Canon Ixus 110 IS

This was an unexpected acquisition... Son broke our Canon IXUS 860... and this is not the first he's broken. 8( I am so banning him from using this new one!)

Form wise, Other Half doesn't like this new Ixus. The only reason we got this was at my insistence because earlier as we were discussing about the various models, he said this one has a faster lense... 2.8 as opposed to 3.2. He preferred the 100 IS which was sleeker. Anyway, these are all jargons to me.. whiter/darker lense, bigger aperture. In the end, I said I could live with a not so sleek looking pns camera... as long as it is good. He has his DSLR, anyway.

Well, after two days of trying... have this to say. The form may not be there but the performance is quite good. There is marked improvement over our old Ixus. Auto focus is now really auto focus... 8) Just need to point and it auto adjusts immediately. By the time you press to shoot, it's already focused. The modes are also auto. Point at something near, it switches to Macro. Turn the camera to somebody's face and the Portrait mode kicks in. No need for Idiot's Guide. The auto mode memang for idiots. LOL! No need to fumble for the right settings with the buttons. It's all there on auto. Their auto is really auto. Kah! Kah! Kah!

This is Kuala Kedah in the evening... taken with Sunset mode. Usually the sunset is breathtaking here but ominous clouds were everywhere that evening. Oh ya! As for viewing the photos... shake the camera and the next pic comes on!

This was part of dinner.. sweet sour crab at Oasis. Macro shot if I'm not wrong... with this one, you can bring it really close and still get a clear shot. Last we came here was July last year, before the girls left for their studies. Other Half and I took our gal there for dinner... just the 3 of us. It's always fun to take her cos she is usually game to try anything new. 8) Bro is the opposite. The rest of the other stuff like stabilizer, etc, etc.. on the camera; all there and tweaked for better perfomance. Of course-lah! Otherwise how to sell!

Also, night shots inside are sharp, unless of course in really dark situations. This was at Tesco. They were having some phone fair there. This pic is taken without the flash. These days, put a few small booths together and then play some loud blaring music... they call it a fair. But it takes only 5 minutes to walk the whole thing. Other Half said it looked like a car boot sale. All the booths were so small. And there were like 6 or 7 of them; maybe less. For all you know, they could be from the same company.

Funny thing, one of the signs there was promoting for Celcom... it said even if one is blacklisted, they'll still give a line. This is Malaysia Boleh style... don't pay, get blacklisted... and now they openly say still can. *scratch head* What is there to deter people from getting black listed? Mere words!

Video is great for a small little compact like this. This was zoomed in... so clarity is somewhat compromised. Quality is good when it is uploaded onto the computer.. supposed to be 'semi' HighDef... something like this. But we tried taking a few at church when we went to pick Son... it was definitely better than our previous model. I'd rate it as a good buy - if you can live with the form! Of course Other Half keeps harping about the form... especially the back which he says looks kinda cacat.

BTW... new swine fever in Mexico... schools are being closed. Not good... not good at all. Reminds me of SARS.