Canon Digital IXUS 90 IS - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Canon IXUS 90 IS a stylish digital camera that should fit quite easily into a pocket. It has 10 megapixels, a 3x optical zoom lens and a large 3 inch LCD screen.

Review summary: The Canon Powershot SD790 IS finds itself among a too crowded market of ultra-compact digital cameras which produce better images than this one. It seems like in its quest for producing a tiny low-cost digital camera, Canon compromised too much on image q

Pros: Nicely saturated colors, Accurate exposure, Good white-balance, Good overall image sharpness, Quick focus in good light, Fast and responsive, Quick flash recycling, Excellent LCD visibility, Decent battery life for a recent ultra-compact

Cons: High loss of details in long exposures, Quite noisy from ISO 800, Sacry vignetting visible, Mild barrel distortion at wide-angle, Some corner softness, Chromatic aberrations, Slow but accurate focus in low light, Difficult to hold securely, Buttons too fl

Verdict: If you can deal with the camera's wheel and can stomach its price, the IXUS is one of the top performers here in terms of photo quality.

Review summary: Superb, stylish, solid... but sabotaged by poor controls

Pros: Solid build and sexy styling. Exceptional shots. Great image stabiliser.

Cons: Convoluted controls. Pricey. Only 3x zoom.

Verdict: This new model certainly looks like a fresh approach - gone is the original boxy shape and, indeed, Canon's more recent trend for curvy edges. In is a very tasty and unique bevelled edge and, thankfully, the 90 IS feels like a premium camera. No lightweig