Digital camera report: Canon Powershot SX100IS
By Arnold Zafra
The Canon Powershot SX100IS is a “super zoom” digital camera designed for photography enthusiasts who are in need of a versatile and powerful camera that is capable of producing high image photos even in its maximum zooming capacity.
Priced at US$268 the Powershot SX100IS gives value for your money with its compact ultra-zoom 8.0 megapixel CCD and Canon’s DIGIC III Image Processor.
According to Canon, the Powershot SX100IS is the first model in its SX series of cameras packed with brilliant features in a compact body. Its 8.0 megapixel ensures that your photos are deeply detailed that you can enlarge or crop with destroying its vividness.
Key features include:
- 8.0 Megapixels, 1/ 2.5” Charge Coupled Device CCD
- Macro allows photography from 1-50cm (W)
- 10X optical zoom
- Focal length 6.0-60mm f/2.8-4.3(35mm equivalent 36-360mm)
- 80/1600 ISO (sensitivity)
- 2.5” LCD screen (172,000 pixels)
- 400 shots per battery charge
- Takes SD/SDHC, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus, HC MMC Plus MEDIA
- Durable plastic body
- 265 grams
- Dimensions of 108.7 mm x 71.4 mm x 46.7 mm (W x H x D)
- Genuine Canon Face Detection technology automatically sets the focus, exposure and flash; Face Selector Button allows users to select primary face when taking group shots
What the manufacturer says:
A new concept, PowerShot SX100IS is compact and portable with streamlined controls. Take it everywhere, because inside is a level of photographic power that’s truly impressive; 8.0 megapixels ensure deeply detailed images—giving you complete freedom to enlarge an image or any section of an image and crop it to your exact specifications.
What punters are saying:
“On the upside, the SX100IS produces great photos with vivid colors and very accurate detail. Long-range shots look great as well and have no loss in detail. It’s kind of a double-edge sword with this camera.”- Joe Eitel
“To the Canon PowerShot SX100IS, everyone can be a good photographer. Such is the ‘friendliness’ of the SX100 that it genuinely embodies the Powershot maxim of ‘incredible versatility and ease of use.”-Digitalrev
“This camera is great for some one like me who wants the point and shoot options and settings but still likes to dabble in the manual world and play with doing it myself.”-Flynne Girl
Our comment:
The Powershot SX100IS is a versatile point-and-shoot camera that is packed with some of the useful features that you can find in other high-end digital cameras or even DSLRs. Being the first model in Canon’s latest line of digital cameras, the SX100 IS is a good start and should set the trend for more better cameras in this Canon product line.
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December 7th, 2007
Just purchased the SX100IS. Being an artist I needed a camera to take good quality pictures and prints of my work. The salesman at Circuit City was very knowledgable and recommended the Canon Power Shot. I am hopeful it will do the job!!