Review of the Canon IXUS 50 Digital Camera

The review of the Canon IXUS 50 all in all does Canon takes the compact series of Digital IXUS cameras seriously. Times of design and compactness are over, the application of true power and quality comprehension turn the Canon Digital IXUS 50 digital camera into a product that already stands out before even taking it into your hands. The specifications are highly promising and practice will decide whether the camera lives up to these expectations.

Housing of the Canon IXUS 50
The metal housing feels solid. The only disadvantage of this type of material is the fact that many fingerprints stay behind on the camera, which I find a pity. The camera has a speedy startup time and a 3x optical zoom appears from the small housing. The image sensor consists of a 5 Mega pixel CCD sensor that delivers sufficient resolution to enable fantastic enlarged prints.

Excellent camera of the Canon IXUS 50
The strong trump of Canon, the DIGIC II processor also helps the Canon IXUS 50 to achieve its high performance. The speed at which the camera processes the images, the quality of the video clip and in particularly the high speed of the video clip, is impressive. At this moment, there is not another camera to perform the way the IXUS 50 performs, simply effective. On the whole, we are more than satisfied with this Canon digital camera. The camera lives up to its promised specifications, it proves its quality and the ease of feeling at home in a high-resolution class like this compact camera does, is impressive. If you are looking for a beautifully finished digital camera, a camera from the inheritance of the famous generations of digital cameras should put the Canon Digital IXUS 50 on her or his list. In earlier days, design didn't always go well with speed or quality, but with the IXUS 50 Canon proves that it can go together like peas in a pot.

Easy Usage of the Canon IXUS 50
The new Canon IXUS 50 is a beautiful digital camera. Despite its refined techniques it remains a digital camera with ease of use. Of course nothing is wrong with that. One who seeks more possibilities, more creative control and the possibility for full manual control, should look further. However; if you look for a small handy digital camera that carries enough resolution to replace the present analogue camera; you won't be disappointed that easily by the Canon Digital IXUS 40.

Front Aspect of the Canon IXUS 50
The front of the Canon Digital IXUS 50 is dominated by a compact 3x optical zoom lens with top right from it, a small internal flash. The undersized optical viewfinder is placed right above the lens, and on the left a small light with various functions like an AF assist illuminator or self-timer indication. And for those who wonder what that tiny pinprick is left of the lens; it is the microphone. When we turn the camera towards us to view the topside of it, we also find a few buttons here. The on/off button, tucked inside the housing but easily accessible, is of course meant to activate the camera. Next to it a combined button to handle the zoom with in the center the large release button.

DIGIC II processor of the Canon IXUS 50
There are hardly any limits encountered when cropping a captured moment, thanks to the image sensor with 5 Mega pixel resolutions. The appliance of the advanced DIGIC II processor, which is also found on the latest Canon digital SLR cameras, makes speed a convincing term on the small compact IXUS camera. The second generation DIGIC II processor should guarantee improvements concerning color graduations and precise white balance and should also enable complex processing algorithms without diminishing the overall performance of the Canon IXUS 50 digital camera. Moreover; the fast startup time and the high processing speed of storing the images will make photographing a pleasant activity.