"Simply losknipsen"
The IXUS 255 HS Canon has below the size of a cigarette pack with its size far the ideal dimensions for a "always with you" - reached camera. Without corners and protruding parts it can be easy to hide in a shirt pocket, but is at all delicacy large enough to allow a reasonable handling, even with my men hands. The trigger is precisely under the index finger and with more economical movement that it reaches the small rocker for the 10x optical zoom.
Much more you do not need to, because this camera was obviously designed for an easy use. This is also the included Quick Start Guide, which details the commissioning, the battery charging and the controls explained, but to dispense with further details. A detailed manual for the camera and the software can be downloaded as a PDF file. After charging the battery pack I have delivered them to a birthday party of my subsequent rarely photographed woman on the hand that could generate a series outstanding photos with it without any problems or inquiries. Canon had here the buyer in mind, who would not have to worry about light, ISO values, colors, panels and times, but simply a device would have, that makes good pictures at your fingertips.
This it does in the "AUTO" mode and Canon has given a lot of effort to find out fully automatically, as the light conditions are, whether it is a moving object or a portrait, if a macro shot is taken or a night scene is shot. So much so that the Cam in the "Face Detection" mode (in which you can enter the age of the person in the learning phase) notice that you want a baby photograph and automatically turns off flash and camera sounds. The result is really handsome images under all possible circumstances. Whether at home or in nature, with or without flash: there is virtually no "Committee". All images are sharp, the colors are pleasant, contrasty, and of course, whether it is a portrait or a dark green tree, grass, sky, or an ant on a strawberry flower.
"Zoom and Macro"
In the macro range, the camera scores with a minimum distance of 1 cm to the object. That works perfectly and led to all imaginable and unimaginable ups that offer right now in spring. The zoom capabilities are impressive. With a focal length of the lens can be 4.3 to 43 mm, ten times, extend. Normally, the focal lengths for people with quiet hands or a tripod in his pocket, but thanks to the built-in image stabilizer to create such snapshots also usually effortless. (The zoom range can be electronically even to expand 40 times, but loses to a image quality and on the other hand can be at such a distance no camera steady). The pictures with this IXUS fun, just like looking at the finished recordings. The noise behavior is for this price range perfectly fine. With increasing ISO-areas it is visible when the 3000 x 4000-pixel images in 100% resolution look at on-screen, but for normal applications, such considerations on the screen or paper prints that is certainly sufficient.
"Creativity"
Who wants to play creatively, find different program variants that can be accessed via the "Function" button. Since you can set a special mode for good portraits or the wrinkles smooth out, you can take a virtual "Blur" switch or the popular "model" effect, or make monochrome images in black and white or different shades and more.
Everything described so far is automatically exposed by the camera including area code, of sensitivity. If you want more control, can switch to the "P" mode. Here fixed ISO values can pretend, white balance and exposure can be to + and - to move. Among other features, but is a common choice of aperture or speed (as far as I have researched it) not to be found here as well.
For buyers who really want to rush without prior knowledge and attitudes in this adventure is, here's a note was attached: On delivery, the camera is in "hybrid car mode"! The small switch at the top right shows the green camera with the small film icon. In this mode, the Cam makes each photo on a 4-second movies that you can watch them later as a monthly video. Me as something more committed amateur Amateuer is the purpose of this function, the even has its own switch on the back, remained hidden. Those who do so do not need, should be equal to switch to the white camera icon.
"Films"
The IXUS 255 HS also provides films in HD quality with the same naturalness as the automatic photos. During recording, the focus adjusted very quickly to the past in the foreground objects. The sound is good and very spatially. Wind noise can but unfortunately - as with any unprotected outdoor sound recording - arise. The zoom is also fully functional at all times. Thanks to an image stabilizer films from the hand is easy to accomplish. With other variants films can in high speed mode (120 or 240 frames / s) record. The recording time is here limited to 2 or 4 minutes. Also, the aspect ratio will be reduced. That seems to be an interesting gimmick that I have so far unfortunately could not try. The film format is .mov and runs without funny business on the Windows Media Player.
Like many of the new media devices is also this camera wireless capability and can via the local wireless network transfer images to PC or tablet. A direct upload to popular social networks like Facebook and Youtube seems to be feasible on the detour via the Canon Image Gateway. I will explore these technical possibilities soon and add my review.
"Summary"
Canon IXUS 255 delivers with a very easy-to-use camera that delivers very good images in their price range. Anyone who wants to "just Pics" make no frustration factor without dealing with the art, comes here fully at its expense.
Small bleating, because that's also must be:
The ribbon for the wrist strap is not worthy of this camera. Why not a beautiful, black, narrow fabric ribbon?
What the designer has thought in the design of the battery cover, is his secret. The Oval indentation looks nice, even the deep down arrow. Only for pushing the suck at all. I need to grab with your fingernail into the end slot, otherwise it could not be. But of course it works somehow.
The function menu is actually quite simple, but sometimes you do not know whether you have to press the left or right. Probably even exercise.
5 star anyway!
