Good replacement for Ixus 400

pflynn · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:52

My Canon Ixus 400 has finally failed. It'll no longer write to the memory cards (even new and formatted cards).

Its been a superb camera - mainly as it fitted in my pocket.

I'm looking for a good replacement, am not bothered about more megapixels (although 4MP would be needed). I'm looking to spend under £200.

CompactFlash support would be preferred - but it looks like most newer camera's are SD.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Peter

Matt · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:12

Another Ixus of some type?

THE BEAST · 20 Feb 2006 at 17:43

I just got a Canon powershot A620 for my mother in law i had a play while showing her how to use it & i'm that impressed i am thinking of getting myself one. only £217.00 which i thought was very cheap for a 7.1 megapixel camera.

DizMatt · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:57

all the new ixus are SD
nothing of that size takes CF to my knowledge, just because of the size
I have the ixus 55 and like it a fair bit, much smaller than the ixus 400
however, the focusing isn't as spot on as my old kd420z!
the ixus 750 is a lovely piece of kit, but for small and quality I still like the T9 sony's and similar with IS on board

Raymond Lin · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:58

The canon S70 takes Compact Flash, so does the A620 too i think.

Sparky007b · 21 Feb 2006 at 09:22

im waiting to see if Canon Unvail anything new in the Ixux line up.

if so ill then have my mint Ixus 500 up for sale

Sparky007b · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:29

well seeing as they just unvailed the

Ixus 60 having 2.5" screen , 6mp, 3x zoom ,no IS
Ixus 65 having 3" screen, 6mp , 3x zoom , no IS or view finder

and flagship Ixus 800 IS having 2.5" screen, 6mp, 4x zoom and IS

I think ill be getting the latter when they hit the shops.

See DPreview for details.

Matt · 21 Feb 2006 at 12:28

Oooo, those new Ixus' look amazing

THE BEAST · 21 Feb 2006 at 17:12

Raymond Lin said:
The canon S70 takes Compact Flash, so does the A620 too i think.

The A620 is SD.

m3csl2004 · 21 Feb 2006 at 23:09

all the s series powershots take cf and there loverly cameras - allough a tad bulky there decent enough to look at

//s45 owner

bandit · 22 Feb 2006 at 13:10

THE BEAST said:
I just got a Canon powershot A620 for my mother in law i had a play while showing her how to use it & i'm that impressed i am thinking of getting myself one. only £217.00 which i thought was very cheap for a 7.1 megapixel camera.

yep very nice camera...

check out my website

click the pics for bigger versions.

the info, the rog is 1inch, the muchrooms about 3 inches..

+takes SD (not compact flash, but you may bea ble to use it?)
+takes AA Batteries (no special shapes etc)
+macro is great
+takes video
+good size, with grip
+zooms 4X
+can get converter lenses.....if you want

-no RAW
-zoom has only 7 steps, so sometimes (rarely) zoom does not get the pic you want.

check DPreview, theres a decent review there.