Editing Canon Digital IXUS (section)

==History==
Canon's [[Canon PowerShot A|PowerShot A]] and [[Canon PowerShot S|S]] line of the time{{when|date=August 2021}} were being made as small as contemporary technology allowed,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons10/|title=Canon Powershot S10 Review|access-date=21 September 2019|archive-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153605/https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons10/|url-status=live}}</ref> and demonstrated the demand for a small digital camera of good quality. Canon used its experience with small film cameras, particularly the APS IXUS, to mass-produce good digital cameras smaller than anyone else had managed up to the time (the first Digital IXUS was the smallest 2&nbsp;MP then available<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canondigitalixus/|title=Canon Digital IXUS Review (Powershot S100 Digital Elph / Ixy Digital)|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153609/https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canondigitalixus/|url-status=live}}</ref>) and reused the popular IXUS/IXY/ELPH brand name with the tag line "The DIGITAL IXUS blends Canon's award-winning IXUS design with PowerShot digital technology."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpreview.com/news/0005/00051701canonixus_announce.asp|title=Canon announce Digital Ixus / S100 Elph|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-date=7 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107023041/http://dpreview.com/news/0005/00051701canonixus_announce.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first Digital IXUS, released in June 2003 fitted the technology of the [[Canon PowerShot S11|PowerShot S11]] into a body similar to the APS IXUS II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershotS100-review/index.html|title=DCRP Review: Canon PowerShot S100 Digital ELPH|website=www.dcresource.com|access-date=21 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128050029/http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershotS100-review/index.html|archive-date=28 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between 2004 and 2005, starting with the Digital IXUS II, Canon moved from the use of [[Compact Flash|CF cards]] to [[Secure Digital|SD cards]] to create thinner cameras.

Several models have found favor within the Kite Aerial Photography ([[Kite aerial photography|KAP]]) community due to a unique combination of small size/ low weight, excellent image quality with stabilization, and the option of expanded manual control including intervalometer functionality available via 3rd party [[CHDK]].