Rating 4.2 55 reviews
Manufacturer: Canon
Digital Review
15 years ago

Powershot ELPH 500 HS with Bright F2.0 Wide Zoom Lens

February 7th. Canon Inc. has introduced the Powershot Elph 500 HS (IXUS 310 HS in some countries), an update to the Powershot SD4000 IS announced last year. The new Powershot Elph 500 HS receives a number of updates compared to its predecessor, including a higher resolution 12.1 megapixel CMOS...
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DigitalCameraInfo.com
15 years ago

Canon PowerShot 500 HS First Impressions Review

A scientific, in-depth analysis with side-by-side comparisons
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CNET
15 years ago

Canon IXUS 310 HS

This is Canon's best touchscreen camera yet, sporting a massive screen and plenty of features like HD video. It's not perfect, with a short battery life and only average shooting performance, but it's sure to win plenty of fans regardless.
Pros:
  • Aperture and shutter priority controls
  • Great touchscreen
  • big and responsive
  • Good image quality
  • Nice bright lens
Cons:
  • Lens aperture not very wide at telephoto end
  • Short battery life
  • Fringing quite pronounced at full magnification
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Cnet
15 years ago

Canon IXUS 310 HS

Canon has released a bunch of cameras in the past with the HS tag, which simply denotes the camera has a backside-illuminated CMOS sensor and the Digic 4 image processor. They're designed to be better at picking up light in dim situations and let the camera be quick and speedy with its shooting.
Pros:
  • Aperture and shutter priority controls
  • Great touchscreen, big and responsive
  • Good image quality
  • Nice bright lens
Cons:
  • Lens aperture not very wide at telephoto end
  • Short battery life
  • Fringing quite pronounced at full magnification
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PhotoReview
15 years ago

Canon Ixus 310 HS

Essentially an update to the Ixus 300 HS, Canon's new 12.1-megapixel Ixus 310 HS provides a slightly higher-resolution sensor, a wider zoom range and a larger LCD monitor with higher resolution and a widescreen aspect ratio.
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techguide.com.au
15 years ago

An ideal pocket camera is one that is compact, full of features, can take impressive pictures and shoot high definition. Canon's new IXUS 310 HS ticks all of these boxes and more with 12.1 megapixel resolution, a 24mm wide-angle lens and 4.4x optical zoom.
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CNET
15 years ago

Canon IXUS 310 HS review Review

The Canon IXUS 310 HS needn't get by on its pretty looks alone, thanks to some powerful technology and impressive performance. The camera's high price may prevent it from attaining a broad appeal, though.
Pros:
  • Highly attractive design
  • Good low-light performance
  • 1080p movie capture
  • High-speed video mode
  • Large LCD screen
Cons:
  • Expensive for a compact camera
  • Limited choice of colours
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T3
15 years ago

Canon IXUS 310 HS review

Full review: Compact camera with touchscreen, HD video and low-light shooting
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Trusted Reviews
15 years ago

Canon IXUS 310

The latest touch screen pocket camera to enter our lives is the Canon IXUS 310 HS. It boasts a 3.2-inch, 461k dot resolution LCD screen swallowing up almost the entirety of its rear plate which lends it a certain wow factor.
Pros:
  • Large high quality touch screen
  • Good image quality
  • Good low light performance
  • Full HD video with stereo sound
Cons:
  • Some fiddly touchscreen controls
  • No physical controls to fall back on
  • Somewhat difficult to grip
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Steve's Digicams
15 years ago

Cons Bottom Line Pick This Up If...
Pros:
  • Awesome build quality
  • Durable
  • and super slim metal exterior
  • Metal Tripod mount
  • Outstanding image quality
  • Fast shooting performance
  • Loads of useful still and video shooting modes
  • Great HD video quality
  • Outstanding high ISO performance
  • 3 stylish colors (Brown
  • Pink
  • Silver
Cons:
  • Touch LCD is difficult to use
  • Descent flash
  • weak on telephoto end
  • Poor Battery Life
  • The standard burst mode didn't live up to Canon's claim of 3.4fps or 8.2fps High Speed Burst
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