The Digital IXUS' (PowerShot S100 ELPH in North American market) ultra-compact size and elegant stainless steel exterior is based on the Canon IXUS II Extreme, the company's best-selling Advanced Photo System camera, and it combines the benefits of digital imaging with features and functions traditionally found only in conventional film cameras. Weighing only 190 grams and measuring a scant 87mm x 57mm x 26.9mm, the Digital IXUS is indeed the world's smallest and lightest 2.11-megapixel digital camera with a zoom lens*. The Digital IXUS incorporates a number of features that simplify and improve overall operations, including a high-quality 35-70mm (35mm equivalent) 2x optical zoom lens; a new Light Guide flash for even illumination; a high-speed, plug-and-play USB computer interface; a high-brightness 1.5-inch LCD monitor with 100 percent image coverage; an easy-to-read and simplified GUI; three-point AiAF autofocus system; and a comprehensive software bundle that includes Adobe PhotoDeluxe. *As of May 17, 2000 Shot at 5.4mm (equal to 35mm) Shot at 10.8mm (equal to 70mm)     Exposure is good of scenes like this one Colors too are accurately reproduced Being quite skeptical of the Digital IXUS' capability to give accurate exposures as well as faithfully record colors of objects as they are in reality, I chose those situations where there was a tendency that the camera's built-in meter could be misled, like the above scene of Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown and one of the newly-opened restaurants with its bright yellow rendition. The brighter part of the overall Chinatown scene did not 'fool' the Digital IXUS into giving an underexposed shot and the yellow color of the restaurant was recorded faithfully. Details in the images are surprisingly good too, its 2.11-megapixel resolution is more than enough to give enlargements up to A4 size or 8x12 inch print from either an inkjet printer like Canon's BJC 8200 or those made from digital minilabs on actual silver-halide photographic papers. The detailed signage of another eatery shop (below, left) is proof of the camera's resolution. One of the positive aspects of any digital camera, just like a camcorder, is the Auto White Balance feature, which allows me to get a daylight-balanced shot of the Petronas Twin Towers (below, right) despite the looming rain clouds, which would have been recorded with a bluish cast with a daylight-balanced color reversal film. Detailed shot of an eatery signage Petronas Twin Towers << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .