Folks easily and quickly get a bit 'up themselves' when reviewing cheap cameras. Let's face it, you don't buy a simple and very basic point-and-shoot camera like this and expect to take photos that are always pin sharp and of exhibition quality. Cameras such as the IXUS 160 aren't called 'point and shoot' for nothing. Results can be very good indeed. Just take time to learn how best to use the camera.
So - OK, yes, photo quality isn't top of the heap, but it is perfectly acceptable. As with all cameras you have to learn how to get the best out of it - how to balance sky against ground; how to use the zoom to best effect and to not push it further than it's meant to go etc. etc.
We have 2 young granddaughters ages 3 and a bit and 5 and a half. Both have shown an interest in taking photos. The youngest has taught herself how to use her Mum's phone to take photos. I bought two of the 160's for them as a basic, no frills way to get used to how to handle a real camera and how to take photos and also, eventually, how to experiment. They will be given to them as a present before they are many weeks older.
Some reviewers blast picture quality, so I've uploaded 9 samples that I took this morning. No effects or functions were used. I just pointed and shot both with and without zoom. The results, I maintain, are perfectly good as the type of result that can be got with this camera - they're certainly ideal for the girls.
3 photos show an apple tree on a fence - long shot --- medium zoom --- full zoom all from the same position.
2 photos show a house - long shot and medium zoom.
2 shots show a road. One shot is dark because I didn't compensate for the bright sky - something a beginner wouldn't do.
2 shots show a flower - a longshot (with leg and foot) and then I used zoom until the image started to blur. I backed off the zoom until focus was found.
Images have not been processed apart from reducing image and file sizes prior to upload.
I've taken photographs for more years than I care to remember, starting with a Pentax S1a 35mm film camera and now I use a Lumix FZ330 bridge camera. But as a slip-it-in-your-pocket standby, or as a first camera for a beginner or young child, the IXUS 160 hits the mark dead centre. I have no whinges or complaints at all. I'm well-pleased with the camera(s).
| Produttore | Canon UK Ltd |
|---|---|
| Numero modello articolo | 0135C006AA |
| Dimensioni prodotto | 9,53 x 2,21 x 5,44 cm; 111 grammi |
| ASIN | B00RTGJZ0E |
| Aggiornamenti software garantiti fino a | sconosciuto |
