This is the camera than replaced my faithful old IXUS 430 after it's fatal fall. I'm still learning the new machine but the quality is great. The only real design flaw I have found is it's one touch replay button sometimes gets bumped, in the bag, on leading to unintended battery drain.
My last trip to San Francisco was shot entirely on the new machine, if you want to see what it's capable of: San Francisco 2009 on www.flickr.com/robinzblog
Canon IXUS 980 IS Review - Author Cliff Smith
For the past nine years, the Canon Digital IXUS series (also known as ELPH and IXY in some territories) has been the benchmark for luxury ultra-compact digital cameras, combining elegant styling, superior build quality and the latest technology to produce a range of cameras that have kept Canon at or close to the top of a highly competitive market...
