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ELPH 115 IS vacation shot

Started Oct 31, 2019 | Discussions thread
Simon97
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Re: ELPH 115 IS vacation shot

That confused me too but I'm pretty sure it is a CCD. Canon uses "HS " in their point and shoot cameras with the BSI CMOS sensor. I also have the ELPH 360 HS, it may have a bit less noise speckle to the images but I can't say the quality is that much better.

I shoot these cameras at a lower resolution mode as I don't really need full res and IQ isn't that great with these sensors. The 12mp 1/2.3" BSI sensor was nice in its day. All went downhill with the 14mp sensors on up.

I'd prefer if they gave up the long zoom for 24-90mm equiv. and a bit faster aperture, say f/2.5-4.5. A modern version of the 12mp BSI sensor would be nice too. But no, they play the numbers game with 20mp sensors and long zooms. The smart phone cameras leave these things in the dust as far as IQ goes.

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