Electronics : Canon Digital IXUS 85 IS Compact Camera - Black (10 MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5'' High Resolution PureColor LCD II

Rating: - perfect to fit in your pocket
No excuse now to wish you had your camera with you!This tiny machine can be carried at all times.I was very impressed with the quality of pictures it takes and for the price the range of settings are good.I never go anywhere without it.

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Rating: - Ixus 85IS
Recieved this camera as a present. Beautiful tiny size. A delight to put in ones pocket before a day out. Beats carrying my Fuji 6500fd in a large case. Nice big screen so you can compose the image. I've had the Canon A80 and A95 in the past and for user friendly-ness the Ixus is as good. Have put a 4gb SDHC card in and its telling me on the highest resolution I could get 894 photos on the card. Battery life is superb. The biggest drawback of this camera, and it is a huge drawback for me, is the quality of the photos. They are not as sharp as my old A80 4MP, A95 5MP or my Fuji 6500fd (sharpest camera I've ever owned). The Ixus is 10mp so you would think that it would be the best of the lot.... wrong. The problem possibly lies with the lens, although quite sharp in the middle, towards the edges of the frame, expecially corners, I would say that the image quality is terrible, slushy and blurred. Nice camera let down by poor optics/CCD.

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Rating: - A lovely piece of kit
I am delighted with this camera. I had been fretting for some time about buying a suitably compact digital camera to replace my Konica Minolta Dimage (only 3 megapixels) which I had thought a great design. This Canon is it. Not only is it beautifully designed, it is easy to use (yet has sufficient features to keep the geeks among us content), produces wonderfully high-definition (10 megapixel) pictures, and is small enough to go comfortably in your pocket.
At the time of writing (September) I'm also impressed with the battery - I bought the camera in August, have been (as you can imagine) playing with it frequently to see what it can do, have taken easily 200 pictures including a fair number with flash, and a little video - but haven't yet had to recharge the battery after its initial charge on the day I received it.

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Rating: - Canon IXUS 85 IS
I previously had a Nikon S6 which was about 6MP, and I thought I needed an upgrade, and naturally I assumed I would go up in model to the new S7C, or equivalent. I decided rather than buying "blindly" of the Internet - I would instead try my hand at actually going in to a Camera Store and get the opinions of the camera expert. Now I was presented with a Canon IXUS 85 IS, and straight away I played it down, because my heart was set on a Nikon. After weeks of checking out other cameras, I went back in to the store, and I actually tested it : a. Size and b. Quality against the Nikon, and I did not think much of it, until I got home, and checked it out. I gotta say, the Canon grew on me, and I am loving all the features, and messing with the ISO, to give me the best shot. I just can't wait to take it on my African Adventure. A highly desirable camera, both aesthetically and quality.

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Rating: - Great Camera
I had a Casio Exilim before and hated it (the night pictures were awful and the flash was random) and a Sony Cybershot before that (you could make a cup of tea in the time it took to actually take the shot).

I bought this camera about a year ago and it has never disappointed. It takes clean shots everytime I use it, wherever and whenever I take a picture. I am a serious novice at using cameras, setting the flash on and off and maybe the quality of the picture is about as much setting up as I can muster. A great click and point camera. I can't comment on its professional capacity as I wouldn't have a clue. Oh yes, another thing that is great about this camera is that it takes shots very quickly and the face tracking feature is really neat. Its well built, feels solid and looks great too.