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Nikita Achanta

Kendall Jenner and Dua Lipa made this 10-year-old Canon compact go viral so I tested it to find out if it’s worth the hype — here’s how it went

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A black Canon PowerShot Elph 360 HS A or Canon PowerShot IXUS 285 HS A compact camera.

Compact cameras aren’t dead, hooray! While many of us thought that the compacts we grew up with would become obsolete and get phased out by DSLRs and mirrorless snappers, that hasn’t happened, and Canon has proven it won’t be anytime soon with the re-release of its PowerShot Elph 360 HS A / IXUS 285 HS A. This 10-year-old compact features a 20.2MP CMOS sensor and packs digital image stabilization as well as a 12x optical zoom. The nostalgia-inducing image quality is lovely, and the camera relays vibrant colors too.

But is it worth the premium? The PowerShot Elph 360 HS A has some significant drawbacks, such as the lackluster build quality, poor battery life, and an old-fashioned USB-B port which means there’s no in-camera charging.

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