ring around its edge. Around the glass itself are specs printed on the rim: "Canon Zoom Lens 4x IS, 5.8-23.2mm 1:2.8-5.5." On the right side of the lens around the outer barrel is the "8.0 Megapixels" label. In the upper right corner of the front is the built-in flash unit. Directly above the lens is an auto focus assist lamp, and to its left is a slightly larger optical viewfinder. There is a tiny dot to the upper left of the lens that serves as the built-in microphone. Overall, the front looks compact and neat.'

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Digital Camera Info have published a review of the slim Canon PowerShot SD750 digital camera. ‘The front of the Canon PowerShot SD750 has a 3x optical zoom lens placed on the right side with a wide, flat ring around it. The ring is black with tiny grooves and is adorned with chrome lettering. On the right side of the ring is a label that boasts the "7.1 Megapixels." Along the inner rim of the lens, on the portion that extends outward, is a string of specs: "Canon Zoom Lens 3x, 5.8-17.4mm 1:2.8-4.9." Interrupting the wide ring along the upper right edge is the built-in flash unit. To the upper left of the lens, on the ring of the SD750, is the auto focus assist lamp. To the lower left of the lens on the black ring is a tiny, hardly noticeable hole for the microphone.’

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A review of the feature-rich Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS digital camera has been posted over at Trusted Reviews. 'Like the rest of the Digital IXUS range, the 950 IS is an expensive camera. It is possible to find one online for £220, but you’re more likely to see it inthe high street for around £260, which is a lot of money for an 8-megapixel compact. That hardly-better-than-average zoom range means that the 950 is going to be competing with a much wider range of models than the equally pricey 850, and most of the competition costs less.

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A review of the Canon Digital IXUS 75 compact digital camera has been posted over at Trusted Reviews. 'As with the IXUS 65, the 7-megapixel IXUS 75 is competing in the busiest sector of the market. There are a lot of 7MP ultra-compacts available from most of the leading brands, so the IXUS 75 is going to have to go some to stand out from the crowd. For starters it’s competing with Canon’s own gorgeous little IXUS 70, which is smaller, prettier and, at around £142 quite a bit cheaper. The IXUS series is a premium brand, so you expect to pay a little extra, but at around £190 the IXUS 75 is decidedly expensive. When it’s competing against cameras like the Casio EX-Z75 (£108), Pentax Optio M30 (£105), Olympus FE-230 (£112), Nikon S500 (£155) and Sony DSC-W80 (£175) it looks more than a bit overpriced. Only the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX30 is more expensive at £234, but that camera does at least offer 3.6x zoom and 28mm wide-angle lens.'

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Trusted Reviews have published their review of the compact Canon Digital IXUS 900 Ti digital camera. 'Like most of Canon’s high-end compacts the 900 Ti has one of the best monitor screens on the market. It is bright, sharp and fast, with excellent contrast and a superb anti-reflective coating to make sure it works just as well in bright sunlight. Unfortunately it also also marks very easily. The camera which I was sent for review had previously been reviewed by someone else, and whoever it was should be ashamed of themselves. I always treat review cameras as what they are; somebody else’s very expensive property. I make sure I return them in the same pristine condition in which I usually receive them, but this one arrived looking like it had been put in a sack full of rocks and shaken for a few hours. While the titanium body was largely unmarked, the monitor screen was covered in scuffs and scratches. Fortunately it still worked perfectly, testament to the camera’s durability, although not to the manners of whoever was responsible.'

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A review of the Canon PowerShot G7 digital camera has been posted over at DPInterface. 'The Canon PowerShot G7 is actually a big-ish but rather flat camera so it should be easy to carry in your coat pocket. The camera was designed with a retro look in mind (just like some of Canon's other cameras recently) and it even comes with two pseudo film camera shutter sounds. The G7 looks utterly stylish but with its design comes some kind of compromise in ergonomics - no proper grip and the tiny shutter button are the main issues. The G7 feels nice and sturdy in hand. The dials are fairly stiff so you can't bump them by accident though the control dial on the back is feels loose and frequently rotates when you just want to press a button. There are many controls on the camera which make important settings easily accessible.'

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Digital Camera Review have published a review of the Canon Powershot SD850 IS digital camera. ‘The camera features a 4x Canon optical zoom lens that provides a 35 to 140mm (35mm film equivalent) focal length range and image stabilizer; a Digic III processor which Canon reports provides improved image quality and functionality, particularly with the Face Detection and Red-Eye Correction technologies; ISO sensitivity to 1600, and an 8 mega pixel sensor and 2.5 inch LCD monitor along with a viewfinder. The SD850 IS targets that portion of the P&S market whose members don’t need or want manual controls. There is the capability for the shooter to make some adjustments to the images produced by the camera in areas such as color, saturation, sharpness, ISO sensitivity, etc., but primarily the SD850 IS was designed to permit the shooter to capture images with minimal fuss on his or her part.’

