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Canon IXUS 115 HS Digital Camera - Silver (12.1MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 3.0 inch LCD

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Canon's IXUS 115 HS is one of the company's latest models to incorporate its High Sensitivity technology, which debuted in last year's IXUS 300 HS. Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 50 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are a little soft at the default sharpening setting and benefit from some further sharpening in a program like Adobe Photoshop. You can also change the in-camera sharpening level to suit your tastes via the My Colors menu option. P, Portrait, Miniature Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap, Beach, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Super Slow Motion Movie As we've come to expect with the IXUS range, there's no concession to a handgrip provided here and fingers do tend to skate around a bit on the smooth pebble-like surface. We found ourselves naturally steadying the camera in both hands, but when doing so the thumb comes to rest on the left hand side of the LCD screen smearing it with fingerprints. Despite this we were able to get surprisingly sharp results at maximum telephoto however.

With the camera’s Auto ISO setting aptly choosing the lowest manually selectable option of ISO100, the shot is amazingly clear and crisp for a budget snapper and there’s no noise to report in shadow areas. There's also a high speed burst mode which captures 3MP images at an 8.2fps burst rate, and full-resolution 3.7fps burst rate should 3MP be too limiting. I just bought a new Ixus115, I would like to ask how do we select the specific color that we want to focus on using color accent mode? Smart Auto (32 scenes detected), P, Movie Digest, Portrait, Kids & Pets, Smart Shutter (Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf-Timer), High-speed Burst (3.0MP) , Best Image Selection (3.0MP), Handheld Night Scene, Low Light (3.0MP), Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Color Accent, Color Swap, Beach, Underwater, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter, Stitch Assist Among the same effects filters, accessed with a press of the function button if the camera is in program mode, is this increasingly ubiquitous miniature mode that, which narrows the portion of the image in focus to a central band and ramps up the colour saturation, ‘shrinking’ the subject to make it appear as if it’s on a toy town scale, as here.Like its sibling IXUS models, here we have a display of lovely natural colours from the 115 HS in this also crisply detailed extreme close up shot; those who do purely want to point and shoot and get decent results without spending a lot up from could do far worse than consider this budget model. And so we’ve tried shooting our test image with Low Light mode selected, which effects an image drop to three megapixels. Here the camera has itself chosen a setting which equates to ISO400, so again, no apparent noise, but we are getting a pixellated effect when cropping in to the same degree as the shots above. The Canon IXUS 115 HS handled chromatic aberrations well during the review, with limited purple fringing present around the edges of objects in certain high-contrast situations, as shown in the example below. The more standard Optical IS system also makes an appearance, helping to stabilise the camera's 28-112mm objective by up to three EV stops when shooting still images. We’re at ISO400, usually the setting at which noise begins to creep in on cheaper compacts. While we’re not seeing noise, the shot is ever so slightly softer than the preceding two settings.

The portrait mode on the camera delivers excellent images, with pleasing skin tones, whether using the flash or not, although there is a tendency for a touch of red-eye with the flash. Another maximum wide angle shot of a closer subject with plenty of inherent detail which will give a better impression of the crispness captured in the 115 HS’ 12 megapixel shots. Although admittedly the wall is fairly well worn, we’re not seeing obvious barrel distortion at this range.ARA, CHI (SIMPL), CHI (TR), CZE, DAN, DEU, DUT, ENG, ESP, FIN, FRE, GRE, HUN, ITA, JPN, KOR, NOR, POL, POR, RUM, RUS, SWE, THA, TUR, UKR Slightly softer again when it comes to detail examining our test image under close scrutiny at ISO1600. But again most would be hard pressed to spot any deterioration when viewing the full frame. Looks, handling and value aside, the other deciding factor - the chief deciding factor - regards the pictures the camera produces. In this respect does the IXUS 115 HS continue the Canon range's deft balance between style and substance, or is picture quality playing second fiddle to fashion? Read on to discover the answer… A selection of images taken at the camera’s incremental light sensitivity settings, using only available daylight. The IXUS 115 HS ISO range just like that of the 220 HS is modest and straightforward, starting out at ISO100 and working its way up to ISO3200, though Canon does throw in an additional Low Light shooting mode for fully auto snapping, the caveat being a resolution drop to three megapixels. Let’s see how well the Canon copes… This IXUS, like the rest of the Canon compact range, provides the ability to adjust colour tones via a function toolbar summoned up with a single button press, with vivid being particularly effective in adding a degree of dynamism when shooting natural landscapes. Via the same side panel Canon has provided access to a range of digital effects on the 115 HS that mirror those on its pricier 310 and 220 HS models.

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