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.... the PowerShot SD700 IS took very good quality pictures. They were well-exposed, with pleasing color, low noise (as shown above), and minimal purple fringing. Canon cameras tend to have a "smooth" look to the photos, which some folks may consider soft. If you agree, you can turn up the sharpness a notch by using the custom color My Colors feature."

The SD 700 IS is, in essence, everything a pocket camera should be; fast, easy to use, well designed and - above all - reliable. When you've got little or no manual control the reliability and accuracy of the automatic focus, exposure and white balance systems is of paramount importance, and it is here where the SD 700 IS really shows its mettle...."

Easy to use, reliable, fast in operation ? and delivering pictures that, for the most part, require little if any post processing ? the Canon Digital IXUS 800 IS suggests itself as one of the better (perhaps even one of the best) compromises between style, features and portability. Its zoom range is better than many fashion-orientated compacts at 4x, the LCD is large and clear enough to make framing and reviewing images a stress free process, while real optical image stabilization on such a camera, if not quite perfect, is still a real plus."

Image quality, much like performance, rates as excellent. The SD700 IS reproduces color very well, and images are clean with few processing flaws. Photos remain consistent and noise-free at low-to-moderate ISO speeds and are acceptable even at ISO 400. At ISO 800, we noticed some distinct noise in our photos, but it was a clean, grainlike noise that left the images very usable."

The Canon PowerShot SD700 IS has an expensive retail price tag of $499. This camera does have a nice feature set, complete with 6 megapixels, 4x optical zoom lens, 2.5-inch LCD screen, and image stabilization. However, this probably isn’t enough to warrant dropping five Ben Franklins on the SD700. Canon probably anticipates that the sexy body and strong feature set will lure consumers to pay the price, but perhaps they forgot that other manufacturers have similar offerings for much less."

The images are of excellent quality, the colour rendition is more than sufficient, and the superb white balance ensures hardly any false cast can be detected. The fast DIGIC II processor has already proven itself more than once, and does not let the Canon IXUS 800 IS down. The camera is pleasantly fast, processes the 6 Megapixels at full speed, and is equipped with additional power economical features and a swift reaction time."

There's no getting around the fact that the Canon SD700 IS is an expensive product. Just under $400 is a lot to spend for a 6-megapixel compact digital camera when some competing models are offering 10 megapixels for the same price. But if you can look beyond megapixels - and with the SD700 IS, you absolutely should - this new flagship Digital ELPH is a great value."