Whether the action is fast or slow, close up or far away, youll always get the shot you want with the PowerShot SX10 IS. This camera puts you on the cutting edge of advanced technology, with an incredibly powerful 20x optical zoom, 10-megapixel resolution, and new DIGIC 4 Image Processor for high-performance face and motion detection.
Customer Reviews
Wowee...what a zoom! The last Canon camera I owned was a 35mm film Canon AE1 Program SLR. I didn't like it that much then even though there was nothing really wrong with it, it never really produced great pictures and that was the reason I didn't go for Canon all these years. Recently I really want a camera with a big zoom but didn't feel like investing in a costly DSLR, especially with a big expensive zoom lens so I looked around. Reviews tend to favor the Canon SX10 IS (I prefer Nikon and Sony for digital cameras) so I bought this one via Amazon.com. Amazon really came through for me. I got it quickly and in perfect condition...how can you beat free shipping?
Since I bought this mostly for the zoom capability, I'm going to focus on that. Reviews tell me to expect distortions at 20X zoom but so far I couldn't tell of any distortion in the pictures that I took. Perhaps the pros can tell but I'm no pro. I'm very happy with that. At 20X handheld, the image through the LCD or viewfinder wavers wildly since I shake like a wet dog but thanks to the superior image stabilization (I read the reviews on that) the shot image is usually rock solid -- I managed to blur a couple in poor light.
I also shot videos at various zoom and again, with image stabilization, I still can't get over how rock solid my videos look.
Having been a point and shoot person for a long time, I'm still getting over the shock of learning this sophisticated camera, with so many features...slowly I'm getting a hang of it.
What is weird about this camera (or perhaps with Canon?) is that it won't use the higher ISO settings while on AUTO. I think the highest it did was ISO 400 and it let me push it to ISO 800, even though the picture would be hopelessly underexposed. I quickly learned to switch to Program mode (P) so it's not a big deal.
One feature I think is very cool is the capability to do custom white balance and even cooler is it lets me program it to the Shortcut button. So with one button push I can calibrate the white balance to take indoor pictures, which normally would be totally reddish yellow, that look like they were outdoors, in correct colors.
Since I bought this mostly for the zoom capability, I'm going to focus on that. Reviews tell me to expect distortions at 20X zoom but so far I couldn't tell of any distortion in the pictures that I took. Perhaps the pros can tell but I'm no pro. I'm very happy with that. At 20X handheld, the image through the LCD or viewfinder wavers wildly since I shake like a wet dog but thanks to the superior image stabilization (I read the reviews on that) the shot image is usually rock solid -- I managed to blur a couple in poor light.
I also shot videos at various zoom and again, with image stabilization, I still can't get over how rock solid my videos look.
Having been a point and shoot person for a long time, I'm still getting over the shock of learning this sophisticated camera, with so many features...slowly I'm getting a hang of it.
What is weird about this camera (or perhaps with Canon?) is that it won't use the higher ISO settings while on AUTO. I think the highest it did was ISO 400 and it let me push it to ISO 800, even though the picture would be hopelessly underexposed. I quickly learned to switch to Program mode (P) so it's not a big deal.
One feature I think is very cool is the capability to do custom white balance and even cooler is it lets me program it to the Shortcut button. So with one button push I can calibrate the white balance to take indoor pictures, which normally would be totally reddish yellow, that look like they were outdoors, in correct colors.
So far I really like this camera. I didn't really like the fact that it uses 4 AA batteries. I had really bad experiences with a Sony digital camera that uses 2 AA. The batteries only last about 1 hour of power on. I used to have to carry 6 to 8 spare AA which was a total pain. For this camera, I got Duracell NiMH 2000 mAH rechargeable batteries that suppose to hold charge up to a year. So far, I had the camera on for 4 hours, taking all kinds of zoom images without signs of running out yet. I wish this camera would tell me how much battery power I have left. Apparently it will only tell me to change depleted batteries.
All of that I waited I have this wonderful camera only two weeks in my hand and I must to learn many of their functions, but until now the pictures and videos that it produces seems to me superb. I'm very happy with this purchase and also I'm sure that with practice, the results will be better.
