Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Great Price Canon SX20IS for

Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch Articulating LCD Review



This is the first digital camera I bought. I have had experience with a wide variety of cameras including SLR's. While this doesn't come close to the quality of an SLR, it does very well for the price.

Pros:
>Fast zoom, with ability to zoom slower
>Great settings, The landscape setting is great, sport setting works very well, a host of other settings to still try.
>Manual focus, it takes some time to learn though.
>stitch mode for panoramas makes it very easy to put together amazing panoramas.
>Video quality is great!
>Battery life is great!
>The articulating LCD screen is great!
>Start-up time is very fast

Cons:
>Lack of sharpness, photos do appear soft. Nothing photoshop can't fix up.
>720p video uses a lot of power, and a lot of memory card space.
>You can hear the zooming while zooming on video.

I've used this camera over the course of four days at an air show, it performed very well. Can't compete with the quality of some SLR shots I've seen, but this camera got a lot of good photos. The video is VERY nice, so nice that one of the performers featured my video on their website.
Night shots are great as long as the ISO is low to avoid noise. Macro shots took some time to get right, the auto-focus has trouble with a close subject, that's where the manual focus comes in handy.

Overall very happy with my purchase. It's great for a starter camera to get to know the controls, settings and have the ability to take some high quality video on a budget.



Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch Articulating LCD Feature


  • High-powered 20x wide-angle optical zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer
  • Capture 720p HD movies with stereo sound; HDMI output connector for easy playback on your HDTV
  • 2.5-inch Vari-Angle System LCD; improved Smart AUTO intelligently selects from 22 predefined shooting situations
  • DIGIC 4 Image Processor; 12.1-megapixel resolution for poster-size, photo-quality prints
  • Powered by AA batteries (included); capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)



Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch Articulating LCD Overview


With a 20x wide-angle zoom, the 12.1-megapixel PowerShot SX20 IS offers intelligent, versatile shooting power. Switch to Smart Auto mode for effortlessly great results, or shoot stunning HD movies.


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Customer Reviews


Truly Amazing - Stephen Feng -
I'm a not a professional photographer. I like to take pictures of portraits and of nature. I own a couple Canon 1Ds Mark 3. That being said, I wanted a small compact camera to take around with me. I first purchased a Sigma DP-1, but found it limiting and too slow. I sold it and decided to purchase this Canon ). And I am simply amazed at the functionality and speedy feel of the camera. Yes, it's not as small as a DP-1, but compared to a 1Ds Mark 3, it's tiny. Every feature of this camera is well thought out and they loaded it with much current technology as possible. I can't think of a single thing to complain about. I see people complaining about the buffer, but honestly if you NEED high buffer on RAW shooting then take the plunge and buy a 1D or 1Ds.

It's not a professional grade camera by functionality and build. But the image quality is on par. sRAW on a 1Ds Mark 3 is precisely the same as this camera MP size. I would feel very comfortable with the image quality of this camera to do a editorial shoot (non-sport) with it. But of course, the client always wants to see the big expensive camera, since they're paying you. :)



Nice Package.........Bad/Noisy Pics - R. Fraley - Mid Atlantic U.S.
Bought it, Loved the package. Everything was great except the picture quality. The Video quality was excellent. The Still Pictures were middle of the road at best. In all settings, under all circumstances the pic's were just middle of the road and in many cases very noisy,blurry etc. Tried sharpening them up with software, and the raw material you are working with just isn't up to par. Sorry.........returned it. Will try something else. Btw, I love Canon Camera's and have two others. This one just didn't cut it.






Good camera in small package - E L - Houston,TX USA
This is my 1st point and shoot. I've owned 5 DSLRs to date. The way I use sx20 now as a baby SLR and HD camcorder. If I stay away from full auto, I'm very much OK. Picture IQ will never reach the high level of DSLR. I carry the camera every where now w/out the big bag of lenses and accessories. I shoot HD footages and converted them to ACVHD dvd .The video is beautiful if played on blue ray player. My dedicated Canon flash works wonder on this camera.


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