Tiny, intuitive and a great performer, the IXUS 85 is the ideal carry-anywhere camera

The Ixus 60 delivers superb image quality and is beautifully designed and built.

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

Beautiful, ultra-compact, super-slick and friendly to use, plus great quality. A winning combination from Canon.

In too many ways, this IXUS isn’t good enough to justify its high price

A superb camera that takes fantastic pictures, and offers excellent portability and versatility

If the Ixus i were any smaller it would be plain inconvenient to use. Weighing just over 100g, it’s certainly a camera you can keep with you all the time. As you’d expect at this size and price, there are limitations, the most obvious being the fixed focal length lens, but there’s plenty else to be thankful for.

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

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

A beautiful example of high technology, but we have reservations about the ultimate quality of images.

The AF could do with being a bit quicker, and a longer zoom would be good, but it’s still a gem

Cheap, sexy, slim and fully-featured. A dream for ultra-portable photography.

Anyone who used the IXUS 40 mightwonder how Canon could possiblyimprove on it, but that’s precisely whatit has done.

A sexy magnesium-alloy housing gives the IXUS 400 one of the most compact camera bodies submitted this month. The bright 118,000-pixel LCD gives an excellent preview of your images or for shot placement when not using the viewfinder.

A stylish and capable camera, further enhanced by wireless tech

Two of the best small compacts on the market. Quality differences are on a knife edge, but the Canon wins for superior features and handling.

A superbly easy-to-use and feature-laden compact camera that’s well worth the price.

A superbly easy-to-use and feature-laden compact camera that’s well worth the price. Same titanium shell as before, with a lowlight ability.

Battery life is the only downside to this excellent compact camera.

Once the lens shutters are opened, the Canon PowerShot S50 powers up and welcomes you with a tone. Similar to the smaller Canon IXUS 400 in terms of features, it too ships with a 32MB CF card and AV cables. With fairly easy to navigate menus, the S50 also features video capture and a thumb-sliding preview mode.