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.

Superb build quality and performance make this a worthwhile upgrade for serious amateurs.

Great image quality and plenty of enthusiast features for a very reasonable price

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

Canon’s SLR fails to make the enormous splash of its predecessors, but it’s still a great camera in its own right.

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

A significant overhaul and a great camera. At this price it’s the best all-round package on the market

Running costs are high, but with a high resolution and superb performance, it’s a groundbreaking product.

We've found a digital compact under $150 that's not junk. Canon’s efforts to swamp the planet under five feet of compact cameras continues with its latest batch of PowerShot models.

Canon’s splashed into shallow end of the DSLR pool again with an entry-level model based on the 450D. Will it win gold or need water wings?

Canon continues the good work and delivers another winner with the MP610.

Canon’s first hard disk-based AVCHD camcorder gets it mostly right, with a good level of features and the best image quality we’ve yet seen from the format.

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

Good quality optics and lots of storage, but not the most portable of camcorders

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 are only the second manufacturer in the Australian market to provide a flash based video camera (Panasonic is the other). Daniel Long gives his first impressions.

The lack of a separate status LCD is annoying, but the 400D is great value and capable of great quality