Canon

IXUS 210 IS

The IXUS 210 is the flagship of the current IXUS range and boasts quite a few headline features.

IXUS cameras have always been synonymous with style and compact design, and in spite of being the big daddy of the lot, this one doesn't disappoint. It has clean, sharp defining lines and a neatly-integrated flash. Most notably, though, the back face is made up entirely of the massive 3.5-inch touchscreen. The only buttons are a power switch, mode toggle, trigger and integrated zoom rocker. Canon has successfully integrated all remaining functions into a user-friendly icon-based interface on the touch screen.

The screen allows the IXUS 210 IS to incorporate the latest version of Canon's Touch Auto Focus which allows you to choose your subject by tapping the screen. Subject Tracking then makes sure things stay in focus.

The lens is a 24mm wide-angle, so you can capture more without taking a thousand steps back, and you can make use of the 5x optical zoom if you simply can't get close enough. It borrows a lot of features from the big boys as well, such as the DiG!C 4 processor, HD video capabilities, massive 14.1-megapixel images and SDXC memory card compatibility - for which it is one of the first compacts.

These and a host of other features make the IXUS 210 IS one of the best compact cameras on the market today!