Canon PowerShot SX100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) 8-megapixel effective recording * 2-1/2″ LCD screen * 10X optical zoom (4X digital/40X total zoom) * optical image stabilizer * top JPEG resolution: 3264 X 2448 *
Customer Review: Overall Great Digital Camera
I just purchased this over the weekend, as well as a Sandisk SDHC 4GB card and have taken over 500 photos ranging from night shots, low light levels, overcast, bright indoor lights as well as great sun photos and all have come out great!
Pros: Easy to use interface with good sized & well marked icons. Fast power on-to-shooting time(just past two seconds), lighter than a DSLR but feels heavier than most mid level point and shoot cameras. (I personally don’t like cameras that are too light in your hand.) Has a good comfotable grip although I can see where someone with large, note I said large not larger hands as mine are average, may feel like it is too small. Colors are rich and life-like without over saturation and blacks feel and look right. I have tried most of the larger sizes and the writing/processing to card seems fast, without the camera lagging. Macro and micro shots are good, with very good detail. The optical zoom is amazing as well as using the Manual Focus. Video is great and smooth. DVD quality if I recall.
Cons: The included 16mb card…enough said. Continuous photos seem to slow down when using the 8mp size photos, I only say that because I tried the smaller sizes around my 300th shot and it slowed down. I even swapped to new Lithium batteries to make sure it was not the batteries. The wheel/dial adjustment for ISO, Focus, Flash and mode seems a little loose or rather sensitive. I brushed it a few times and it went to adjust when I did not want it to. Video mode looks good but no sound!
I gave it the four stars only because of the cons I listed.
Sorry if I did not address modes or things that you may do that I did not try yet.
Customer Review: LoveTheCamera
This is only my second ditital camera, my first one I got in 2005. This camera takes very nice pictures. I am an amature photographer and it does everything I want. Indoors and low light without using the flash you have to sit really still or you will get a blurry pictures. Outdoors or with brighter light or using the flash this camera does great! People keep saying the video is not all that great. Personally I think it is fine. I only use it to take quick video. I use my video camera to take most of my videos. I had to return this camera due to a default, but I am going to re buy this camera. I like the zoom and the 8mp.