Top of camera controls
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Neat and tidy. Again, same design as the original Digital IXUS, separate power button and single control for easily switching between record and play modes. I personally like this, it makes reviewing images much quicker and more natural. The zoom control surrounds the shutter release button, this doubles as a playback zoom / thumbnail switch in playback mode.
The power button requires a 2 second "hold" before the camera will power on, however just a tap will power it off (shouldn't it also have a "hold" for power off too??).
Mode switch
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Play mode |
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Auto record mode Switches to the currently selected record mode (full auto, manual, stitch assist, movie). Record modes are selected through the camera's on-screen menu system (covered in more detail later in this review). |
Zoom controller (record mode)
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Zoom Wide |
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Zoom Tele Zooms towards full telephoto (70 mm), if you pass the 70 mm mark the camera will begin to digitally zoom (indicated by a blue text display). Unfortunately it's not possible to disable digital zoom. |
Zoom controller (play mode)
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Toggle Thumbnail view
(zoom wide button) Toggles between display of a single full screen image, 3 x 3 thumbnails on the LCD screen or 3 x 3 thumbnails scrollable a page at a time. |
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Playback Magnify (zoom
tele button) Zoom the displayed image by 2 times, the arrows can be used to scroll left and right, in combination with the SET button to scroll up and down. |
Rear of camera controls
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Rear control functions in record mode
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Flash mode Toggles through five flash modes: • Auto Flash • Anti-Redeye • Fill-in Flash (forced on) • Slow-sync Flash • Inhibit Flash (forced off) |
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Drive mode |
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Focus modes Toggles between three focus modes: • Normal focus range • Macro focus range • Landscape (Infinity locked focus) |
| MENU |
Enter Record Menu |
| DISP | Preview Display on
/ off Toggles between live preview display on or off. The IXUS 300 overlays shooting configuration for four seconds in either mode. |
Rear control functions in menu mode
| SET | Change
currently selected menu option |
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Previous menu option / value |
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Next menu option / value |
| MENU | Show / Hide menu |
Rear control functions in play mode
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Previous image |
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Next image |
| MENU |
Enter Play Menu |
| DISP | Information overlay
mode Toggles between three information display modes: • Image review, no information • Image review, basic information (date&time, folder, filename) • Image review, exposure information |
