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Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS

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By Philip Ryan, CNET.com
Mar 11, 2008

One of the most popular cameras of last year wasn't a big fancy digital SLR, or a pimped-out superzoom. It was Canon's somewhat understated Digital IXUS 70. Its combination of a nice, though not extravagant, feature set, small size, and relatively low price proved quite appealing to camera buyers. This year, with the Digital IXUS 80 IS, Canon has updated the aesthetic design, switched to a slightly different zoom range, and most importantly, added optical image stabilization. Of course, it has also raised the resolution to 8 megapixels from last year's 7.1 megapixels, and refined some of the camera's other features.

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Design

Last year's model evoked the design of the original film IXUS with its black circle around the camera's lens and squared-off edges. This year, Canon brought this model back in line with more recent designs without abandoning its elfin status and is offering it in silver, blue, brown, pink, and gold. The tweaked design is just slightly thicker than last year's and sports rounded edges and a slightly curved indent on the right-hand side that provides a perfect nook for a middle finger when gripping the camera. As with last year's model, Canon places all the buttons on the right half of the body. A slider lets you switch among still image capture, video recording, and playback. Other than three dedicated buttons for Menu, Display, and Direct Printing, the only other control is the circular four-way rocker with a Function/Set button in the middle.

 
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