The camera I use is a Canon ixus50.
There is a brilliant hack available for Canon
 cameras that enables the camera to do all
 kinds of stuff.
The website for the hack can be found here:
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK


Standed photographs.


High dynamic range photographs.


3D stereo photographs.


Infrared photographs.


Macro photographs.


Panaramic photographs.


Touched up photographs.


Fast shutter speed photographs.


Slow shutter speed photographs.