Canon 8-megapixel Digital Cameras

Canon PowerShot A580

If you're looking for a cheap and cheerful point-and-shoot compact, the Canon PowerShot A580 could be right up your street. With its cute, plastic yet sturdy body and running on AA batteries, it features image stabilisation and 15-second long shutter for interesting night shots

Editor's rating 6.2

Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS

The Canon Digital IXUS 80 IS adds optical image stabilisation while keeping the impressive image quality of its predecessor, the Digital IXUS 70. With 8 megapixels at the ready, the IXUS 80 IS does well in providing photos with warm, sharp colours

User rating 9.0

Editor's rating 7.6

Canon PowerShot A590 IS

Whether you're just looking for an inexpensive, flexible camera or a secondary shooter for when you're not schlepping around your dSLR, the Canon PowerShot A590 IS is a great choice. While it's not the prettiest camera on the market, its high image quality ensures that you'll get the shots you want

Editor's rating 7.8

Canon PowerShot S5 IS

The Canon PowerShot S5 IS is sturdy, fast and easy to use. With a 12x image stablised superzoom, it produces sharp, colourful images. The zoom even works when you switch to movie capture mode, making this camera a well-priced alternative to many dSLRs on the market

Editor's rating 8.0

Canon PowerShot A720 IS

Canon is sticking to what works in its PowerShot A720 IS. Mostly similar to its older A710 IS sibling, it strikes a less hefty pose, but more importantly, this camera improves in the areas of face detection and autoexposure. With a complement of manual exposure controls, old is made new again

Editor's rating 7.8

Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS

The Canon Digital IXUS 860 IS does the thinking for you. Its wealth of features include 10 scene modes, plus Canon's Digic III technology, which handles face detection and noise reduction. The screen is a large 76mm (3 inches) and the menu items accessible, so you can keep a clear head while shooting

Editor's rating 7.6

Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS

Canon's 8.3-megapixel Digital IXUS 950 IS sports almost everything you'd want in a point-and-shoot -- it's stylish, fast and it features the new Digic III image processor, which brings with it face detection and a higher top sensitivity of ISO 1,600

User rating 6.5

Editor's rating 8.0

Canon PowerShot A630

Canon's PowerShot A630 is an 8-megapixel version of its older sibling, the 10-megapixel A640, with an identical design. It's not a great shooter in low light, but otherwise it performs well for its class, with photographer-friendly manual settings and colourful, crisp images. If you're after a solid all-round point-and-shoot, you won't be disappointed

Editor's rating 7.6

Canon EOS-1D Mark II N

Canon maintains its pro leadership with its 8-megapixel EOS-1D Mark II N, the fastest-shooting digital SLR on the market. Made for magazine photographers covering news and sports, the Mark II N also works well for portrait shooters who want a versatile, small-format digital camera

Editor's rating 9.0

Canon EOS 30D

Aside from a few performance tweaks, the Canon EOS 30D is the same camera as its predecessor, the poular 20D. It has an almost identical set of pro-level, extremely customisable features and excellent performance. It also yields the same superb photos, especially at high-ISO sensitivity settings

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 8.4

Canon PowerShot S80

A fun little camera that packs a wallop in terms of features, performance and photo quality. The S80's automatic-exposure modes and intelligent processing will impress casual photographers who want good images without much fuss

User rating 6.0

Editor's rating 8.0

Canon EOS 350D

The replacement for the immensely popular EOS 300D is exceptionally small and light for a digital SLR. Despite this, it has the responsiveness and image quality you'd expect from a semi-professional model

User rating 8.8

Editor's rating 8.0

Canon EOS 20D

User rating 8.6

Editor's rating 8.9