I have owned one of these many years and find it ideal to carry around with me. It is lightweight and small. If you buy one make sure you also purchase a case to prevent damage to the cameras casing.
It has a choice of 3 formats, panoramic, hdtv and classic.
The panaoramic is the wide one ... Read review
Advantages: Small and good picture quality with 3 sizes available Disadvantages: Processing of film can be pricey when compared to 35mm
I have owned one of these many years and find it ideal to carry around with me. It is lightweight and small. If you buy one make sure you also purchase a case to prevent damage to the cameras casing.
It has a choice of 3 formats, panoramic, hdtv and classic.
The panaoramic is the wide one ideal for landscape photography.
Hdtv and classic are basically the standard picture size one is just more oblong than the other. ...is useful and a tripod socket on the base.
There is a self timer which used in conjunction with the tripod socket allows self portraits to be taken. Also can be used when you have problems holding a camera steady. The battery seems to last a long time especially if the flash isnt used much.
APS film comes in 2 forms either 25 exposure or 40 exposure. The are colour, black and white and also slide film available in the APS format. I ... more
I have owned one of these many years and find it ideal to carry around with me. It is lightweight and small. If you buy one make sure you also purchase a case to prevent damage to the cameras casing.
It has a choice of 3 formats, panoramic, hdtv and classic. The panaoramic is the wide one ideal for landscape photography. Hdtv and classic are basically the standard picture size one is just more oblong than the other.
It has anti red eye flash which is useful and a tripod socket on the base. There is a self timer which used in conjunction with the tripod socket allows self portraits to be taken. Also can be used when you have problems holding a camera steady. The battery seems to last a long time especially if the flash isnt used much. APS film comes in 2 forms either 25 exposure or 40 exposure. The are colour, black and white and also slide film available in the APS format. I have used both the b&w and also colour film and had good results but not tried any slide film through it as yet.
It is a good backup to your slr system as it can just be popped in the camera bag. Also one could be kept in the car ideal for accidents etc.
They are cheap to buy on ebay and the aps film is still available. As they are getting old now there arent new ones available so they must be purchased on the second hand market. Such places to look would be ebay, camera shops and camera fairs and also car boot sales. The only problem with APS cameras are that developing costs are higher than that for 35mm film.
I wasn't particularly looking for a camera but saw it in the sale at half price and bought it. Since then it?s lived in my bag or pocket for most of its life and has taken a fair battering but still works quite happily.
The camera is like most IXUS's quite tiny and offers the usual APS film features (3 formats, drop in loading, exposure information recording, etc)
Canon did two similar 'cheap' IXUS models - this one - the AF, and another the FF. The difference being that the FF had fixed focus and the AF auto focus (obviously enough). The auto focus is of the infra-red type so can be fooled by shooting through glass etc... but generally performs well and is worth having over the FF version. Exposure is good enough and the flash is small but good enough for shots at parties etc... as long as you're not too far away from ...
