My Canon IXUS 132 Digital Camera Review.

Camera details:Canon IXUS 132 Digital Camera - Blue (16MP, 28mm Wide Angle, Eco Mode, 8x Optical Zoom) 2.7-Inch LCD

Delighted with this great Camera with creative features. Slim, fun and easy to use.

I purchased this Camera for myself after Christmas. I had been on the look out for a new one (preferably Blue) for sometime. My a member of my Girlfriends Family got this one for Christmas and mentioned one of it's great features. I researched the camera and decided to make the purchase. Brilliant shade of Blue.

This Camera had a ton of features and shooting modes. My last Camera was 5 years old that I bought for college work and was a pretty basic camera in comparison. This camera had so much more to offer. Firstly it looked great and has a ton of great features. I loved how easy it is to switch between automatic/ general picture taking mode and scene mode that takes pictures in creative fun modes. You simply flick the little switch to get between general and creative mode.

Colour Accent - RED
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In the creative mode there is a lot of different modes to take photos in that you simply toggle through with ease on the camera. My favorites of these are the Colour Accent, which takes a photo in black and white a keeps the selected colour. Colour switch swaps one colour with another, it works well. Other favorite effects were the Posterized effect, Vivid, and Toy camera effect which darken the edges of the frame to create a distinctive feel. It is a real benefit how easy to go between the creative mode and auto mode. 

The same goes for video recording as this camera has its own dedicated button to go instantly to video recording mode. Something my previous camera did not have so you really appreciate it here. This is just how modern this camera is as previously I had to turn the dial on my old camera to get to other modes. This camera has a more direct method that also lets you video record in any of the creative modes allowing you to record videos in super vivid, monochrome of whichever you like.

Another great feature is the timer, all cameras have a self timer mode for picture taking, this camera does too but also a 3 smart shutter modes. Smile mode, automatically takes picture when smile is detected, Wink Shutter to have the picture taken when someone winks to tell camera to take the picture and New face timer that counts down when new face enters the scene. I've taken alot of family photos recently and one thing I haven't done so far is to fix red eye on computer afterwards. My previous camera had a red eye flash mode which had two flashes, one to clear the red eye about to be taken and the second flash takes the picture. This didn't always work and people moved after the first flash. This camera does not suffer with that problem as it has a built in red lamp to clear red eye, it is a pretty standard feature of modern cameras.  

You can also crop pictures in camera. I was very happy with this camera and I really enjoy it. The camera battery is not charged in the camera and instead the battery is placed in a charger. The battery is small and this method of charging allows the camera to be smaller. 

The battery is charged in the battery pack with a short lead going to the power source. I did wish that battery pack plugged straight in to a power source but that was my only minor gripe and it would be one less lead when I'm travelling. It means too that you can have spare battery charging externally. I am extremely happy with this camera and the creative modes features. I would highly recommend this camera and its fun and easy to use.The Canon IXUS 132 Compact Digital Camera is available from in a selection of four colours and should be available from all good retailers.

Canon IXUS 140 Colours

Or as an alternative the Canon IXUS 140 Compact Digital Camera that recently released that is the same camera but with added Wi-Fi feature if that is of interest to you. 

 Wi-Fi allows to connect with your home Wi-Fi network for sending to compatible printers and others devices like laptops, tablets and smart phones for fast and convenient uploading online.

So there it is. My Canon IXUS 132 Compact Digital Camera review. I hoped you enjoyed this review and it was helpful to you. If your looking for more specific information on the details of either cameras you can follow the link to the Canon website for the Canon IXUS 132 or the Canon IXUS 140.

Happy Snapping

K