Cute she looks, the little white Canon IXUS 510 HS. It is well made, a quality image and stands out by its minimalist form of other digital cameras. On her there is nothing bulky or Projected. In her plain white, the IXUS 510 HS is a real eye-catcher. If the camera is not turned on, it has only the shape and size of a cigarette. Thus they are also found in a small lady's handbag or in your jacket pocket. There is the on / off switch, the playback button and the zoom button with shutter button on the top of the camera. The touch screen takes a size of 3.2 inches the entire back, via the menu you can access all other functions or individual settings.
The first start-up is relatively simple. After charging the battery, which lasted about 2 hours, is given to using the MicroSD card and sets the date, time and language. Already you can begin recording. For the various shooting situations are 18 available shooting modes. With just one finger touch (sometimes it had to be more, because the touch screen reacts somewhat cumbersome, perhaps I should but attached to the loop input help use) you have direct access to exposure and flash settings. The trigger can be operated both via the display or via the built-in zoom button conventional trigger. The menu system is logical and intuitive you can even without reading the supplied on a CD, extensive manual start shooting. However, you should let these not entirely disregarded, since some features you will find in it in any case. In the field test, the IXUS with my 5 year old about Panasonic TZ had to measure 10. This test has then something dampened my delight at the new Canon IXUS. The lens is equipped with a 12x zoom, covering focal length 28-336 mm (KB) continuously from. In addition, the IXUS features an optical image stabilizer, which means that the lens is movable I gelagert.War in automatic mode in good daylight still quite happy with the camera, appeared when taking pictures with less light but significant weaknesses. The images were noticeably noisier and the focus was much to be desired. However, the reproduced colors appeared real and give no cause for criticism. For snapshots on the beach or on the playground, the image quality in my opinion, is sufficient. If you require more photographs I'd want to grab a layman but to an SLR.
Pleased I found the videos in full HD. These were succeeded even with less light, because I was really surprised. However, the IXUS 510 HS is a good video camera and not replace it. Since speaking in my view even the small size of the camera, however, a slightly larger video camera is better in the hand.
Negative I noticed also the weak battery. If you work a lot with flash, like a family reunion, so It is safer to have a second battery at hand.
The manufacturer advertises a wireless mode for easy image sharing to your PC or to the Internet, this may be an enormous advantage for users of social networks. Since I use these only sporadically and me demanded by Canon procedure is not user-friendly enough, I will probably not use this feature more. On my PC, I invite the photos still down conventionally.
The Canon IXUS 510 HS is an average camera, it has its strengths in the size, the weight and the processing. In design and price it is close to the luxury class. For quick snapshot on the go, it is well suited.
