Canon Ixus III Photo Kit

Many features are offered and this provides good value for money: zoom, red eye reduction, flash, timer, time/date and a feature that allows you to put things like "congratulations" on your pictures. Admittedly this last one is fairly useless.

The Ixus III is also very stylish, so you don't have to be embarrassed about having a naff point and press camera. The electric blue LCD display is also a smart and useful feature. I like the film load method: you push a button and after a little whirring noise the film compartment opens up :).
The lens is kept safe by the sliding door, and by opening this door the camera is switched on.

The camera feels good quality, it is reassuringly heavy but not inconveniently so. It is constructed from aluminium, which most APS cameras are not.

The image quality is good, obviously it does not compare with an SLR, but you get what you pay for and you would be hard-pressed to find a superior image quality on a cheaper/alternate model. For an APS camera it has a decent lens, the most advanced I could find when I bought it, 6 elements in 6 groups, with an aspherical lens.

Cons? The view finder is a bit small, but this is hardly a big disadvantage in an otherwise excellent camera.

Conclusion/opinion:
Even if this is slightly out of you price range it is well worth the money, for its stylish and invincible qualities. However, it is priced competetively and is a great buy, especially for Canon.

Many features are offered and this provides good value for money: zoom, red eye reduction, flash, timer, time/date and a feature that allows you to put things like "congratulations" on your pictures. Admittedly this last one is fairly useless.

The Ixus III is also very stylish, so you don't have to be embarrassed about having a naff point and press camera. The electric blue LCD display is also a smart and useful feature. I like the film load method: you push a button and after a little whirring noise the film compartment opens up :).
The lens is kept safe by the sliding door, and by opening this door the camera is switched on.

The camera feels good quality, it is reassuringly heavy but not inconveniently so. It is constructed from aluminium, which most APS cameras are not.

The image quality is good, obviously it does not compare with an SLR, but you get what you pay for and you would be hard-pressed to find a superior image quality on a cheaper/alternate model. For an APS camera it has a decent lens, the most advanced I could find when I bought it, 6 elements in 6 groups, with an aspherical lens.

Cons? The view finder is a bit small, but this is hardly a big disadvantage in an otherwise excellent camera.

Conclusion/opinion:
Even if this is slightly out of you price range it is well worth the money, for its stylish and invincible qualities. However, it is priced competetively and is a great buy, especially for Canon.