User Comments : Canon Digital IXUS 200 IS Digital Camera

The 12 megapixel Canon 200 IS also offers a 5x optical zoom lens with an ultra-wide 24mm setting and Optical Image Stabilization, 720p HD video with an HDMI output connection, Smart Auto mode with Scene Detection Technology, the f/2.8 lens goes from a 24mm wide-angle to 120mm telephoto, there are ISO speed ratings from 80 to 1600, shutter speeds as long as 15 seconds, and a maximum resolution of 4,000 x 3,000 pixels.

And although the picture quality is excellent for a point-and-shoot compact, 12MP is pushing it for the tiny 1/2.3 sensor. (With the G11, for example, Canon has gone backwards to 10MP from the G10's 14.7MP, and the 200 IS is trying to extract more pixels per square centimetre than the G10.)

Like the simultaneously released IXUS 120 IS, it offers a 12.1-megapixel effective resolution and very similar functionality, but boasts a lens starting wider at 24mm, rather than 28mm, making the 200 IS the debutant of such a wide-angle lens in the Digital IXUS range. A 5x optical zoom, hidden within the body when the camera is switched off, also provides a greater range of framing and compositional options than the regular 3x. It offers an equivalent 24-120mm focal range, in old 35mm terms.

Sensibly the IXUS 200 IS features a large rear LCD screen at 3-inches in size and in widescreen format, meaning that regular 4:3 format still images appear on screen with bands left and right, as when watching a analogue-era TV programme on a new digital HD set.

I just bought the Canon ixus 200 is The Canon Digital 200 IS camera is a designer camera aimed at the photographer who chooses convenience. So don't expect to find extensive settings such as aperture or shutter speed.

The base of the camera meanwhile features a standard screw thread for attaching this IXUS to a tripod, plus a sliding door protecting both the SD/SDHC card port (with no internal memory to fall back on) and slender build rechargeable lithium ion battery, it can compatible with canon nb-1lh battery. Battery life is however better than recent IXUS siblings at 240 shots from a full charge, but again that's adequate rather than class leading.

While using the IXUS 200 IS proves fun and its operation intuitive, that price still troubles us for what is a fairly basic point and shoot camera, funky touch screen operational extras aside.

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