Review of Canon IXUS 500HS Ultra Thin


Canon IXUS 500HS compact property, "ultra thin" (19.2 mm), is considered one of the smallest sample PnS now use micro SD memory card.


Superficially IXUS 500HS has a square design, but offers modern features young, reflect "the spirit" of the Canon IXUS camera fashion. The machine's casing made of sturdy metal; the tubercles do not have fingerprints, with 4 color versions of black, red, silver and blue, rich user options.


The compact size makes IXUS 500HS point to attract the initial attention from viewers, especially the lens design. Also use the zoom lens out, but the IXUS 550 lens zoom ring out only a single, bold personality, ensuring a lightweight, not bulky and do not cause problems when using the convenient carrying as anywhere.

The body is not equipped with wheels and tuning mode function, but the basic controls, such as compensation - except for light, macro, flash and custom Disp button, stylized design, allowing users to easily adjust with one finger. Video record button is individually designed, convenient to switch from mode to record video in unexpected situations.

Compared with many other PnS Canon IXUS 500HS is quite a change in design, such as playback mode button position is transferred onto the roof of the machine, next to camera mode switch, power button and camera button.

Rear LCD screen size 3.0 inch,support PureColor II G LCD technology with resolution 461,000 pixels. Is the bottom position, but the memory card and battery are separate effects of two slots.

Features

As well as the latest compact models from Canon, IXUS 500HS uses CMOS sensor, 10.1 Megapixel resolution, technology support and back-illuminated HS intelligent system, which improves sensitivity and interference for improved image. Meanwhile, DIGIC image processor built-in 5 new machines faster image processing, and support technology automatically analyzes context iSAPS intelligent, provides the ability to optimize the white balance.

Thin size but more surprising is the lens on the optical zoom to 12x (28-336mm) suited for shooting in any situation.

Auto capture capabilities of the machine frame and identify good white balance, providing images with true color, bright, quality images even when viewed on a computer screen. Compared to the same price segment models like Sony CyberShot TX66, often exhibit warm tones like red; yellow than it really is brilliant.

In addition to the self-timer mode familiar, IXUS 500 has 25 shooting modes to identify different context, in which the effects are fun mode, such as tilt-shift (microcosm), Toy
In particular, the face detection mode new IXUS 500HS, users can save 12 different faces to different states to automatically identify the person in the crowd. Besides, the machine's ability to focus very "respectable", even moving objects can also be trailed machines and fast autofocus.

Add a notable feature on the IXUS 500HS, machines capable of focusing at a distance of at least 1cm in macro mode, bring the experience of macro close-up images and sharp.

In addition to good shooting mode with the other utilities, IXUS 500HS also provides Full HD 1080p quality video quality, can choose a resolution of 720p HD video and VGA 640x480p.

The IXUS 500HS compact but feels sure grip, not easy to fall, sturdy design with matte coating, a machine with a luxurious look and feel younger. Lens "sticks" out with short distances is also advantageous, does not cause problems when moving or hold the camera when shooting macro.

Auto shooting mode, IXUS 500HS not only good white balance when shooting outdoors to light but also very good with color light indoors under fluorescent lights. While some unusual pattern PnS green natural image and low light thanks.

However, in low light conditions when resorting to flash support, we can see colors in low light image in the image area edge, the natural color to yellow, slightly underexposed image. Using the P mode with flash and shooting with external, for color images, but their images when shooting in natural yellow room, this can be overcome easily with image editing software. But if shooting backlit lights and padded, IXUS 500HS supports very good flash light, mood lighting, more details are backlit, not too bright, the colors more realistically.

Integrated on the lens for better image quality rather than travel as a form IXUS 500HS, when shooting in backlit or high contrast case, the image does not appear the phenomenon of light flashes and aberrations. The aberration is seen only when the image contrast is too high and about 300% to crop photos from clear.

28mm wide angle for the ability to embrace the wide, panoramic photography suitable architecture and picture, but this makes borderless photos in the photo is distorted or deformed. Therefore, when taking photos with IXUS 500HS collective, you should zoom lens a bit to avoid the phenomenon.

The ability of the machine noise at ISO 800 is pretty good, and details are not lost on the details, but when up to ISO 3200, flat images, the loss of mass but the color remains the same.

With face detection mode, IXUS 500HS has not really impressed. Machines often confused faces, even if you shoot someone does not know, sometimes the machine is identified and recorded name to identify you saved. Furthermore, when taken with 5 m spacing with 28mm lens, the machine completely lost the ability to recognize faces. This may be the imperfections of the regime of the new smart identity.

Video capabilities of the machine for better image when shooting with daylight. Video recording in wide and medium focal length 28-50mm for panoramic capabilities sharp focus, with little further away from the focal length, IXUS 500HS can balance and vibration performance, however, the image somewhat less sharp and less noise.

Images taken from the Canon IXUS 500HS




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