Look What I Got!

Canon Digital Ixus 55There are a few occasions when you just shop on the spur of the moment. I’m no different. I have been looking for a compact camera that I can carry on the bike, the 10d is great, but so damned bulky! Sunday lunchtime I was surfing eBay (dangerous!) when I saw a Canon Digital Ixus 55 for great money. It retails at £299 and needless to say that I paid nothing like that! It’s about the size of a credit card and approximately 1cm thick. A few of the specs for the camera:

  • 5.0 MP CCD
  • 3x optical zoom with UA lens
  • DIGIC II and iSAPS
  • 2.5″ LCD with wide viewing angle
  • 15 shooting modes
  • VGA movies at 30 fps
  • PictBridge and Print/Share button
  • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

And oh, man is it sweet! There’s no shutter delay at all, the flash, although not the most powerful is certainly adequate for snap-shotting, and the 2.5″ screen is just superb. Here’s the first three photos I took. Clicking them will bring up a new window:

RoseCooperHarley

Left to right: One of the Valentine’s Day roses I bought for my wife, my dog Cooper and Harley on the right.
Bear in mind that compression for the web means you won’t see full quality, but, believe me – they are fantastic quality. Just a shame about the crap photographer. Now, what what’s Donncha’s web site? Oh yeah. Looks like I’ve got some work to do…

Collin on February 15, 2006 | Filed Under Words

5 Comments

Matt Thornton  on February 15th, 2006

Sweet looking camera. I’ve got a 350D (and a 50E) as well as a little Olympus thing for quick use. Definitely the lowest common denominator is me… but the Olympus did a pretty good job in Ireland :)

Cornell  on February 15th, 2006

Photography, biking, ‘puters, smoker, AND you went to Uni down the road from me. Dude! You’re right, the Olympus has done a fine Job!

kristin  on February 16th, 2006

Nice! My mom has one.. it makes great little movies.

Cornell Finch » Photo Blogging  on February 16th, 2006

[...] Having just bought the new camera, I am starting to get back into the whole photography thing. I’ve spent a couple hours just going through some of my archived photos, getting the enthusiasm to take more photos. I’ve pretty much not taken a decent photo for a year and with two decent cameras (Canon EOS 10d (with some fab lenses) and the new Ixus) I really ought to make the effort and use them. [...]

George French  on February 17th, 2006

Sounds a really good camera from your description and the photos you have posted – I look forward to handling it

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