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I got problem understanding the model name of Canon compact digital camera. I saw some previews of IXUS Canon camera here, but I cannot find IXUS camera at Canon website. There, I see Power shot Sxxx instead.

Any one teach me please?

Thanks in advance

Thanh

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Ixus = S100
Ixus-V = S110
Ixus-V2 = S200
Ixus-V3 = S230
Ixus-330 = S330

They often refer to these models as "Elph" in the USA so an Ixus V3's full yank title would be "Digital Elph S230" ..

BTW as you're a D30/60 owner I'd look into the S30 instead, it's probably the least noisy consumer camera out there, even compared to the 4Mp S45 let alone horrors like the Dimage-7Hi !! and has a full array of manual features and a 3X Zoom :)

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Hi Adam,

Thanks for your help.

I'm clear a bit now :-). The name are just confusing.

The reason I like this camera is that it has a long movie mode :-) (90 secs for 640x480, or 3 minutes for 320x240). S30's video mode is only 320x240 max 30 secs & 160x120. It seems that many S230s have problems with their lenses.

I don't mind carrying my D60 with a flash and a few lenses around though :-), but it causes some attentions which I don't like much :-). Thanks for your mention on the noise of other Canon compact DCs besides the S30. I will take that into account to do the consideration :-)

S45 is expensive, I can save up that money to get the 100-400IS L :-)

Thanks again

Thanh
Adam-T said:
Ixus = S100
Ixus-V = S110
Ixus-V2 = S200
Ixus-V3 = S230
Ixus-330 = S330

They often refer to these models as "Elph" in the USA so an Ixus
V3's full yank title would be "Digital Elph S230" ..

BTW as you're a D30/60 owner I'd look into the S30 instead, it's
probably the least noisy consumer camera out there, even compared
to the 4Mp S45 let alone horrors like the Dimage-7Hi !! and has a
full array of manual features and a 3X Zoom :)

--
My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

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In Europe they are called Ixus V.... In North America S....
Same camera. No difference except the name.

I do not know why they have different names, but one reason may the warranty. So that they can distinguish more easily where it was bought. Many people from Europe buy cameras in the US because they are much cheaper here, than in Europe. But a US warranty is NOT valid in Europe.

When I bought my S200 here about 6 months ago it was about $100 cheaper that the IXUS V2 in Germany.
Thanh Tran said:
Thanks for your help.

I'm clear a bit now :-). The name are just confusing.

The reason I like this camera is that it has a long movie mode :-)
(90 secs for 640x480, or 3 minutes for 320x240). S30's video mode
is only 320x240 max 30 secs & 160x120. It seems that many S230s
have problems with their lenses.

I don't mind carrying my D60 with a flash and a few lenses around
though :-), but it causes some attentions which I don't like much
:-). Thanks for your mention on the noise of other Canon compact
DCs besides the S30. I will take that into account to do the
consideration :-)

S45 is expensive, I can save up that money to get the 100-400IS L :-)

Thanks again

Thanh
Adam-T said:
Ixus = S100
Ixus-V = S110
Ixus-V2 = S200
Ixus-V3 = S230
Ixus-330 = S330

They often refer to these models as "Elph" in the USA so an Ixus
V3's full yank title would be "Digital Elph S230" ..

BTW as you're a D30/60 owner I'd look into the S30 instead, it's
probably the least noisy consumer camera out there, even compared
to the 4Mp S45 let alone horrors like the Dimage-7Hi !! and has a
full array of manual features and a 3X Zoom :)

--
My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

Click to expand...
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Thanh Tran said:
:-). Thanks for your mention on the noise of other Canon compact
DCs besides the S30.
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It's not just Canons (which tend to be far better than the likes of Oly for noise) it's ALL Digicams below the D30, everything from the Digital dream Espion to the Sony 717 / Nikon 5700 / Dimage-7Hi etc!. and there are all sorts of S30 blowout deals about :)

Some S30 examples .. most of these have had VERY LITTLE photoshop work, especially look at the second and last ones, the noise from my previous E10 would have been high in those ... But if you need a good Movie mode, the S30 is lousy as it doesn't continually adjust whitebalance OR focus like the Olympus C2100UZ does.. I'd rather use a camcorder anyway ;-) ..









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My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

 
Hi Adam,

Something's wrong with your link. I cannot see any pictures. As I noticed, it seems that your server only works at some certain time :-).

I looked at your PhotoSigs pictures. They are great. The "lost church" taken with the S30 is wonderful. I wonder if the red color is real or it is because of heat ?

I talked to my brother last week, he liked to have a digital camera. I think I will buy him a S30. For movie mode, probably I'll wait :-) You say the S30 does not automatically adjust the focus while capturing movie? That's not good :-).

I had C2100UZ, E20N. both of them produced extensive noise if leave in auto and the camera selects high ISO.

