IXUS III top, APS flop

The Ixus III is a high-quality finish APS-finder camera with a for cameras this construction exceptionally precise autofocus system and thus coupled metering, which ensures excellent (except for different flash modes and some custom settings) results under almost all conditions, despite almost complete automation of the camera. Are images failed, so the problem is almost always to seek either the user or the laboratory that produces the prints.
However, the APS used in all movie versions of the IXUS series (Advanced Photo System) is a cause for devaluation. Granted, the cameras are smaller than ever thanks to the new movie format. A smaller 40% negative format is a major drawback, however, quickly, you want to be a particularly successful photo even deduct enlargement - at scales on A4 quality is rarely good, usually the image is grainy and out of focus. In addition, the films are more expensive than 36mm miniature films, often also the development and the deductions. APS has been displaced since the appearance of digital cameras increasingly from the market: the laity go to the digital camera, so that you also produced without any idea of ​​photographing randomly good images, the rest is simply deleted and costs nothing. For engagiete amateurs and professionals, the APS is anyway meaningless.