Canon IXUS 300

lalopes said:

I have a Olympus C2000 Zoom and is a pretty cool camera, but i
think it still a little big to carry on holidays.

Would you trade it for a Canon IXUS 300 ???

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Steve Ilett said:

lalopes said:

I have a Olympus C2000 Zoom and is a pretty cool camera, but i
think it still a little big to carry on holidays.

Would you trade it for a Canon IXUS 300 ???

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I can't speak about the Olympus but I recently bought the IXUS 300
for a trip to Japan (web-site diary/gallery to soon follow) and I
loved it. Of course, the small point-n-shoot nature of the 300
means that it really needs bright daylight for the best shots but
the size is what I bought it for. I wasn't expecting awesome
pictures under adverse conditions with this unit.
The flash falls off very quickly but the movie mode is cool and
really adds to the camera. I had a couple of 128Mb CF cards and
limited myself to 1024x768 res images so I had room for plenty of
shots - in the end I came away with a touch over 130Mb of pics and
movies over a 2 week period.
If you plan on taking pics at night, use a tripod or find a surface
to put the camera on and use the timer. Under low-light conditions
you'll get lots of blur if you don't.
Anyway, keep an eye out on here and I'll post the address for my
gallery - should be in the next few days.

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lck0925 said:

I can't really tell you if u should trade in ur olympus since i
haven't owned one b4.. but wat i could say is in regards to the
s300. I've had my s300 for a month already and yes.. i really love
it. It's small.. i can carry it anywhere and even sneak it in
places that i may normally not be able to(my sister wanted to take
pictures when she was in spain but for some reason security guards
in the mall wouldn't let her). I can also take pictures of ppl
without them knowing by just taking it out of my jean's pocket..
turn on(very fast boot up).. turn off flash(make sure there's
enough lighting) and just shoot. Here's a list of somethings i
like and don't like about this camera:

like:
1. Very small not quite as small as the s100(DON'T CONSIDER THIS
CAMERA!) or s110(QUality way better than the s100) but still small.
2. Fast.. very fast.. the only thing that slows it down is when
u're trying to focus(i bet all digicams need as much, if not more,
time to focus)
3. Quality is .. not quite excellent but very good when taking
pictures in well lit places.. I'm not trying to say that flash pics
are bad.. it's just that since the flash is pretty weak for this
camera.. u really need to pic the right place to shoot indoors
especially when it's lit by tungusent lights(gives pics orange
cast).
4. I dun really think the 3x zoom power really got me into buying
this but yes.. it does come in handy sometimes.
5. Noise levels arn't that bad.. way better than the s100(i owned
it for two days then returned it cuz of the colours it produced)

NOT LIKE:
1. Battery power(u'll need to buy maybe two more battery packs for
dis camera if u're going on vacation shooting all day).
2. PRICE(at this price u could chip in an additional 50 to 100
dollars and u'd be able to get a 3mp camera)
3. FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS.. yes.. it's a a little better than the s100
and G1 in terms of focusing.. but it still makes mistakes.. for
example.. i was trying to take a pic of my friend one time and the
pic was TOTALLY out of focus.. why? he had dark skin and was
wearing black.. he was on the left of the picture.. so the camera
decided to focus on the silver car wayyy behind him. So here's the
tip.. try to aim the camera at the thing or person u're trying to
focus on .. lock.. and then recompose.
5. Problems in heavily ariticial lighted rooms.. i noticed a small
and strong orange cast from time to time when taking pictures of my
dog in my computer room.. but that's only in this room..(cuz it's
soo heavily lit with the tungusent bulbs).

There are a lot more i'd like to list but this post is getting
long.. feel free to ask more if u'd like.. i check my threads
everyday after school.

Here's just some tips of u decide to buy the camera..
1. remember to practice shooting.. try to buy the camera a month b4
u take it on vacation and KEEP SHOOTING.. u'll learn it's faults
and strenghts.. i can say that i'm getting very good pictures now
all because i've taken over a 1000 shots in less than a month.. it
helped me learn how to read the LCD correctly(i'll know when i have
an out of focus picture now or an over exposed pic).
2. When shooting ppl or objects that have low contrast.. try to aim
at something wiht high contrast tha's the same distance as the
object u want to be in focus .. lock then recompose.. (my s300
loves to focus on the CARPET than my dog.. so i aim the AF LAMP(it
shoots out a white beam) at my dog's BLUE shiny colar tag.. then
recompose.)..

Sorry.. i'm going on and on.. better stop here.. as i have learned
soo much from this forum.. here's a phrase passed onto me by the
wonderful ppl here that help each other out ... "U won't be able to
find a perfect camera.. u just have to buy one that suits ur
needs.. and KEEP SHOOTING to learn it's strenghts and weaknesses"..

TErence Luk
HaVe FuN... I luv digital photography..
P.s. I've tried printing out the pics on a HP 934.. the quality's
actually pretty good..

Steve Ilett said:

lalopes said:

I have a Olympus C2000 Zoom and is a pretty cool camera, but i
think it still a little big to carry on holidays.

Would you trade it for a Canon IXUS 300 ???

Click to expand...

I can't speak about the Olympus but I recently bought the IXUS 300
for a trip to Japan (web-site diary/gallery to soon follow) and I
loved it. Of course, the small point-n-shoot nature of the 300
means that it really needs bright daylight for the best shots but
the size is what I bought it for. I wasn't expecting awesome
pictures under adverse conditions with this unit.
The flash falls off very quickly but the movie mode is cool and
really adds to the camera. I had a couple of 128Mb CF cards and
limited myself to 1024x768 res images so I had room for plenty of
shots - in the end I came away with a touch over 130Mb of pics and
movies over a 2 week period.
If you plan on taking pics at night, use a tripod or find a surface
to put the camera on and use the timer. Under low-light conditions
you'll get lots of blur if you don't.
Anyway, keep an eye out on here and I'll post the address for my
gallery - should be in the next few days.

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