Canon PowerShot ELPH 320 HS (AKA IXUS 240 HS)
Canon has just announced a WiFi enabled, touchscreen equipped variant of the ELPH 110 that they announced last month. The new Canon PowerShot ELPH 320 HS (Also known as the Canon IXUS 240 HS) sports a nearly identical feature set to the ELPH 110 but swaps out the 3 inch non-touch screen for a 3.2 inch touchscreen and adds the ability to upload photos/videos to your favorite social networking websites, Canon’s online image hosting site or transfer them to your Apple iOS device.
- 16 effective megapixel CMOS sensor
- 24 – 120 mm (f2.7 – f5.9) 5X optical zoom lens
- Optical image stabilization
- New: 3.2 inch touchscreen LCD (461,000 pixels)
- New: Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity; the camera can transfer photos to your Apple iOS device and also upload them to email, Facebook, YouTube or Canon’s online ‘cloud’ iMAGE GATEWAY (yes it’s spelled that way) website
- Advanced Smart Auto picks one of 58 (!) scene modes; no manual controls
- Face ID can remember 12 faces along with their age group; new Sleeping Face Recognition (essentially baby mode) puts the camera in ‘silent mode’ to capture photos of sleeping babies
- High-speed continuous shooting up to 5.8 frames per second
- 1080p Full HD (1920 x 1080) 24 FPS movie mode with stereo sound
- Takes SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards
- Uses a lithium-ion battery
- Available in March for $280
- Comes in your choice of silver, blue or red