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CNET have published a review of the 10-megapixel Canon EOS-1D Mark III digital SLR camera. 'At first glance, the 1D Mark III doesn't look all that different from its predecessor, the 1D Mark II N. It still has a built-in vertical grip, with duplicate shutter and control buttons, so you don't lose functionality when changing grips. In fact, from the front, the most noticeable difference is that the Mark III has a steeper slope to the camera top on the nongrip side and a smoother slope from the prism hump on both sides. However, even that is difficult to see unless you're very familiar with both cameras.

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A review of the Canon PowerShot A570IS digital camera has been posted over at Digital Camera Info. ‘The Canon PowerShot A570IS looks very similar to the rest of the Powershot A series cameras. The left side of the camera bulges to form a rounded grip, and it's labeled Canon PowerShot A570IS in trademark type. The telescoping lens assembly features a removable bezel with a rounded profile. The very small optical viewfinder is nearly centered above the lens, and the small flash is in the upper right corner. Three holes form a microphone grille between the grip and the lens. There is a small, multi-purpose lamp near the viewfinder that provides focus assist, a self-timer indicator and red-eye reduction. The edges are rounded, and the body plastic has a two-tone metallic finish.’

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Pocket Lint have published their review of the Canon PowerShot A460 compact digital camera. ‘The PowerShot A460 updates its predecessor, the A430 with a slightly larger 2-inch colour screen and an extra million pixels, bringing the total effective resolution of the new model to 5 million pixels.The camera's rather basic 4x optical zoom lens protrudes from the body as a single barrel which as you may have guessed means while the 460 is compact it is not tiny. The camera’s undoubtedly blocky design does have good ergonomics however, meaning the controls fall nicely to hand and help make the otherwise simple styling carry across to some very simple handling characteristics.’

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PC Magazine have published their review of the Canon PowerShot A460 digital camera. 'The A460's lens is pretty standard—a 4X optical zoom with a 5.4mm-to-21.6mm range (which is equivalent to a 35mm lens with a 38mm-152mm zoom) and corresponding maximum f-stops of f/2.8 to f/5.8. Canon did make a few improvements, though. The camera now boasts a 5-megapixel sensor instead of a 4MP one. It's also got a 2-inch LCD, slightly larger than the 1.8-inch one on the A430. And, most important, the camera's list price is $30 cheaper, at $149.99.

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The Canon PowerShot A550 digital camera has been reviewed over at KenRockwell.com. 'The Canon A550 is photography's best buy as of February 2007. For $199.99 (list price) you get a camera capable of making excellent photos. It's got an excellent, sharp 4x optical zoom and 7.1 Megapixels, far more than enough for making great prints at least 12 x 18" (30 x 40 cm). You can pay more, but you won't get significantly better photos unless you're looking at science lab tests with a very powerful microscope. If you do use that microscope, the A550 is sharper than many more expensive cameras that compromise optical quality in favor of more compact size!'

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The Canon PowerShot A460 digital camera has been reviewed over at CNET. ' The chunky, brick-shaped A460 weighs 7.4 ounces with batteries and memory card, and at 1.6 inches thick, it's a bit too fat to fit in your jeans. The minimalist control layout consists of four buttons and a zoom rocker integrated into a menu-navigating joy pad. This is an irritating design, and large thumbs will be prone to accidentally bumping the zoom in or out, or changing settings such as flash when using the zoom.

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Digital Camera Review have published their review of the compact Powershot SD900 digital camera. 'The SD900 is a new addition to the Powershot line and like many point and shoot cameras in the Canon SD line, it offers virtually no manual controls. The ability to produce images with large file sizes seems tailored for those who wish to print big enlargements or aggressively crop their shots to produce the desired result. Canon provides a wrist strap, battery charger, battery pack, AV and interface cables, a 32MB SD memory card and CD-ROM software with each SD900. With a 10 megapixel sensor that 32MB card won’t last long, so plan on buying one with more capacity. A 4GB card allows for some 950+ images at the largest file size and image quality settings, at least according to the camera’s counter.'

