Canon IXUS 265 review

12x optical zoom, Wi-Fi and creative modes in a cute, compact package

Canon IXUS 265
12x optical zoom in a nice, neat package

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At 24mm, the widest point of the IXUS 265's 12x optical zoom lens allows you to get a wide view of the scene in.

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Optical image stabilisation helps you to compose an image with ease and keeps images taken at the furthest point of the telephoto optic blur free.

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The IXUS 265's automatic white balance system has coped well here with the artificial lighting to produce an image with accurate colours.

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There's lots of detail produced by the camera's sensor, despite it being relatively small.

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Here the camera's metering system has coped well with the difficult lighting condition to produce an image which is well exposed.

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Activating the camera's macro mode allows you to get nice and close to the subject for extra fine detail.

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Colours are bright and punchy directly from the camera, without being overly vibrant.

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At ISO 800, there is some loss of detail if you examine the image at 100%, but the overall impression of detail is good when viewed at normal printing and web sizes, giving you the confidence to use the camera in low light conditions without the flash.

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An example of one of the filters applied when using Creative Shot. The only control you have here is to choose from different sets of filters, such as Retro or Monochrome.

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Another example – sometimes the camera will apply random crops to the image as well as applying a filter, again not something you have control over.

Amy Davies

Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. Amy was once part of the photography testing team for Future Publishing working across TechRadar, Digital Camera, PhotoPlus, N Photo and Photography Week. For her photography, she has won awards and has been exhibited. She often partakes in unusual projects - including one intense year where she used a different camera every single day. Amy is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her increasingly little spare time works across a number of high-profile publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar.