Canon digital IXUS i Zoom

Posted on July 22, 2006 | Category: Of mention

After almost 5 good an trouble free years of service, I felt it was time to retire my trusted Canon Powershot A40. It wasn’t really on the agenda but a couple of days ago whilst perusing the DSE (Dick Smith Electronics) store in Victoria Gardens shopping centre I cam across the Canon Digital Ixus i Zoom. The price tag was AU$ 199. I thought that this was kind of odd since it usually retails for AU$ 300+. I went home and checked out a few places on the internet and sure enough the prices I found for it ranged between AU$350-410!! So I went back to DSE today and bought it (lucky me they had two left).

Now for the downside to this story…The Ixus i Zoom ships with a 16Mb memory card. So I bought a DES brand 1Gb card. I managed to take a couple of pictures with the DES card and then started getting a memory card error. What the f*** I thought, this is a brand new card (or is it?). I slotted the card in a car reader and what do you know the card was almost full with some Nike commercials and some mp3 music files (thank you very much). I tried all sorts of things, but to no avail – the card was and is dead. It has a lifetime warranty so I’ll get it changed tomorrow.

As for the camera (in the meantime with the 16Mb card) so far, so good. I’m very happy and impressed with what I’m seeing. Anyhow, here are the specs of it (a review of it is available at dpreview):

Sensor	• 1/2.5 ” Type CCD • 5.0 million effective pixels
Image sizes	• 2592 x 1944 • 2048 x 1536 • 1600 x 1200 • 640 x 480
Movie clips	• 640 x 480 (10 fps) Up to 1 GB • 320 x 240 (20 fps) Up to 1 GB • 160 x 120 (15 fps) Up to 3 minutes
File formats	• Still: JPEG • Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG) • Sound: WAVE (monaural sound) Up to 60 seconds per image
Lens	• 38 – 90 mm (2.4x zoom) • F3.2 – F5.4
Digital zoom	Up to 4x
Focus	TTL
AF area modes	• 9-point AiAF • 1-point AF
Focus distance	• 10 cm macro
Metering	• Evaluative • Center weighted average • Spot (center)
ISO sensitivity	• Auto • ISO 50 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400
Exposure compensation	• +/-2EV • 1/3 stop increments
Shutter speed	• 15 – 1/1600 sec • Noise reduction for shutter speeds slower than 1.3 sec
Shooting modes	• Auto • Manual • Macro • Portrait • Landscape • Night snapshot • My Color (9 settings) • Scene • Stitch assist • Movie
Scene modes	• Foliage • Snow • Beach • Fireworks • Indoor • Underwater • Kids & Pets
White balance	• Auto • Daylight • Cloudy • Tungsten • Fluorescent • Fluorescent H • Custom
Self timer	• 2 or 10 secs • Custom
Continuous shooting	1.8 fps (until memory card full)
Image parameters	• Vivid • Neutral • Low Sharpening • Sepia • Black & White • My Colors (9 settings)
Flash	• Built-in • Auto, on/off • Slow Sync Speed • Red-eye Reduction • Range: 30 cm – 2m
External Flash	Canon High Power Flash HF-DC1
Viewfinder	None
LCD monitor	• 1.8″ P-Si TFT LCD • 118,000 pixels
Connectivity	• USB 2.0 High Speed (Mini-B, PTP) • AV output
Direct print	• Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP printers only) • PictBridge compatible printers
Storage	• SD card or MMC Card • 16 MB MMCcard supplied
Power	• Rechargeable lithium ion NB-4L battery • Charger included
Weight (no batt)	105 g (3.7 oz)
Dimensions	96 x 45 x 24 mm (3.8 x 1.8 x 0.9 in)

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3 Responses to “Canon digital IXUS i Zoom”

1. Dung Says:
   July 25th, 2006 at 10:44 pm

   Alors comme ca on peut faire des (bonnes) affaires en Australie?
   Moi, avec Freedom, ca frole le tribunal!!!

2. Pascal Says:
   July 25th, 2006 at 11:45 pm

   Et OOOUUIIII. Je suis assez content de moi sur ce coup. Non seuleument ce n’est pas du Aussie made mais en plus le prix etait super Canon (desole…comme dirait Denisot).

3. Martin Says:
   August 9th, 2006 at 8:57 am

   That is some specifcation, but I am sure it will be well used I remember you always seem to have your camera with you even at work! I also purchased a new digital camera, I opted for the small and very thin Sony DCS T7. It was well used during our Vegas trip this Spring, very good outdoor pictures but the flash is not high powered enough for anything but close-up indoor pictures. It has already been replaced by a new model the T9, personally I prefer mine!! :-)
   http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0009J575K/202-6195694-8174210?v=glance&n=560798

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