Product Description

Canon has completed its Digital IXUS range with the 950 IS, an ultra-compact digital camera with a sleek design and 8 megapixel CCD sensor. Thats 1 full megapixel more than its predecessor, the IXUS 850!This camera combines an optical image stabiliser and DIGIC III image processor to improve focusing, colours and visual rendering. You can be sure of what youre shooting and centre your focus around a particular object or face, using the 2.5" LCD screen.This Canon camera features a face detection mode for photos with even lighting and reduced shadows. The IXUS 950 IS has ISO sensitivity of up to 1600 to adapt to any environment. It also includes Canons own My Colours mode, which eliminates red eyes and adds special photo effects, such as saturation, neutral, softened, sepia and black and white. Finally, for the amateur film director in all of us, the IXUS 950 IS can even record short videos!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #248 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Canon
• Model: 2048B005AA
• Released on: 2007-05-30
• Dimensions: .36 pounds

Features

• Product Type - Digital camera - point and shoot
• Width - 9 cm -- Depth - 2.6 cm -- Height - 5.7 cm
• Resolution - 8.0 Megapixels
• Special Effects - Portrait, stitch assist, fireworks, underwater, indoor, foliage, beach, kids & pets, digital macro, night snapshot, snow and aquarium modes
• Camera Flash - Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 11 - with 32MB card Fine JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 18 - with 32MB card Normal JPEG 3264 x 1832 : 39 - with 32MB card Super-fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 8 - with 32MB card Fine JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 14 - with 32MB card Normal JPEG 3264 x 2448 : 29 - with 32MB card Super-fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 11 - with 32MB card Fine JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 20 - with 32MB card Normal JPEG 2592 x 1944 : 41 - with 32MB card Super-fine JPEG 2048 x 1536 : 18 - with 32MB card Fine J

Manufacturer's Description
The Digital IXUS 950 IS artfully combines refined style with formidable performance. A 4x optical Image Stabilizer lens and pioneering technologies make stunning photography effortless.A distinctive curved design and three-tone metallic finish set the Digital IXUS 950 IS apart from the crowd. The convenient Touch Control Dial makes it easy to select menu features when shooting or browse captured images in playback. Useful functions can be assigned to the Shortcut button for one-touch access.An 8.0 Megapixel sensor captures the fine detail in every scene, with enough resolution for photo-quality poster prints. The powerful 4x optical zoom lens incorporates Canon's renowned optical Image Stabilizer technology to counteract camera shake. An Ultra-High Refractive Index Aspherical (UA) lens element ensures exceptional clarity throughout the zoom range.Canon's DIGIC III processor provides lightning quick responses, superb image quality and advanced noise reduction for sharper, clearer images. iSAPS technology analyzes each scene to optimize key camera settings even before a shot is taken.Face Detection AF/AE/FE ensures superb people shots by automatically detecting the subjects in the frame and selecting the optimum focus, exposure and flash settings. My Category tags each image based on face detection and shooting mode for easy navigation, printing, deleting and more.During playback Face Detection Technology allows you to quickly and accurately correct red-eye.A high resolution (230000 pixels) PureColor LCD displays richer, vivid colors with sharp definition. An anti-glare, scratch-resistant coating adds extra protection against knocks and scrapes.Shoot clear, bright images in dim conditions with ISO 1600 - ideal for parties and restaurants or where flash photography is not allowed. Use Auto ISO Shift to avoid image blur with the touch of a button whenever camera shake is predicted.A choice of 18 shooting modes includes Creative Light Effect - an innovative feature that uses the optical Image Stabilizer to create shapes from points of light in the background of dark scenes. My Colors allows color effects to be applied to images and movies direct from the camera.Shoot 30fps VGA quality movies with stereo sound. Use the Time Lapse Movie function to capture changing scenes - a flower's bloom, drifting clouds or a bustling city street - for accelerated playback as smooth video clips.

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Customer Reviews

A real class act
Short and sweet - I've owned this camera since last Christmas and haven't had one photo disaster. It's quality feel, crystal clear photos (no motion blur) and ease of use makes it foolproof. Get it with the Canon DCC70 soft leather case and keep it protected. I've owned at least 10 digital compacts and this baby is head and shoulders over them all!

Absolutely fanstastic camera
Like most buyers, I read countless reviews before deciding on the Canon 950 IS. I have used the camera mainly as a point and shoot and in automatic mode this camera can't be faulted. The viewfinder may be small but the LCD is so clear, even in daylight, that you immediately forget the viewfinder is there.

The picture quality is absolutely amazing. Every photo I've taken has been crisp and clear with incredible detail. The colours are bright and vivid, whether taken indoors or outside, even in less than perfect light. The flash is more than adequate for indoor use and produces beautifully clear, detailed, well balanced shots.

The attractive, all metal, multi-toned body has a substantial, solid feel to it, yet still fits neatly into the hand.

The controls are easy to use and because the options appear clearly on the LCD you don't need to find your reading glasses when changing settings!

All in all, I would recommend this camera to anyone, whether and experienced SLR user like myself or a point and click user like my wife. It very easily delivers perfect shots, time after time, whatever your skill level and however much time you are prepared to invest in reading the documentation.

My only complaint is that a manual would be appreciated, but at least as a pdf you can enlarge the icons so you can see what you're reading about.

I would suggest the Canon DCC-70 case to go with the 950 IS. It's a perfect fit and though it's referred to as `soft', the case is firm, well supported and even stands nicely on its base. I've installed the SanDisk Ultra II 8GB chip, as the video is pretty impressive as well.

So far, perfect performance from camera, chip, case and Amazon. Absolutely no complaints whatsoever.

Fantastic little camera
I bought this off Amazon a few months ago after reading endless reviews of various cameras. I've owned a couple of Canons before and trusted them so opted for this one. It sat around not doing much for a few months but I was generally pleased with my choice. Then I went away to Australia for 3 weeks with my sisters and the camera came into its own. It is a brilliant camera - my photos were consistently better than my sisters' and they knew it. It also takes great quality "videos". My sisters & mother all suffered from camera envy and are now all buying one of these for themselves!