Canon PowerShot SX200IS 12 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD (Black)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon PowerShot SX200IS 12 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD (Black)
Customer Review: great all around camera
Summary: 5 Stars
works great. takes great pictures, only complaint is it takes a little long for second shot.Customer Review: Love this camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
This camera is fantastic. I wish it were a little smaller. Other than that, perfect!Customer Review: Great camera
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the picture quality, ease of using, and size. Not too big, not too small.Customer Review: Canon PowerShot SX200IS
Summary: 5 Stars
Best camera. Easy to use, easy to carry. Great resolution. Great pictures.Customer Review: Great first impression- really a 5 star camera!
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased the Canon Powershot SX200IS after much research on the web. I have been looking for a small camera that I can carry with me everyday: I'm doing the Project 365. I would still like my shots to be better than ones I take with my smaller point and shoot or my cell phone. I discovered these wide angle/ultra zoom small cameras and have been debating back and forth about a few of them. My choices boiled down to this one and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. While the Panisonic has some great features, like the optical zoom in video mode with stereo sound, I decided that I was mainly buying the camera to take still shots and the Canon seems like a camera I can grow with as my photographic abilities increase. The Panisonic has no Manual settings, but the Canon has everything from Easy mode that just lets you take shots and chose whether you want the flash or not, to full manual. I first ordered the Canon from the lowest price website online and they gave me a run around including trying to sell me more stuff that I didn't need and extended warranty. As long as I was willing to buy one of their package deals, they had one in stock, but when I declined all the extra stuff they put me on backorder. I finally canceled the order and went to another discount site that looked like it had it in stock. After I ordered it my order showed up as backorder and that went on for a month. I called twice and was told two different dates, both not acceptable to me so I canceled that order too. I ordered it from Amazon yesterday and had it in my hot little hands today, less than 24 hrs later. Great service! It all boils down to you get what you pay for.
As far as the quality of the camera is concerned, it is a little larger than my old iPod, but I like the heft of it; It feels substantial. It's going to take a little getting used to the power on button being on the left side of the camera; it feels better to me to turn it on with my left hand. I'm used to a camera with a grip area on the right side so I am going to make sure I use the strap as I am afraid I will drop it. The door for the battery and media card feels substantial as does the flash. The door where you hook up the cables feels a little flimsy though.
I started playing with it the moment it arrived and, I have to admit that I had to check manual to get the hang of some of the features, like turning on the IS feature. (My husband was shocked! lol) It's not visible in all modes. I am pretty savvy when it comes to figuring out techy stuff, but this has allot of different features to delve into. I will read the manual all the way through though so I don't miss any of the cool features like doing some actual editing (cropping, red eye removal (not on pets!) and rotation). It even rotates the photos in playback mode when you turn the camera from horizontal to vertical.
Overall I am very satisfied with the camera and look forward to many years of learning how to take better and better shots with this baby. I'm very impressed with the results I've gotten and, in the automatic mode, the camera senses what your subject is and chooses the appropriate mode to shoot in and it is very good at that. (See a shot of some glasses I have in a garden window. The room was pretty dark, but the camera compensated for all the light coming from the window. I was very impressed.) It's small enough to carry with me in my purse so I don't miss those important shots and it will be a great little camera to take on vacation with me. I love the 28-336mm lens and the fact that there's no lens cap to fiddle with or lose. I have taken some super macro shots (0-.79in) and they are amazing. I will post some soon.
The camera fires up very fast so you won't miss your shots; seemed like less than a second from pushing the power button to ready to shoot.
I thought I might be bothered by only having the display screen but it is very easy to see in bright light. It automatically adjusts for night viewing. I also understand that the screen is scratch-protected.
One fun little thing I discovered is that you can display the time alone on the screen by holding down the FuncSet button and pressing the power button. This might be good if I need to check out what time it is; us retired folk don't have to wear watches anymore! =)
One other thing I did was to get the 1300mAh battery and a 16 gig SDHD card which gives me about 5000 shots. It does not come with any media card.
All in all, this is a great camera to learn on. It even has a hints and tips mode that you can turn on and off and, if your shot is overexposed, the whiter areas of your photo "flash" during playback so you could retake the shot if you want. I plan to update this review as I learn more and add more photos. I think this camera is a great value for the money. Good hunting and best wishes.
7-4-09 - after having this camera for awhile, I tried to upgrade my star rating to 5 stars but the Amazon edit mode won't let me do this. I love this camera. And it's small enough to have with me all the time so I don't miss photo opportunities. The more I use it the more impressed I am. You can't go wrong!