Camera for the long travels

This 20 mega-pixel camera from the Canon PowerShot range is eyecatching. Really red-hot eye-catching. But speaking of eyes, the big reason to buy this compact cam is its Superman-ly zoom: the 40x optical zoom can be augmented to 80x with Canon’s ZoomPlus trick. There is a movie button to quickly switch into video, and a battery-saving Eco mode. It also comes in black, if you must be boringly safe. (Rs 17,995, available at all retail outlets including Canon Image Squares, www.canon.co.in)