Canon typically puts out a good digital video camera and for a while had the market fairly well sown up. However, there is now plenty of competition and Canon can no longer just rely on its reputation to keep it at the top. The MVX250i is a mid range camera designed for average users who want something more than the bare basics. Its 860,000 pixel (effective) CCD provides a good quality picture in most cases, including in night mode. However, it can be slow to find a good colour balance.

Not much to tempt you over last year's HV20 but Canon still rules the roost when it comes to raw picture quality

Like the others in Canon’s MV500 series, the MV530i is about twice the size of Canon’s MVX2i mini cam, but is still comfortable to hold and use.

Forget gold plated and diamond encrusted – if you've got three grand to spare and don't mind weighty snappers, this is the camera to blow it on

Superb, stylish, solid... but sabotaged by poor controls

Canon's S820 has persistently fought off numerous challengers and remains one of the best photo printers on the market.

Fast, great quality prints at a decent price – the only real competition for the other Canon

Whereas a couple of years ago Canon might have described this as a mini camcorder, it now describes it as a compact multimedia DV camera. Certainly by comparison with the others in this month's labs it's not mini, however it does manage to pack a lot of features into a relatively small package. It is an upright camera rather than the longer, squatter shape of the MVX250i and weighs 43 grams less than its bigger but cheaper brother.

Lacking a few features but for simplicity and decent quality, this has to be one of the best value camcorders around

A stylish and capable camera, further enhanced by wireless tech

Small but solid. The Ixus 75 is perfect for holiday snappers – just watch out when the sun goes down

Canon's reign over the compact digital camera market looks set to continue with this offering.

The PowerShot G series has earned Canon a good reputation and, thankfully, the G5 does nothing to dent it. Not that it will win awards for styling, as the G5 remains slightly boxy for our liking and the casing has more plastic than the G3. It also feels every gram of its 487g weight; the similarly heavy Fuji S5000 is more comfortable to hold and use.

It was a very close race between the Canon MV630i and the Sony TRV 355E as to which camera should take out the overall award. While the MV630i is $170 dearer, it has a better still photo resolution (1,024 x 768 compared to a screen-only 640 x 480), but the TRV 355E has superior PC connectivity and editing software.

A pint-sized camera that packs a punch, with consistently good performance in all conditions

If you can afford one and can find one, don’t think twice about it. If not, rent one from a specialist outlet for phenomenal results

Large form factored and decked out in buttons, this unit features the incredibly easy to use Canon Toolbox 4.1 software

This is a top of the range DV camera that packs a ton of features into a camera half the size of many of its competitors without compromising on quality at all.

The scanner is the only minor weakness in an otherwise near perfect home all-in-one