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ELPH 115 IS vacation shot

Started Oct 31, 2019 | Discussions
Simon97
Simon97 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,443
ELPH 115 IS vacation shot

I bought this camera years ago from one of those stores where you hawk your items for cash. Paid $40 for it new in the box. Must have been a gift someone didn't want. It still takes photos despite a crack in the LCD screen cover and the USB port quit working.

This is one shot from my vacation up in Michigan to see a friend. We are on the shore of lake Michigan in a park just south of Manistee. A little post processing and I think it takes decent shots.

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Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS Panasonic Lumix DC-G100
Canon PowerShot ELPH 115 IS (IXUS 132)
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Re: ELPH 115 IS vacation shot

Simon97 wrote:

I bought this camera years ago from one of those stores where you hawk your items for cash. Paid $40 for it new in the box. Must have been a gift someone didn't want. It still takes photos despite a crack in the LCD screen cover and the USB port quit working.

This is one shot from my vacation up in Michigan to see a friend. We are on the shore of lake Michigan in a park just south of Manistee. A little post processing and I think it takes decent shots.

Seems an excellent buy and I wondered if it was CCD because there is a something special about CCD images before low noise in dark conditions became the be all and end all of photography. The first review I saw said CMOS but on Canon's site it says CCD.

Also the f9 would cause people to faint in the ILC forums over diffraction and the manual says f6.9/f/20 (sic) at telephoto so I suppose it is being simulated with an ND filter which is the best way to do it really.

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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Re: ELPH 115 IS vacation shot
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Simon97 wrote:

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 always think the colour in CCD images just has a special look about it which appeals to me but difficult to quantify and many do not agree. The image looks great full screen on my 60cm monitor and nobody can argue with the bang for bucks you are getting with this little camera.

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.

They probably just have to play nowadays with what they can get from Sony.

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