Canon PowerShot SX100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black) by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon PowerShot SX100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black)
Digital camera Review: Already creating memories
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent camera and excellent price. I have taken beautiful pictures of the grand canyon and New Orleans. Everyone on the trip wants my pictures!Digital camera Review: Amazing Camera
Summary: 4 Stars
For this price, this camera is VERY tough to beat! The picture quality is superb. I love to shoot macros and w/ this camera, you can get as close as 1cm from the subject. You have the freedom to change all of the parameters to get the best resolution/quality from this camera. There is only 1 drawback to this camera, and that is that the flash takes a long time to recharge; usually 2-3 seconds. This is really not a problem unless you are trying to take continuous/burst mode shots INDOORS (where the flash might be needed). The flash lag time is NOT a factor if you are taking burst mode shots outdoors. Another recommendation that I can NOT stress enough is that you should get yourself a FAST memory card. I have the Sandisk Etreme III and I can shoot continuous/burst shots one right after the other w/ approximately .8 of a second between shots; AMAZING (considering the price), AND I can shoot burst mode shots until I darned well please. I had a Sony Cybershot prior to this and I was only allowed to shoot 3 burst mode shots. With the Canon SX100IS, I keep my finger depressed on the shutter button for as long as I like, or until the memory is full. There are SO many awesome features about this camera that I can not fully do it justice in this review. Overall, I LOVE this camera. Great features, Solid construction and amazing picture quality. I would recommend this time and time again.Digital camera Review: Amazing camera for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
I went to a brick-and-mortar store to see how this camera handled and have to say I was unimpressed. I couldn't hold it very securely because the power source/security device made it difficult to manage the menus and buttons. Since I teach computers at the middle school level, I really wanted to get a camera with manual controls because, with a point-and-shoot, you're really only teaching composition. The other option is a $600 entry-level DSLR. So I got the SX100.
I am so glad I did. I was able to take great shots right out of the box. There was no awkwardness with the manual controls, the pictures came out great, and indoor shots were just as fantastic as outdoor shots. As someone else mentioned, pictures indoors with flash really aren't as good as pictures without flash. The auto settings sort themselves out and produce really sweet images.
Someone also mentioned trying to shake the camera to make a blurry picture. I took this one step further. I drove down the highway at 55 mph and took shots perpendicular to the line of travel. They turned out crystal clear.
One of the features I like is the button that lets you view previously taken pictures without turning on your camera. It is nice not to have the lens come out on startup. Sure, you could turn the dial to the Play icon before you power up, but that's an extra step. I really like the simplicity of the one-touch image viewing. Also, to switch to camera mode, just press the shutter and you are ready to take pictures. I have since noticed it on other newer Canons, but my SD800is from 14 months ago didn't have it. It's nice!
Digital camera Review: An excellent camera with lots of features
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this camera to replace an older Canon Powershot (a 3 Megapixel version.) I was looking for a very portable camera (but not credit card sized) to take decent pictures - something to compliment my 35mm film SLR. Recently I went to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and figured this would be a good test of the camera. I was pleasantly surprised at how great the pictures came out. Usually I end up doing a little color correction on my digital photos but I will hardly have to touch the over 100 shots I took. I brought them into work the next day to show people and EVERYBODY kept asking me what was the model and make of my camera.
The images are crisp and clean. The digital zoom works wonderfully and you can get some very clean closeups. I was able to get head and shoulder shots of a cheetah over 500 feet away. The image stabilization worked well. I took a few shots of some animals in a slowly moving vehicle. I fully expected the images to blur but they didn't. The only thing I didn't test was the video capture mode but I expect it to work well from what I found.
One slight warning for anyone that plans to use the stitch assist (for panorama shots.) My previous camera had this feature and it assembled the photo as you went along (creating a very small picture in a small LCD on the camera back.) This camera assembles the pictures in your computer once you get back and download them ... but it does it much easier. Before you had to line up the pictures in the small LCD screen. With this camera you just have to get it close and the software will line it up automatically. Both cameras show the previous picture taken so you know where to line up the next shot but this time the software just asks what order the pictures were taken (which I guess means you can take them out of order) and then you click assemble and they all line up. It is quite easy.
I would highly recommend this camera for anyone interested in a very portable camera. I think the days of not using my film camera are getting closer and closer.
Digital camera Review: Awesome Camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this camera for myself. It is my first digital after years on an SLR. I love this camera. User friendly, yet allows fully manual complicated shots. I have had it a month and love it more all the time.