Canon Digital Lxus 970 IS - Review

The Canon lxus range is well known for its styling above anything else, the 970 IS’s has both substance along with its great design. Although the camera looks great along with all the cameras in the Lxus range, the ergonomics of the camera are second rate. It’s a real pity because the camera has the ability to take some amazing high quality images.

The camera is finished in a metalic blus-ish silver and has curves that Beyonce would be proud of, however the curved right hand side of the camera makes it difficult to grip whilst taking photos. Most features on the camera are fiddly and hard to operate for example the zoom control knob is tiny and hard to get the right level of zoom quickly that you require.

The manual controls for the camera are located on the rear of the camera, the main downfall with the camera controls is that is a delay when changing settings and anything happening - making it difficult to get the correct settings for your photos

Once you have mastered the awkward camera controls on the canon digital Lxus 970IS you will generally find you can get some great photos. The shots we took were of high quality with clean and vibrant colours, again the camera performs well in low light conditions. The camera also benefits from a great 5x zoom which is a higher than the rest of Lxus range which all feature 3x zoom’s.

Over all the camera is a decent buy the main downfall is mastering the controls that can take time but overall output is of good quality

Overall star rating 7/10

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