Thanh
Adam-T said:
Adam-T said:
:-). Thanks for your mention on the noise of other Canon compact
DCs besides the S30.
Click to expand...
It's not just Canons (which tend to be far better than the likes of
Oly for noise) it's ALL Digicams below the D30, everything from the
Digital dream Espion to the Sony 717 / Nikon 5700 / Dimage-7Hi
etc!. and there are all sorts of S30 blowout deals about :)

Some S30 examples .. most of these have had VERY LITTLE photoshop
work, especially look at the second and last ones, the noise from
my previous E10 would have been high in those ... But if you need a
good Movie mode, the S30 is lousy as it doesn't continually adjust
whitebalance OR focus like the Olympus C2100UZ does.. I'd rather
use a camcorder anyway ;-) ..









--
My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

Click to expand...
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Thanks Hahir,
Harhir said:
In Europe they are called Ixus V.... In North America S....
Same camera. No difference except the name.

I do not know why they have different names, but one reason may the
warranty. So that they can distinguish more easily where it was
bought.
Click to expand...
--> probably true. Or maybe the different name suits for different market?

Many people from Europe buy cameras in the US because they
Stefan141275 said:
are much cheaper here, than in Europe. But a US warranty is NOT
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I wonder why the "gray" market camera are cheaper in the US. I thought those gray market cameras were supposed to go to Europe.
Stefan141275 said:
valid in Europe.
When I bought my S200 here about 6 months ago it was about $100
cheaper that the IXUS V2 in Germany.
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Thanh
 
Thanh Tran said:
church" taken with the S30 is wonderful. I wonder if the red color
is real or it is because of heat ?
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I'd because of Photoshop ;-) - weird things like that go down well on Photosig :)
Thanh Tran said:
wait :-) You say the S30 does not automatically adjust the focus
while capturing movie? That's not good :-).
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It isn't much of a problem, it's the fact that it doesn't auto adjust exposure that's the real pain - but these movie modes are only really for making video notes for Emailing to people, I don't think even Fuji expected them to replace the Camcorder (the 602 has the best movie mode)
Thanh Tran said:
I had C2100UZ, E20N. both of them produced extensive noise if
leave in auto and the camera selects high ISO.
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I NEVER leave my cameras in anything but the lowest ISO and adjust up if absolutely necessary, the E10 as you may gather NEVER left ISO80..

Sorry the server was down for the pics, hopefully you'll see them next time, the S30 really is worth serious consideration, maybe it's my D60 mentality, but I always put Image quality first :)

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My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

 
Adam-T said:
Adam-T said:
church" taken with the S30 is wonderful. I wonder if the red color
is real or it is because of heat ?
Click to expand...
I'd because of Photoshop ;-) - weird things like that go down well
on Photosig :)
Adam-T said:
wait :-) You say the S30 does not automatically adjust the focus
while capturing movie? That's not good :-).
Click to expand...
It isn't much of a problem, it's the fact that it doesn't auto
adjust exposure that's the real pain - but these movie modes are
only really for making video notes for Emailing to people, I don't
think even Fuji expected them to replace the Camcorder (the 602 has
the best movie mode)
Adam-T said:
I had C2100UZ, E20N. both of them produced extensive noise if
leave in auto and the camera selects high ISO.
Click to expand...
I NEVER leave my cameras in anything but the lowest ISO and adjust
up if absolutely necessary, the E10 as you may gather NEVER left
ISO80..

Sorry the server was down for the pics, hopefully you'll see them
next time, the S30 really is worth serious consideration, maybe
it's my D60 mentality, but I always put Image quality first :)

--
My Ugly mug and submitted Photos at -------->
http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

Click to expand...
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Mats N

You guys with a love of low-noise/high image quality should dare to step out of Canon territory (if we are talking good COMPACTS) and look at the Konica KD-500Z.

Seriously low noise combined with well balanced colors AND very high resolution.
5 Mpix, "39-117mm" zoom.
Very sharp and clear LCD, but a rather simple movie-mode.

Add to this that images don´t come over-sharpened out of the cam, makes them ideal for fine-tuning in Photoshop!

What´s NOT in that cam is manual control of time/aperture values, but there is a mode for fine-tuning of exposure in 0,3 EV-steps.

And it´s got the best metal case of all small cams, simply no competition.
 
Mats Neander said:
step out of Canon territory (if we are talking good COMPACTS) and
look at the Konica KD-500Z.
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Mats Neander said:
Add to this that images don´t come over-sharpened out of the cam,
makes them ideal for fine-tuning in Photoshop!
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I've seen the images from the Konica and was very impressed, I run the S30 with the sharpening off as then they also tune well in photoshop, Canon's "normal" is too much on many occasions..
Mats Neander said:
What´s NOT in that cam is manual control of time/aperture values,
but there is a mode for fine-tuning of exposure in 0,3 EV-steps.
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and that is what kills the Konica stone dead, I couldn't be without these features even in a tiny pocket camera like the S30.

The Konica certainly is an Oly C50 killer that's for sure, and like yourself would recommend it as probably the best 5Mp P&S, shame they spoiled the ship for a ha'peth of tar missing out the manual modes!

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http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=27855

 
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