Exposure is also very good, though highlights will blow out on occasion. There is a slight amount of barrel distortion at the wide end of the lens top , but no pincushioning when the lens is extended. Fringing around high-contrast subjects was minimal and only really visible when photos were viewed onscreen and at percent.
The lens is fairly sharp at the center and consistent edge to edge--something I usually can't say about cameras at this price. Video quality is on par with a good HD pocket video camera, good enough for Web use and nondiscriminating TV viewing. The full HD video records at 24 frames per second, and though panning the camera will create judder and there is visible trailing on moving subjects, the video is watchable.
Those things are typical of the video from most compact cameras, too. The zoom lens does not work while recording; digital zoom is available, but I don't recommend using it as the results are terrible.
The HS has a fairly large assortment of shooting options, but almost all of them are automatic modes, meaning there's no full control over shutter speed and aperture. The shooting-mode switch on the camera's top has two options: one for Auto and one for a mode designated by a picture of a camera, which I'll call camera mode. However, they're laid out in one long list, so if you're the type to change modes frequently, this can be a pain. Canon's Smart Shutter option is there, too, which includes a smile-activated shutter release and Wink and Face Detection self-timers.
Wink allows you to set off the shutter simply by winking at the camera, and the Face Detection option will wait till the camera detects a new face in front of the camera before it fires off a shot.
Both work well. On the other hand, it is slightly slower than CMOS-based ultracompacts from other manufacturers. The camera goes from off to first shot in 1.
Its shutter lag--the time it takes from pressing the shutter release to capturing a photo--is 0. The camera's regular continuous shooting option is capable of capturing at 3.
It can shoot until your memory card fills up, though, which is nice, as competing cameras have a burst limit and make you wait while images are stored before you can shoot again. The camera also has a high-speed burst mode that can shoot 3-megapixel photos at up to 8. The results are very good compared with similar modes on other cameras I've tested, suitable for small prints and definitely for Web use.
More of issue for me is the camera's autofocus performance. When shooting in Smart Auto, it frequently locked onto the wrong subjects, forcing me to prefocus with a half-press of the shutter release again and again. Most of the time that wouldn't work and I'd end up switching to using the tracking AF option, which helped but only really with stationary subjects.
Or you can switch to Program mode and select center focus, which is how I shoot most of the time anyway for this reason. It is frustrating, and if you generally don't prefocus before you shoot, you may end up with your subject frequently out of focus.
It's fractionally smaller, but has a larger LCD inches rather than 2. The shooting-mode switch is now on top and in its place is a one-touch record button for movies.
All of the controls are flat and flush with the body. They do feel easier to press than on past models, though. Also, while I had no problems using them, the buttons, shooting-mode switch, and zoom rocker are tiny, which might be a problem for some; it would be an excellent idea to lay hands on one before you buy it.
Before getting straight into a more detailed comparison, below is a brief summation of how the ELPH HS scores versus the D in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall mark. For anyone who is looking to travel with your camera often, you have to take into account its weight and proportions.
Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary based on the lens you have attached at that time. Often, it can be difficult to imagine the difference in sensor dimensions purely by looking through specs.
As you can plainly see, the 2 cameras posses different resolutions and different sensor dimensions. Higher resolution can also help you crop pictures somewhat more aggressively.
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