Testseek.co.uk have collected 66 expert reviews of the Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS / IXUS 310 HS and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS / IXUS 310 HS.
March 2011
(76%)
66 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(81%)
21 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
3.2-inch touchscreen with good UI
Fun shooting modes
Including 240fps video capture
F2.0 lens with aperture priority mode
Very good image and video quality
Highly attractive design
Good low-light performance
1080p movie capture
High-speed video mode
Large LCD screen
Sleek looks
High image quality
Fast shooting capability
Touchscreen interface
Large screen
Better than expected noise-free results at higher light sensitivity settings
Decent build quality
Excellent build quality
Full HD movies
HDMI connectivity
Impressive low light performance
Good image quality
Good build quality
Nice touchscreen interface
Customisable directaccess options on the touchscreen
Noise handled well up to 800 ISO
Decent lens
Good performance at telephoto settings
1080p HD video
Stereo sound
Optical zoom
Large high quality touch screen
Good low light performance
Full HD video with stereo sound
The editors didn't like
Touchscreen menus add a few steps
Subpar battery life
Expensive for a compact camera
Limited choice of colours
Zoom could be longer
Touchscreen control takes some getting used to
And you're paying a slight premium over similar spec models because of it
Touch screen controls can prove fiddly at times
Images tend to be soft overall
Price is a little high
Handling could be better (the camera's shape makes it slide out of your hands)
Lens lacks consistency at wideangle settings at maximum aperture
Noise from the optical zoom is picked up in videos
Good image quality; Stylish form factor; 1080p recording; Large touch screen with good visibility.
Noise in images and videos; Screen not very responsive; No dedicated video record button; Limited manual focus; Video capture file size restricted to 4 GB; Expensive.
Great ISO test results, Photographs captured in low light retain good details, Shutter Priority (Tv) and Aperture Priority (Av) modes, Superior f/2.0 optically stabilized wideangle lens
Poor battery life, Uninspiring build quality, Full touchscreen controls leads to couple of extra steps
The Canon IXUS 310 HS has a truckload of features and coupled with superior image quality it can put any digital camera to shame. But there are few glaring negative points that pull down the rating. Read the full review to know more. ...
Bright F2 ultra-wide-angle lens; excellent photo quality for its class; a nice mix of shooting modes.
Touch interface is potentially frustrating; shooting performance is a little slow.
The touchscreen controls keep the Canon Ixus 310 HS from being a lower-cost PowerShot S95 alternative for enthusiasts, but it's otherwise a very good ultracompact. ...
Quick start-up time; takes excellent pictures; Smart Auto works very well; plenty of shooting modes and creative functions.
Touchscreen lags at times; menu not very userfriendly.
Canon's latest Ixus compact camera does not disappoint. The Ixus 310 HS starts up really fast and makes it easy to shoot pictures even in challenging situations with its Smart Auto mode. On the whole, there are no major complaints, battery life is s...
Abstract: Flowing curvesLooks-wise, the IXUS range has come a long way from its previous boxy design and then later more fluid design. This latest incarnation works some more on a design that flows with more curves and is quite pleasing to the eye. Its build is stu...
Snappy Little Package, Minus the ZoomAesthetically, the Canon IXUS 310 HS is beautiful, though a tad weighty, but with great features packed into a compact form factor, we can hardly complain. The choice for a spectrum of colors was also an added bonus, a...
don't expect things to be as smooth. It's workable and functional, but nothing worth writing home about.What's worth bragging about though is the camera's image quality. Images come out very sharp at a max resolution of 12.1 megapixels. The lens is quite...
El tamaño y la tecnología táctil de la pantalla. Graba video en Full HD. La autonomía de la batería de 180 disparos
La interfaz no es muy intuitiva y el zoom no funciona bien cuando estás grabando video
Para los que están buscando una cámara compacta que tenga muchos modos de captura para tomar fotos divertidas y originales, esta PowerShot tiene un puerto HDMI para ver el contenido que has capturado con buena definición desde una pantalla más grande....
Boîtier design et extrafin, Capteur CMOS BSI, Vidéo 1080p
Faible autonomie (190 clichés), Carte mémoire micro-SD
Une bonne qualité optique et une excellente qualité d'image dans un boîtier décevant : l'IXUS 500 HS est aussi bon en photo et en vidéo qu'il est mal fichu. Ce très beau et très petit boîtier est pour nous une grande déception tant on sent la maîtrise mat...
