Elph 300 Hs Best Buy
Indeed in many ways the ELPH 300 HS / IXUS 220 HS is the perfectly balanced model in the range, combining many of the features of the higher end models in a super-compact format at an affordable price. Is it the best all-round ELPH / IXUS, or is it worth paying extra for the ELPH 310 HS / IXUS 230 HS, or does the lower-priced ELPH 100 HS / IXUS 115 HS offer better value? Read our full review to find out which is the best Canon point-and-shoot for you.
elph 300 hs best buy
The highest possible video resolution on the Canon ELPH 300 HS is 1920 x 1080 and it can capture in H.264 file format. 1080p resolution can provide a good balance in video quality versus file sizes but 1080p will not leave you with much room to downsample. The camera does not offer a mic or headphone socket which means you get no control over your audio. It is probably best to buy a different model if you need better audio in your videos.
The battery life (NB-4L) in the Canon ELPH 300 HS is designed to last for 220 photographs according to the CIPA benchmarks making it on par with its rivals. The average Ultracompact camera battery life is 214. Nikon L32 features the best (320) battery life in this kind of cameras.
IMHO, I never recommend people buy these cheap 3rd world flashes. A real deal Canon flash like the 430EX costs more but you get more. Even the best of the cheapo's are just stolen from Canon copies. I know they are tempting because of their price but you do get what you pay for.
Before getting into the results, I will state the Canon 300 HS nicely fits the old saying--the best camera is the one you have with you. You can take this baby anywhere and everywhere, so casual shutterbugs should consider it for that fact alone. It's smaller than my Droid cell phone and I won't even comment on comparable image quality (the Droid is really, really bad). The camera is so simple to operate, even Homer Simpson could master it in about 10 seconds--everyone else would be good to go as soon as they turn it on. The Smart Auto passed its SATs as photos taken in Auto were quite good--with some caveats, of course since I've yet to find the perfect digicam. All of my stills were taken at the 4,000 x 3,000-pixel Fine setting, starting in Auto, then switching to Program. Movie clips were shot at best Full HD resolution. Once finished I downloaded everything to my rapidly-filling PC, made many full-bleed 8x10 prints with no post processing and watched the videos on a 50-inch plasma HDTV via HDMI.
The following images were taken with an Canon ELPH 300 HS / IXUS 220 HS in Program auto mode. The ELPH 300 HS / IXUS 220 HS was set to its best quality 12 Megapixel resolution and fine quality compression with Auto White Balance. Image stabilisation was enabled for these hand-held shots 041b061a72