As a longtime IXUS users I can only be surprised: This model has nothing to do with the famous IXUS quality, namely small, yet good picture and video quality. The Ixus 265 has a direct comparison with the Ixus 155 the poorer image quality (blurred and rand distorted) and also poorer video quality (now mp4 instead mov), although advertised as more pixels and Full HD are in it, apart from a new superfluous program frills. Since Canon has apparently marketed an immature foreign development. Those who want a "real small" IXUS, should the current Ixus 155 purchase, which is now very inexpensive and with which I am very satisfied at the time when everywhere clippers and Videoclipaufzeichne.