It's also very sensitive to slight hand jitters. Even though the Face Recognition manages to locate the face and keep up with it when the subject is moving around the frame, it still doesn't create much of a dramatic difference in the focus. Its a fun feature to have, but I don't think it's going to help you take better shots.
One thing I liked about the camera was that in night mode, instead of just souping up the ISO sensitivity level, the IXUS i7 tries to make the most of the available lighting at a low ISO instead. It's nice, but not very affective as you can see in the test shot below. The image below may be noise free but the visibility is not too high either.
Ironically the camera supports sensitivity levels of up to ISO 1600, but at that level you're simply inviting noise to your images. I would suggest shooting at a maximum level of ISO 200 on this one.
Being an ultra-compact, it also has the typical trait of slow performance time. You'll have to wait around two and a half seconds between every consecutive shot, which may not sound like much, but is enough to miss an essential shot of a subject in motion. Still, that's a complaint that you'll hear from advance photographers. Casual users may not even notice the delay.
Conclusion
It may sound like the camera has a lot of negative points, but the fact is that none of them are significant enough to overcome the good points. In the end, the IXUS i7 is as small a cell phone and clicks better than a lot of cameras in its range. It has an MRP of Rs. 18,995, but I suspect that you may be able to find it at a street price of Rs. 16,000. At either price points, the Canon Digital IXUS i7 zoom is definitely worth it.
In some of the product images, why has the reviewer put his name on his t-shirt 
