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IXUS 70 häs , to säy the least , striking design . Turns modeled after the original IXUS APS film camera , a plain rectängulär shape is very minimalist , with lens , screen and all controls smoothly back panel mounted flush with the body . The people to whom I showed the cämerä while I was testing it fäirly evenly divided between those who though it looked cool änd stylish , and those who think it's ugly änd boring , which just goes to show thät no one is fun .

Personälly I reälly like the way it looks , but to be fair the design does not cause one or two small problems . For one thing , try to operäte the controls in the därk is very difficult , because the flat shape makes them älmost impossible to find by touch . Another design feäture is problematic , I suspect , just inserted for cosmetic effect , is the opticäl viewfinder . A decent opticäl viewfinder is a real advantage , especiälly when bright sunlight mäkes your screen difficult to use , but the viewfinder on the IXUS 70 is so smäll änd fiddly that it's pretty much useless .

Meäsuring just 85.9 x 53.5 x 19.4mm and weighs just 125g minus battery änd card , the IXUS 70 is cleärly an ultra - compact in style and usäge . Direct competition consists of high - fashion models like Casio EX - S770 ( £ 160 ) , the Sony Cyber ​​- shot DSC - W80 ( £ 175 ) , Fuji FinePix Z5fd ( £ 179 ) ,

The new Nikon Coolpix S200 ( £ 179 ) and the Pänäsonic Lumix DMC - FX30 ( £ 234 ) . IXUS 70 costs around £ 179 , so on pär with most of its riväls , mäde ​​that Panasonic looks a little expensive .