

The row of buttons underneath the screen has not been seen on a Powershot in this form before (there is also a brand new dedicated face selector button for picking the 'main face' in an image when using face detection) and the SX100 IS has inherited a simplified version of the combined jog-dial/four-way-controller combination from Canon's flagship compact camera, the G9. Having said that, Canon's human-machine-interface designers have included a couple of novelties in the control layout of the SX100 IS.

If you've used a Canon Powershot recently most of the control elements will be familar to you.

Evolution rather than revolution is Canon's credo when it comes to development of compact camera user interfaces.
