New Toy [ Ixus 750 ]

I bought myself a new camera at the airport today; the Canon Digital Ixus 750; the 7.1 Megapixel Digital IXUS 750 blends breathtaking design with flawless engineering. Its exquisitely finished exterior houses precision optics and advanced features that deliver stunning results...

A. bought the previous version the Digital Ixus 700 in August when we went to Scotland. I've used it too back then and was very pleased with it. It has better functionality and more settings. I have been a Nikon Coolpix fan for years but I always had problems with taking pictures in the evening, candle light, dimmed light at a restaurant etc. It results in blurry pictures most of the time when I used my Coolpix.

Testing the Ixus made all my above frustrations disappear with one click of the camera because it has for instance a perfect ISO setting which works very well in the evening, a pets and child mode [because some people just can't sit still. Battery charge takes only about an hour and the quality of the pictures is excellent, although at times it has slightly more yellow pictures depending on the light settings. I don't mind, it's easy to adjust those in Photoshop if I really have to.

Anyway I'm very happy with my new gadget, just one thing I've found out is that it has a dead pixel so when we fly back home on Sunday evening I will return the camera and see if they can give me one without a dead pixel... For now I'm going to play with my new toy and take lots of pictures this weekend in the UK...

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Digital IXUS 750

Features

• Perpetual Curve design
  
• 7.1 MP CCD
  
• 3x optical zoom
  
• DIGIC II and iSAPS
  
• 2.5" LCD with wide viewing angle
  
• 15 shooting modes
  
• VGA movies at 30fps
  
• PictBridge and Print/Share button
  
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
  
• Software and CANON iMAGE GATEWAY**
  

Unrivalled IXUS
Perpetual curve design
With its sleek Perpetual Curve design, the contoured all-metal body of the Digital IXUS 750 represents the pinnacle of Canon design excellence.

7.1 Megapixels
A massive 7.1 Megapixels resolution allows for photo quality prints with pin-sharp definition to A3+ size.

3x optical zoom
A precision lens with 3x optical zoom ensures perfect framing and superb clarity from up close or at a distance.<

Cutting edge technology
The Digital IXUS 750's advanced DIGIC II processor ensures fast, responsive camera performance and superior image processing. iSAPS technology analyses each scene to optimise key camera settings even before a shot is taken.

Extra large LCD
A huge 2.5" LCD brings pleasure to framing and reviewing your creations. The monitor's wide viewing angle provides improved visibility for sharing playback with friends and family. QuickBright gives instant screen brightness in bright outdoor conditions. Night Display automatically improves visibility in low light for easy after-dark shooting.

Shooting modes
Choose from a range of 15 shooting modes to get that perfect shot. Nine preset Special Scene modes help with great results in tricky lighting conditions. My Colors allows special in-camera colour effects to be applied in real time to images and movies.

Movies
Make extra-long (up to 1GB in size*) 30fps VGA quality movie clips with full audio. View them with friends and family on the massive LCD or connect to a TV for full screen playback. Record fast action sequences at 60fps QVGA quality and analyse them in sharp slow motion.

Printing
Printing is instant with the Digital IXUS 750. Simply connect to any PictBridge compatible printer and push the Print/Share button for a full colour print within seconds. Connect to a Canon SELPHY CP Series printer and you can also print ID photos and movie stills.

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

Transfer images to your PC quickly and effortlessly with the USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection.

Editing and sharing
Canon's ZoomBrowser EX (Windows) and ImageBrowser (Macintosh) are included for editing and organising photos, movies and slide shows. CANON iMAGE GATEWAY** provides 100MB of web space for sharing photos online.

*Depending on card speed/capacity
**Not available in all regions
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