Canon PowerShot SX100 IS

Advantages: high quality photos, image stabilizer, 10x optical zoom, good macro, various scene modes
Disadvantages: no viewfinder, 4 secs to recharge after taking a picture with flash, goes through batteries quickly

...will be pleased with the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS. Its setting can be changed from Auto to Manual and it comes with face detection and an image stabilizer. The camera, itself, is relatively compact and has a built-in lens cover. The only thing that really bothers me is the fact that it does not have a viewfinder. Since it has a 10x optical zoom, the zoom is amazing. It also has good macro. Though it may be hard to take a close-up picture of an ... Read review

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In addition to its Superzoom lens, the SX100 IS is loaded with a full complement of performance and desirable characteristics, including 8-megapixel resolution, a DIGIC III image processor, face detection and a 2.5-inch LCD screen. Powered by AA batteries, the PowerShot IS SX100 offers photo enthusiasts many creative possibilities, including the ability to shoot films VGA 30 fps in two recording modes (high quality and lower quality to reduce the ... Read review

Advantages: canon very good
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To give Canon credit, the SX100 retains many of the controls found in the S3 and S5; manual controls tend to fall by the wayside in this camera class. There's still a full complement of manual and semimanual exposure modes, flash and exposure compensation, and three-metering modes. There's also the de rigueur handful of scene modes, plus a decent face detection mode that lets you scroll through found faces to select one. It still takes longer to use ... Read review

Advantages: easy to operate,picture quality is good
Disadvantages: camera is too bigger to adapt to lady

The color's performance of Canon camera is always having itself characteristics, the mainly reflect in the whole color is more average, but three primary colors performance is more saturated.This kind of imaging way to make Canon camera capable to construct a simple and beautiful color style.In actually prospectus shooting, SX100 IS is good to take this style, when have no red、green etc. color in the menu,become faithful the shot scenery.When ... Read review