Canon PowerShot 10MP with 10x Zoom (SX120IS)
Canon PowerShot SX120IS 10MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Images Stabilized Zoom and 3-inch LCD
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4 out of 5 stars
(88 customers reviews)
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Canon PowerShot 10MP with 10x Zoom (SX120IS) DescriptionCanon PowerShot SX120 IS is easy for Everything. The Smart AUTO feature makes every shot picture-perfect. Canon PowerShot 10MP with 10x Zoom (SX120IS) Features
Canon PowerShot 10MP with 10x Zoom (SX120IS) Customer Reviews2 out of 5 stars 2010-03-14By Feng tai da (Knoxville, TN) IMO, look to purchase an alternative camera. I'm not a camera buff, just looked for a reliable and functional unit. Initially, I was well pleased with this P & S. Pictures were quite adequate and it was easy to use. Downloading images to my pc was a snap - used windows photo gallery. After three weeks of moderate use the auto-focusing mechanism began to grind. Finally, it got to a point where it would not focus at all on small objects - e.g. print. The macro function was useless. Focus capacity died. Returned it - searching anew. 5 out of 5 stars 2010-03-08 By Octav (Philadelphia, PA USA) Pros: Excellent daylight picture quality, with good white balance in auto mode. Good picture quality for low-light and night shots, especially after you take control of some of the settings (especially ISO - keeping it under 400 really helps). I had to go to the manual white balance modes only a handful of times - other than that, I was really happy with the automatic mode. For some indoor shots, the warm colors of incandescent lighting might be even considered a plus. Fast, shutter lag in non-existent once the exposure and focus are set - makes it much easier to capture those split-second moments. Once you realize how the auto-focus operates, it's easy to have the camera focused properly in no time. Slow synchro flash option, and 3 levels of flash output in manual mode - that way you can avoid the over/under exposure situations caused by the flash. Being able to use the flash as a fill-in to compensate for a backlit subject, while avoiding overexposing a very interesting background is a big plus. Fully manual controls. Good choice of semi-automatic controls. Optical image stabilization - and it works, too!! I was able to take a picture of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicoper, hand-held, at max zoom, with the helicopter being about 2 miles away - and I still had enough resolution in the picture to be able to count the blades on the rotors. AA batteries - try buying a proprietary Li-Ion or charger at a gas station. Ni-MH rechargeables are cheap and easy to find, and if you can't keep those charged and ready to go, you won't do any better with a proprietary battery. I read reviews from people complaining about battery life - there's something wrong with their batteries and chargers - I have three sets of 2300 mAh NiMH batteries, and all of them are good for some 400 pictures. Good zoom lens, decent optics - F2.8 for a 10x zoom lens is impressive. Small enough to carry around - thus, when the perfect shot shows up, you'll have something to capture it with. Decent continuous drive mode. Standard USB cable, the kind that you already have a dozen of them around the average household. Good, intuitive, easy to use menus. AA alkaline batteries and 128 MB SD card included - so you can test your camera right out of the box. Cons: No printed user's guide - just a quick reference guide. Only supports PictBridge, no way to have it set up as a mass storage device for picture transfer. Easier to use an external SD reader. No viewfinder - although the LCD does a good job by itself. Battery level indicator - it would be nice to get more than a "Low battery" indicator. Once you see it, you can take another 20-30 shots with a set of NiMH batteries. Some purple fringing along the edges, especially when transitioning from an overexposed area to something a lot darker. Not a lot, though - I've seen much worse. Did some experimenting with some infrared LEDs, and got the same effect and color - so I'm starting to believe some of the purple fringes are caused by infrared light hitting the sensor, slightly off focus due do the higer wavelength. I'm still looking for an infrared blocking filter to test this theory in full. No optical zoom during movie recording - only digital. No 3:2 picture aspect ratio - only 4:3 and 16:9 No automatic exposure bracketing mode - it can be done manually, without too much hassle. Could benefit from longer exposure times, and smaller apertures - but the available selection covers about 95% of the situations that you would encounter in day to day photography. A software hack developed by a group of enthusiasts, called CHDK, is in the process of being ported to the SX120 - it will provide, among other things, exposures up to 64 seconds, the ability to take RAW pictures, battery voltage, live histogram and optical zoom during movie recording. Overall, after using it for 6 months and taking more than 2000 pictures, I would give it 4.5 stars - it's not perfect, but for this price, you can't beat it. 5 out of 5 stars 2010-03-08 By Harold W. Miller I had lost my Canon A570 camera in a house break-in. I got a replacement from Canon, the SX120, to give me a better zoom capability. It does that. I was surprised by several things. Even though the lens is much larger, it actually seems lighter--and thinner. The LCD is bigger, now 3". The wider lens in normal (1:1) use captures more light and is apparent in indoor shots. The camera is rated as 10X but with two extra megapixels, it will actually go up to 40x is you are willing to settle for a .jpg that we had in 2002 (a tripod is a must). The color seems somewhat better--the A570 seemed to be a little "cooler". The only negatives--quibbles actually--is the lack of an optical viewfinder which was probably sacrificed to make room for the larger lens and the lack of a panorama mode which I never used and is readily available with shareware. I did like the flip-up flash which is gives more light than the one on the A570. One thing you definitely will need is a larger SD chip to hold the larger pictures, the one that came with the camera is only 128mB (the A570 came with a tiny 16mB SD.) However I got a 4Gb SDHC card for which holds 1400+ pictures. I find that the SX120 is a better camera than the A570--definitely an improvement. 3 out of 5 stars 2010-03-06 By Mom of 3 (MA USA) This is a nice camera. Takes decent shots if you don't know anything, just put it on the auto setting and you'll get good pics. HOWEVER, the battery life is TERRIBLE. It takes 2 AA batteries and I have to change them almost every time I use the camera!!! It is so annoying and I always have to keep AA's where I go in case it suddenly dies on me. All my other cameras have had chargers that charge the camera and hold the charge for many uses. I hate this AA thing!! 5 out of 5 stars 2010-03-03 By Richard C. Beeman (Natchitoches, LA USA) I just got back from Israel. I took this camera with me and was so happy to have gotten shots at a moment's notice. The quality of the pictures is amazing. I found I did better on a manual setting for shots in which I had time to set up. Just a rotation of the wheel on the back and I had the shutter set and I was ready to go. I only use Duracell 2650mah batteries in my Canon. They perform for almost two days of shooting. I was on this trip with another who had the same camera, the SX120IS, and he only had the akalines which came with his. They lasted almost half a day. I shared some of my batteries and he was very pleased with his camera after that. The only real drawback for this camera is it's hard to grip. I had a PowerShot A530 that I loved, but it suffered from eating batteries. i had sent it back and they fixed it, but three years later it got hungry again. That is when I got this one. If the bump on the front were bigger I would feel better about holding it. As it is, I used the wrist strap all the time and it was fine. If you have a camera strap, use it. You'll have a nicer camera for a longer period of time. I have 680 shots from my trip and they all came out great. Just push the shutter halfway down and make sure you allow the camera to focus before taking any pictures. Love my Canon! All Reviews for Canon PowerShot 10MP with 10x Zoom (SX120IS) BUY Canon PowerShot 10MP with 10x Zoom (SX120IS)
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