Trusted Reviews has written a review on the Canon Digital IXUS 65 and they write: “In my opinion, and I’m not alone in this, 6-megapixels is pretty much the perfect resolution for a compact camera. It gives roughly the same level of detail as 200 ISO 35mm colour negative film, good quality prints at A4 size and photo quality at 10 x 8in, and 6-megapixels sensors generally have better dynamic range and lower image noise than 10-megapixels sensors of the same physical size. Also, perhaps because the camera companies seem to regard them as obsolete, many very good 6-megapixel cameras are available for bargain prices.

Take this Canon IXUS 65 for example. Canon’s IXUS range has always been at the luxury end of the compact camera market, with models like the IXUS 850 IS at the cutting edge of photographic technology and costing nearly £300. By comparison the IXUS 65 is practically a budget model, costing around £235 on the high street or about £170 online. Despite this it has the same stylish and innovative design, exemplary build quality and outstanding performance as its more powerful stable mates. Its price matches well with the wide range of other cameras in the same area of the market, such as the Casio Exilim EX-Z70 (£179), Fuji FinePix F30 (£179), Nikon Coolpix S9 (£179), Olympus mju 700 (£163), Pentax Optio S6 (£185) and Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W50 (£146).”