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Trusted Reviews have posted their review of the Canon EOS 400D digital SLR. 'The handgrip is still a bit skinny compared to the generous grips on its Sony and Nikon rivals, but even with my large hands it felt comfortable and secure to hold. It is slightly heavier than its predecessor, weighing 510g body only as opposed to 485g for the 350D, and it is a whole millimetre thicker, measuring 126.5 x 94.2 x 65mm (64mm for the 350D). It is smaller and lighter than the Sony A100, but a little larger and heavier than the Olympus E-400.

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Digital Camera Info have published their review of the PowerShot SD40 digital camera from Canon. 'The Canon PowerShot SD40 follows the SD30 by adding a few more megapixels, a whole new image processor, and a few adjustments to the specs. This 7.1-megapixel Digital Elph comes in four trendy colors and measures smaller than most cell phones. It has a 2.4x optical zoom lens and a 1.8-inch LCD screen. The biggest innovation on the SD40 is the Digic III image processor that touts face detection and noise reduction technology. In September 2006, Canon announced the SD40 along with two other PowerShot cameras. The company claims that its newer Digital Elphs, including the SD40, are designed to be a little more upscale than previous models. The Canon PowerShot SD40 looks to be just that with its stainless steel housing and trendy styling. The digital camera retails for $349.'

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Digital Camera Review have posted their review of the Canon EOS 400D Digital Rebel XTi DSLR camera. 'Announced on the 23rd of August 2006, the Canon EOS 400D is a 10.1 megapixel digital SLR camera with a 2.5" screen - it will accept any Canon EF/EF-S mount lens and is also named Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi in the United States. The Canon EOS 400D DA 18-55mm lens I tested it with is equivalent to 29-88mm on a 35mm camera. The Canon EOS 400D is available from around £479 with lens kit making it excellent value for money for a 10 megapixel digital SLR camera.

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Digital Camera Review have posted their review of the Canon Powershot A710 IS digital camera. 'The A710 IS features the same dependable TTL Contrast Detection 9 focus point AiAF (Advanced intelligent Auto Focus) system as Canon’s other digicams. In all automatic exposure modes the camera defaults to the AiAF system which analyzes the scene in front of the camera and then calculates camera to subject distance to determine which of the 9 AF points is closest to the primary subject and then automatically locks focus on that AF point (closest subject priority), even when the subject is not centered in the viewfinder. Users can also turn off the AiAF and default to the center focus point for classic portraits or traditional landscapes. In aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual mode, the A710 IS utilizes Canon’s proprietary Flexizone AF which defaults to the center focus point or permits users to manually shift that AF point around the central two thirds of the frame for maximum compositional control.

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ePhotoZine have posted their review of Canon's top-of-the-line 10.megapixel Powershot G7 camera. 'The headline feature of the G7 is the form of the whopping 10Mp resolution. Is this more than you actually need? Well, perhaps not. As the camera is aimed at the enthusiast who wants a more convenient camera than a SLR, rather than a happy snapper, then the extra resolution can be put to good use in landscape shots. What''''s startling, and an obvious change from the previous cameras in the series is that the LCD monitor, an admirable 2.5” with a respectable 207k pixels, is fixed to the back of the camera. No flip out and rotate LCD here. This, and the obvious decision to shrink the camera, have resulted in the weight falling from 467g in the G6 to 320g in the G7. Now that''''s a loss Weight watchers would be proud of. Despite this, the camera controls don''''t feel unduly squashed, and there''''s even room for an exciting new addition.'

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Laptop Magazine have posted their review of the 10-megapixel PowerShot SD900 compact digital camera from Canon. 'This champagne-colored digicam looks stylish and feels solid. At 6.7 ounces and 1.1 inches thick, it easily fit into our pocket. Our only complaint about the appearance is how easily the SD900 smudges. After only a few minutes of handling, the camera was loaded with fingerprints.

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Digital Photography Review have posted their review of the 10 megapixel PowerShot A640 digital camera from Canon. ‘The PowerShot A640, launched in August, just before Photokina 06, replaces the popular A620 at the top of Canon's increasingly well-specified 'budget' A series range. The new model gets a bit of a facelift (and a new coat of black paint) as well as a bigger screen, major pixel boost (up from 7MP to 10MP) and a few feature tweaks. Otherwise it offers pretty much everything the A620 did; 4x zoom lens, tilt and swivel LCD, full photographic control and optional converter lenses. And like its predecessor, the A640 was launched with an almost identical twin, the A630, the only major difference being the sensor (8MP as opposed to 10MP). Therefore much of what is said in this review will also be applicable to the A630 (we will be adding A630 IQ results in the new year). The A620 was one of our favorite cameras of the last 12 months, and is a tough act to follow.’

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