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No question, and no doubt why the Ixus 300 failed commercially - as I wrote, I picked it up on a clearance to see how I like rear screen shooting, about C$110. As it proved out, I can't be a fan ...

Thanks for the comment and observations - SOOC post is really just to celebrate completion of CHDK for the Ixus 300 - I'm bothered by reflection / glare and instability holding rear screens so ...

Thanks, that's a good cautionary assessment of the "SDO" - my one question about the Ixus 300 might be that it was released as a kind of S90 for dummies at about $50 less, and might share some ...

At Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, trying out the Ixus 300 / SD4000 with the newly completed CHDK for it:  ISO 80 reduces the native 125, and SuperFine JPEG compression. This is SOOC.  I was ...

Both my bridge cameras have native MF, and for the older S5is the CHDK zoom-rocker control was a major breakthrough in usability, since it doesn't have control wheel fine adjustment. I never used ...

You take the deals as you find them in your country, for the phone and features you want / need. Here in Canada the going contract rate for a Bell Canada 2yr with S8 ( discount currency by 25% for ...

The best camera is always in the hands of the best photographer, but my big shock owning the S5 and then buying a "sunny day zoomer" in the SX10 (which can only blush before the ultimate sunny day ...

Thanks, I was assuming one separate install procedure for each camera and then using those files for each one's additional cards. I'll have to try this. (I do have some camera-specific settings, ...

You can just disable auto updating - I've copied this from a site Gadgets360: (1) Open Google Play Store. (2) Touch the hamburger icon in the top-left, swipe up and choose Settings .

I haven't read of this before, but could well be known to others. For some years I've been using CHDK with two or three 4gb cards for each camera: unzipping a freshly downloaded version on my PC ...

Nice shots - interesting the phone beat your camera on that secont shot.   I like that one for the complicated hard rectangular elements and then the soft reflection, inside the dark frame.  ...

Thanks, that would be very good news - as I wrote I'm currently stuck on an older v1.1.0 that was tweaked offline and never put into the development channels - so it works better on the SD4000 but ...

Google turned up this interesting iFixit site, with a lens error technique for massaging a lens back into position - indicates there should be an onscreen error message so not sure if it applies ...

I have an SX10 that works well. As you'll know, pressing in shooting mode the lens should smoothly extend about 1/2" out to 28mm equiv line and stop - your video show it jittering at the start. To ...

My personal doesn't count for much, but by coincidence got my first compact Canon Ixus 300 (a baby S90) as a "carry around" a few months before my first (hilarious specs) smartphone LG Optimus Net ...

I'm not in the "flagship" league, but always recommend this comparison site - the reviews and the side-by-side specs are reasonably thorough: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8466 You ...

Not very precise about HDR stacking or focus stacking and how many exposures you'd want. I don't use Android devices for post-processing much, but noticed the developer of the very good Open Camera ...

My big CHDK trouble was with the rear screen that seems unconventional somehow and doesn't work for CHDK zebra, grids, etc. I pretty much agree about the IQ of this camera versus phones, though I ...

For Android there is a little free app called "Set Orientation" (dev Eyes-Free Project) in the Play Store - it will let you choose from and set a variety of choices and then disable it when not ...

I still have the camera, and share your high opinion of it - I think of it as my S90 for dummies - but have to say my phone has pretty well replaced it as carry around. Also have a bit of a tale to ...