Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS

Canon's IXUS 310 HS is as much a pleasure to use as it is to hold, and packs an abundance of features alongside a vivid touch screen into a compact form.

If you're in the market for a highly portable compact digital camera, then you cannot bypass the Canon PowerShot Elph 310 HS ($259.99 MSRP) during your search. The PowerShot Elph 310 HS shares many of the same features with last year's PowerShot Elph 300 HS, including the 12-megapixel 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor with Canon's Digic 4 processing. The Canon PowerShot Elph 310 HS was nearly...

The Canon IXUS 230 HS is a stylish new compact camera that offers an 8x zoom lens, full 1080p HD movies and a back-illuminated 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor in a super-slim stainless steel body. Retailing for £229 / €269 / $259.99, read our Canon IXUS 230 HS review to find out if it can bring IXUS style and substance to the masses.

Canon 310 HS review, find out how the 310 HS stacks up against the competition in our real-world review with in-depth image quality comparisons.

IntroQualitySamplesVerdictIntro The Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS, known outside North America as the IXUS 230 HS, is a 12.1 Megapixel super-slim compact in the typical ELPH / IXUS mould. From here on in I’ll refer to it as the ELPH 310 HS / IXUS 230 HS. The ELPH 310 HS / IXUS 230 HS features…

A slimline digicam with a large, high-resolution touch-screen, plenty of manual controls for still photography and support for Full HD video recording.Essentially an update to the Ixus 300 HS, Canon's new 12.1-megapixel Ixus 310 HS provides a slightly higher-resolution sensor, a wider zoom range and a larger LCD monitor with higher resolution and a widescreen aspect ratio. Canon has also improved the new camera's video capabilities by adding Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) recording at 24 fps to the previous model's 720p capabilities.

Quick TakeProsUltra-Compact frame makes it easy to carry with you at all timesIncredibly easy to useLoaded with useful featuresOutstanding image qualityExcellent 1080p HD videosHigh quality 3-inch LCD screenVersatile 8x optical zoom lens with great image stabilizationBetter than expected battery life

Canon ELPH 310 HS is a 12.0MP Ultracompact camera with a 1/2.3-inch sized BSI-CMOS sensor and 28-224 mm F3.0-5.9 lens. Read our ELPH 310 HS review to find its pros and cons.

The new Canon IXUS 310 HS / PowerShot ELPH 500 HS is an impressive compact camera, on paper at least. It offers the usual IXUS style, a 3.2 inch touchscreen LCD, 12 megapixel back-illuminated sensor, fast f/2.0, wide-angle 4.4x lens, and full 1080p HD movies. Read our in-depth Canon IXUS 310 HS review to find out if it can live up to its eye-catching headline specifications.

Quick TakeProsUltra-Compact frame makes it easy to carry with you at all timesIncredibly easy to useLoaded with useful featuresOutstanding image qualityExcellent 1080p HD videosHigh quality 3-inch LCD screenVersatile 8x optical zoom lens with great image stabilizationBetter than expected battery life

Canon PowerShot Elph 310 HS

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With superb photos and videos, fast performance, an 8x zoom and a stylish ultra-compact design, this little camera is pretty much perfect

A slim 8x zoom compact with high sensitivity sensor