1. Introduction 2. Specifications 3. Body & Design 4. Body & Design 5. Operation & Controls 6. Displays 7. Menus 8. Timings & Sizes 9. Features 10. Features 11. Image Quality 12. Compared to... 13. Compared to... 14. Conclusion 15. Samples

Canon Digital IXUS v (S110 Digital Elph) Review

Review based on a production Digital IXUS v

Canon have taken the popular Digital IXUS and added a "v" for video. The Digital IXUS v (known as the S110 Digital Elph in the US and IXY Digital 200 in Japan) builds on the original Digital IXUS platform by firsty adding the ability to take short movie clips of either 160 x 120, 320 x 240 or 640 x 480 resolution. And secondly support for direct printing (to Canon compatible printers). The only visual difference between last years Digital IXUS and the Digital IXUS v is the small gold coloured microphone on the front case.

Canon Digital IXUS v compared to Digital IXUS 300

	Digital IXUS v (S110 Digital ELPH)	Digital IXUS 300 (S300 Digital ELPH)
Lens	2 x optical zoom, 35 - 70 mm equiv. (F2.8 - F4.0)	3 x optical zoom, 35 - 105 mm equiv. (F2.7 - F4.7)
Focus range	Normal: 57 cm - Infinity Macro: 10 cm - 57 cm	Normal: 76 cm - Infinity Macro: 16 cm - 76 cm
Resolutions	1600 x 1200 1024 x 768 640 x 480	1600 x 1200 1024 x 768 640 x 480
JPEG modes	Super-Fine Fine	Super-Fine Fine Standard
Design	Microphone on front of case, otherwise same as Digital IXUS (S100 Digital Elph)	New designed case, new shutter release button, improved exposure dial, new power button, new zoom controller
Volume	133 cm3	179 cm3
Weight (inc. batt)	225 g (7.9 oz)	275 g (9.7 oz)
Digital Zoom	Smooth up to 4x	Smooth up to 2.5x
Colour filter	GRGB	GRGB
Movie	160 x 120, 320 x 240, 640 x 480 (with audio)	160 x 120, 320 x 240, 640 x 480 (with audio)
Direct Print	Yes	Yes

Those are the specification / design differences, lets get on to examine the camera in a little more detail and see what other improvements have been made...

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1. Introduction 2. Specifications 3. Body & Design 4. Body & Design 5. Operation & Controls 6. Displays 7. Menus 8. Timings & Sizes 9. Features 10. Features 11. Image Quality 12. Compared to... 13. Compared to... 14. Conclusion 15. Samples