Canon 16.1MP PowerShot ELPH 320 HS Wi-Fi Camera

Canon announced the addition of 4 PowerShot cameras: the ELPH 530 HS  (aka IXUS 510 HS), ELPH 320 HS  (aka IXUS 240 HS), SX260 HS, and D20. The 530 HS and 320 HS are Wi-Fi enabled cameras for a variety of connection options to share, upload, or back-up images via the Canon iMAGE GATEWAYi online service. The Canon CameraWindow application is available on the Apple App Store for users to transfer and save images and videos from the camera to iPhone and iPad, which can then be directly uploaded to Facebook and YouTube.

Photos and videos can also be shared on-the-spot with friends and family by transmitting to another current Wi-Fi-enabled Canon camera as well. An Android app will be available in May.The 530 HS camera features a 12x optical zoom lens, 10 Megapixels high-sensitivity CMOS sensor, and DIGIC 5 image processor. It can shoot 1080p Full HD video and comes with a 3.2-inch LCD touch screen, Smart AUTO scene selection with 58 scenes, Face ID for up to 12 registered subjects and the Intelligent IS function. 

The 320 HS pretty much the same as the 530 HS expect that it features a 16.1 Megapiels CMOS sensor and 5x 24mm wide-angle zoom lens. The 320 HS camera is available in black, silver, blue and red for $279.99. Here's the summary of review by PhotographyBLOG, giving the camera a rating of 4 out of 5:"The Canon IXUS 240 HS is an unassuming yet technologically advanced compact camera that hides a lot of features under its typically IXUS-like rectangular exterior. The touchscreen interface isn't the best that we've ever used, but the new wi-fi connectivity options make it easy to share your photos and the IXUS 240 HS certainly delivers much better quality than the average smartphone. 

The IXUS 240 HS ticks the boxes for anyone wanting a good-looking, slim, metal-bodied compact that packs in all the essentials. These include a 16 megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, Full HD video, a smattering of effects filters (including the tilt and shift lens apeing miniature), plus an HDMI output, though the required cable inevitably costs extra. OK, apart from the ability to tweak exposure, alter white balance and play around with colour levels it lacks anything in the way of manual controls, but that much was expected at the outset. 

We could live without the touchscreen LCD, which is too slow and cumbersome to rival the smartphone's interfaces that it's aspiring to be, but being able to share photos straight from the camera is something that we'd like to see become a lot more widespread.Ultimately the IXUS 240 HS comes most highly recommended to casual photographers looking for a bang up-to-date point and shoot that importantly produces good looking images. If you don't mind paying a price premium for all the extra bells and whistles, then the Canon IXUS 240 HS makes a great pocket companion."

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