Gadgetory

hi there I'm Josh Goldman senior editor was seen it and this is a look at the Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS it's an adorable ultra compact camera packing a 12 X zoom lens in a very tiny body now to make it so small canon switch to a hard to handle micro SD card for storage and a small battery with disappointing battery life Canada also squished the controls on back and made them very small making it somewhat difficult to take advantage of all the camera shooting options which are plentiful photo quality is good - very good but overall disappointing compared with past HS model elves even at its lowest ISO settings subjects can look very soft and noisy at larger sizes and it also gets noticeably worse at and above ISO 400 so not the greatest in low-light now the quality is still slightly better than a smartphone's camera as is its shooting performance so if you're just looking to do better than your phone and what a tiny cute camera with the long lens and don't mind paying extra for it go nuts and if you've got another 50 dollars and would like built-in Wi-Fi for photo sharing and backup look for the elf 530 HS for the money you also get a touchscreen which times is just as frustrating to use as the tiny buttons on the 520 but it does make it a little easier for passwords and such I'm Josh Goldman and that's the Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS and it's Wi-Fi enabled line mate the 530 HS