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Canon Digital IXUS 330 Reviews

Canon’s Digital IXUS 330 is probably the best look-ing 2 Megapixel digital cam-era we’ve seen. Its compact steel-aluminium body has an excellent metallic finish. The package includes a USB cable, Lithium-Ion bat-tery, a battery charger, user manual and CD-ROM with all the drivers, and some photo editing software that will help you get started. A 1.5-inch LCD screen shows a preview of the image you are about to shoot and allows you to browse through the user interface to change the camera settings. If you turn off the screen, you can use the optical viewfinder equipped with a 3x zoom lens for capturing distant objects. The camera can also be used to record short, 30-second videos at the lowest resolu-tion. The videos can be viewed on a television screen using an AV connector. The buttons on the cam-era are well placed and easy to operate. The dial to select the mode of the camera is conve-niently placed at the top and can be rotated with the thumb. There is also a groove at the back for resting the thumb, which helps to get a good grip and take photo-graphs with a steady hand. The IXUS 330 has excel-lent features and great com-patibility with the PC as well as Canon’s photo print-er. However, the camera comes bun-dled with just an 8 MB Com-pact Flash (type 1) card, which limits its memory. Also, there is no internal memory. Considering this and the fact that it’s a 2 Megapixel camera, its price (Rs 39,995) is too steep—you can easily get a 2 Megapixel camera for half that price.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Dimensions 95x63x32 mm, weight 274 gm, CCD sensor, 2 Megapixel maximum 1600x1200 resolution, 3x zoom lens (35-105 mm), playback zoom, 1.5-inch LCD screen, 4:3 aspect ratio, aperture range F2.7-F4.7, 8 MB Compact Flash card, Canon Li-Ion NB-L1H 840 mAh Lithium-ion battery, JPEG storage format...

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