The IXUS 1100 HS has a metal case, which Canon has over its predecessor, recognized the red pencil and both the housing upper part and a portion of the back of the camera plastic manufactures. On the quality of the metal has also been saved - because the housing of the IXUS 1000 HS makes a considerably more solid impression. Buttons and scroll wheel have disappeared in the successor and in return, the manufacturer on a 3.2 "touchscreen display in 16: 9 format, which is twice as fine dissolves with approximately 460,000 pixels as the 3" display of the predecessor. Unfortunately, the display in poorer lighting begins very quickly to noise and judder - the other providers can better. The operation of the camera by means of touch screen is a bit strange, especially since often more pressing is necessary to trigger the desired function. For my taste, Canon could have quietly kept the wheel and the switches of the IXUS 1000. Unfortunately, the manufacturer dispensed once on an optical viewfinder, which makes it difficult to operate the camera noticeable in bright sunlight.
The camera has a 12x zoom 5,0-60,0mm with a maximum aperture of 1: 3.4 to 5.9. Converted to the small picture format corresponds to a focal length of 28-336mm, so the slight wide angle through to telephoto more than sufficient. Especially the wide angle was treated with 36mm in the predecessor very neglected. The zoom range is yet pass through upon actuation of the controller almost infinitely softly and swiftly, especially. The 9-point Auto Focus the IXUS 1000 HS is absolutely convincing both the accuracy and the speed and is equipped with a face recognition feature. I particularly liked the way the focus by pressing the corresponding area of the touch screen - it's that simple.
Filming enables the IXUS 1100 among other things in the resolution 1920 x 1080 Full HD with 24 frames / sec and 1,280 x 720 HD with 30 frames / sec. Both are less than optimal - a resolution of 1920 x 1080 with 25 or 50 B / s would be more desirable. Why the recorded movies in QuickTime MOV format and not in standard AVCHD TS format are saved me is also unersichtlich. Positive should be emphasized that the image stabilization works fine even when shooting movies. Slow pans bring the autofocus of the camera quickly from the step - with zooms in both directions, he comes more visible clearly. Noise during filming or zooming are definitely not to hear with my camera.
The image quality of the IXUS 1100 IS can be described as very good. As for sharpness and color balance remain nothing to be desired, if only the image processor would handle a little more sensitive to the image details and would not in favor of a lower noise smooth ironing a lot of detail. While the focus in the center is very good, they can be on the edge, unfortunately for something. On the whole, the picture remains but for a compact camera to encouraging a high level.
The software package consists like Canon usual, from ZoomBrowser EX version 6.8, PhotoStitch, CameraWindow, and a utility for uploading movies turned to film portal Youtube. Unfortunately, the detailed manual is once again only as a pdf file to DVD.
