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Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50

Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50

1037 reviews

Dec, 2025

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1037 reviews of Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras for all reviews. Reviewers really like the size and design. The shutter and price also get good feedback. Many are critical about the battery. Reviews about the image quality and usability are mixed.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras the Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50

alaTest has collected and analyzed 497 user reviews of Canon PowerShot SD400 Digital ELPH / Digital IXUS 50 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other Digital Compact Cameras on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the usability. The price also gets good comments. Some have doubts about the battery.

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86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Dec, 2025

Expert review by : tech.co.uk staff (techradar.com)

Canon IXUS 50 & SELPHY CP600 review

Pocket a camera and some cash with this handy digital bundle

Both models are superbly compact ; Camera has arge screen and great lens

Prints can be a bit blue ; Slightly less compact than rivals

An irresistible combination. If you want a compact camera and prints wherever you go, then this is the bundle to beat

Dec, 2006

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Expert review by : Debbie Davies (pocket-lint.com)

Canon IXUS 50 digital camera

Compact and full of gimmicks, but is it enough to impress? We take a look at the Canon Ixus 50, the latest weapon from Canon in the digital compact arena. Playing about with colours is something most of us do after we have transferred digital pictures...

My Colors, good looking, compact design

LCD, viewfinder, 16MB storage card

Aside from My Colours and QuickBright, the IXUS 50 is almost identical to Canon's IXUS 40, which we reviewed in November 2004. The IXUS 50 adds a megapixel, but this will make no difference to standard, 6 x 4 prints. However at A3 it will give...

Jun, 2005

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Expert review by : David D. Busch (cnet.co.uk)

Canon PowerShot SD400 review

Canon PowerShot SD400

Ultracompact design; long battery life; excellent burst capabilities; low shutter lag; versatile movie mode.

The SD400 has few manual controls or scene modes; image quality far from stellar.

The SD400's improved image quality makes this high-performance ultracompact one of the better choices in the current Canon Digital Elph lineup.

Jun, 2005

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Canon IXUS 50

Canon IXUS 50 Review. This is a pocket sized digital camera. It has five megapixel pixels and a standard three times zoom lens.

Slim design makes it easy to carry around ; Advanced movie mode ; Takes good photos indoors

16mb memory card supplied with the camera will soon become full

"Very good ultra compact digital camera. Likely to appeal to anyone looking for a digital camera that looks good, is easy to carry around and takes a decent shot."

Apr, 2005

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Canon Digital IXUS 50

The Ixus 50 feels natural to hold and framing shots is simple thanks to an optical viewfinder and an LCD thats bright enough for use in direct sunlight. Pictures showed nicely natural colours and virtually noise-free skies with plenty

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Expert review by : What Digital Camera Magazine (whatdigitalcamera.com)

Review of the Canon IXUS 50 - Digital SLR Reviews

With its stylish metal body the IXUS 50 looks and feels like a quality product.

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Expert review by : Simon Joinson (dpreview.com)

Canon PowerShot SD400

Announced in February 2005, the SD400 (which goes by the names of Digital IXUS 50 in Europe and IXY DIGITAL 55 in Japan) is the latest in a long line of ultra-compact 'ELPH' or 'IXUS' cameras stretching back to early 2000 (and a lot farther back than...

Very good resolution, Incredibly slim, compact design, Beautifully built and all-metal construction, Excellent color and white balance in most situations, Manual (custom) white balance, Good exposure and generally very reliable focus (using...

Some purple fringing, Some edge softness at wide angle/max aperture, Battery life when using LCD not fantastic, No exposure information in record or playback mode, Very little manual control

In an ideal world buying an ultra compact camera would not involve any compromise at all.

Aug, 2005

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Expert review by : Robert Ellis (pcworld.com)

Canon PowerShot SD400

Good video quality ; Ability to shoot video at 60 frames per second ; Images have excellent color and low noise ; 2 shots per second continuous shooting mode ; Fun My Colors mode

Lack of manual controls ; No live histogram

Jun, 2005

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Expert review by : David D. Busch (cnet.com)

Image quality

Canon PowerShot SD400

Ultracompact design; long battery life; excellent burst capabilities; low shutter lag; versatile movie mode.

The SD400 has few manual controls or scene modes; image quality far from stellar.

The SD400's improved image quality makes this high-performance ultracompact one of the better choices in the current Canon Digital Elph lineup.

Jun, 2005

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Expert review by : Steve's Digicams (steves-digicams.com)

Canon Powershot SD400

Continue on to Features & Controls PowerShot SD400 Specifications Camera Effective Pixels Approx. 5.0 megapixels Image Sensor 1/2.5-inch CCD (Total number of pixels: Approx. 5.2 megapixels) Lens 5.8 (W)--17.4 (T) mm (35 mm film equivalent: 35 (W)--105...

May, 2005

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