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hey there i'm josh goldman senior editor with CNET and this is a look at the Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS but with so many point-and-shoots released throughout the year some fall through the cracks especially at the low end and that's the case here the 100 HS was released in the first half of 2011 and it's notable because it was canons first sub $200 elf with its new high sensitivity system with a 12 megapixel backside illuminated CMOS sensor now it also has a 3-inch LCD on back and a 4x F 2 8 v 9 28 millimeter wide angle lens and it shoots Full HD video at the press of a button its photo quality is very good for the money subjects look noticeably softer from ISO 200 and above but colours are excellent and in general the results both indoors and out are better than you'll get from the average smartphone which is really what this class of camera is competing against these days plus you get a bunch of canons creative shooting options such as toy camera or miniature effect and it'll even create small high-speed movies for slow-motion a shooting performance is decent for its class my main issue is that its autofocus can be slow and inaccurate but if you're not afraid to leave Auto you can get better performance from it again for the money it's a very good pocket camera and since it's a little older now you can find it for a little more than $100 which is an outstanding deal I'm Josh Goldman and that's the Canon ELPH 100 a chest