Canon is no stranger to compact cameras with long lenses, the most recent example being the IXUS 1000 HS . As you can tell by the naming convention, the IXUS 1100 HS supersedes this older camera, adding a few extra bits and pieces, like a longer lens, to the specifications sheet.

Large, easy-to-see touchscreen; Useful 12x optical zoom; Good image and video quality for most uses; Effective image-stabilisation system

Very short battery life; Warm indoor white balance; No grip

The 12-megapixel Canon PowerShot Elph 510 HS ($349.99 direct) delivers an impressive 12x zoom range in a pocketable body, with a touch screen that replaces almost every physical control typically found on a camera .

High-res touch-screen LCD; Sharp lens; Solid build quality; Good HD video quality

Poor high ISO performance; Slow start up

The Canon ELPH 510 HS (IXUS 1100 HS) is a slim, stylish compact with a lot to offer both in terms of features and image quality. Our only real concerns relate to chromatic aberrations, which can be a problem around high-contrast scene elements, and its touch-screen interface, which isn't as...

A powerful zoom lens usually makes for a relatively bulky camera, but Canon's Ixus 1000 series is something of an exception. After a fist model that still left room for improvement, Canon is back with the Ixus...

12x zoom in a compact camera body; Big touchscreen; clear interface; Good picture quality up to 800 ISO; especially at telephoto settings; 1080p HD video with zoom and stereo sound

Poor battery life (well under 200 photos; Touchscreen controls lack precision; Lens could give more consistent quality at wide-angle settings; Slow to start up (3 seconds

The HS system built into both this and the IXUS 230HS really pays dividends. Colours are great and the pictures themselves are remarkably clean and free of undesirable noise.

Clean; sharp images; Great image colours; Good video compensation for changing light conditions

Some colour fringing; Touchscreen tricky to use; Wind noise on movies

It's a nice camera made out of metal. Not a small one and therefore it's adequate for bigger hands. But the picture-quality isn't that good. With a clear blue sky you could shoot some good pics. But when you you need to use the flash all you got are pics with gleaming and unnatural colors.

The Canon Ixus 1000 HS was one of our favourite cameras of 2010. Its 10-megapixel sensor, 10x zoom range and 1080p video recording were a great combination of features, and the resulting photos and videos were the best we'd seen from a big-zoom compact camera.

Don't buy any elph series camera, they all have the same problem

Very good apart from the noise Caused by image stabilizer mechanism when making HD movie

I am surprised how cnet missed the noise issue

Short video capture

Small; decent image quality in daylight; touchscreen

High levels of chromatic aberration

Slick and slim, yet with a long zoom, the Canon ELPH 510 HS packs a ton of features into a compact camera body behind an occasionally frustrating touchscreen interface.

Attractive and stylish compact design that's definitely ELPH-worthy; Very versatile 12x (28mm-336mm) lens helps in a variety of shooting situations; Optical image stabilization; Big; 3.2-inch LCD screen with 461,000 dots of resolution make your images look great in Playback; Solid image quality for

Touchscreen interface is sluggish and awkward to use; especially if you expect it to work like a cell phone; Very little external control and limited menu-based control as well; High-gloss camera body surface attracts fingerprints and smudges; Small rechargeable battery only gives you 170 shots,