Canon declared the 220 HS in February2011, imparting to their range of premium IXUS digital compactcameras. It is even experienced in America as the Power Shot ELPH 300HS. The 220 HS is usable in black, silver and red.


The HS system, with 12.1 megapixels,lets the camera to bring improve images without a flash or tripod.The lens is 5x optical zoom, which is a 35 mm equivalent of 24mm -120mm and has image steady to assist decreased blur.

To clickimage bringing simply, there is Smart Auto which selected from atotal of 32 different scenes. Applying High-speed Burst the cameracan shoot at 8fps. For additional creativeness there is a form offilters to select from, such like Fish-eye, Miniature, Toy Camera,Monochrome, Color Accent and Color Swap. Move with Movie Digest andthe camera will capture up to 4 seconds earlier a shot is brought andunite them everything together to make a single VGA movie.

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Thecamera can even be brought submerged to a depth of 3m in a caseplanned for the IXUS 220 HS - the Canon WP-DC320L Waterproof Case,which is available for about. The IXUS 220 HS shoots full 1080p HDvideos with stereo sound and Dynamic Image steady, protecting againstany wobble and shake. The consider videos the camera can be linkedthrough HDMI to a HD TV.


The Canon IXUS 220 HS has a slim,stainless steel body, while it does tend to attract dust and rather abit of time is spent holding it clean, but the complete does producedit simpler to grip. The buttons are simple to press and prettytypical for a compress camera, there is a dedicated button forrecording movies and even one which switches to Smart Auto way.

The2.7 inch display with the rear is bright and clear to watch ineverything lighting conditions and from an angle. The menus arelogical and simple to navigate. According to CIPA, the battery iscapable of 220 shots, which is OK for a compressed camera, whilecarrying a spare is recommended for a day of shooting.

Thecamera is ready to bring images inside a couple of seconds ofswitching with and there is no significant lag from shot-to-shot.Applying continuous shooting, the camera is capable of 2.2fps withoutflash and 0.7fps with the flash. Switching to High-speed Burst gives6.3fps at 3 megapixel, while Canon claim it is capable of up to 8fps.