Canon IXUS 1000 HS Reviews
150 stills with 30 flash inclusive photos and 10 mins of HD video will kill the battery
Auto focus keeps going into macro mode for some reason.
Cannot quickly autofocus on moving objects.
Needs flash for a good moving photo in medium light.
In the end you get around the auto focus limits and work with the manual settings.... but you shouldn’t need to!!!! and the short battery life means you cannot use the camera to its full potential without carrying few spares..... gas guzzler this is :-)
But overall its a beautiful camera as the photos that "do" come out good are well over par.
The Zoom is amazing and sharp till 10x optical.
The image quality is good, noise levels at higher ISOs arent very good but thats typical of a slimline compact digicam.
continuous autofocus in movie mode isnt the best, fails to focus sometimes or is slow. I also realised my cam has a dead pixel on the sensor and it's pretty noticeable in movies but I only realised when it was much too late to take it back.
Cannot focus in very low light at all, fails consistently
Flash has a pretty small range but then again most compact digicams have the same. But also, the flash is a bit unreliable and will make subjects way too bright and contrasy a lot of the time.
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Introducing the new IXUS 1000 HS, the first IXUS with an amazing 10x Optical Zoom allowing you to get closer to the action. The IXUS 1000 HS is a slim, compact camera also featuring FULL High Definition Movie Recording and a 10.0 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS Sensor.
Huge 10x Optical Zoom
Get closer to the action with a 10x Optical Zoom in a compact camera
FULL High Definition Movies (1920x1080)
Shoot FULL High Definition Movies with Intelligent Auto and view easily on TV with an optional HDMI cable
Quality Images
10.0 Megapixels with High Sensitivity CMOS for better noise reduction delivering outstanding quality images in low light
Intelligent Auto
New Auto mode with Scene Detection, Face Detection, Motion Detection and Noise Reduction makes it even easier to get the perfect shot
Intelligent Flash Exposure
Automatically detects flash requirements and adjusts the flash output, shutter speed, aperture and ISO speed to best suit the photo being taken
3.0 inch LCD screen
A large 3.0 inch LCD screen makes shooting and recording memories easy
High Speed Burst Mode for Stills
Shoot up to an amazing 8.8fps and capture the flow of a moving subject
Super Slow Motion Movie
Enjoy shooting movies at 240fps and playing back at 30fps
Handheld Night Scene
Shoot unbelievably great night scenes in this new mode that dramatically reduces camera shake
