Canon PowerShot SX120 IS Digital Camera 3.0 inch LCD
Posted by Notcot on Jun 8, 2010 in Photography |
Product Description
The compact, lightweight, user-friendly 10 Megapixel PowerShot SX120 IS offers intelligent shooting power with a 10x wide-angle optical zoom. A choice of Smart Auto and Easy shooting modes means all the family can take great shots. Plus you also have the option of full manual control so you can explore the full potential of the camera and your own creativity. Either way a host of intelligent Canon technologies, including optical image stabilisation for blur free images even at high zoom, ensure stunning pictures. Whats more you can quickly and easily shoot quality movies with sound.
- 10x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom
- A Choice of Manual, Smart Auto and Easy Shooting Modes
- Create Smooth, High Quality, Movie Clips with Sound
- Features Include: Optical Image Stabiliser, Face and Object Detection, Blink Detection and Face Detection Self-Timer
- Features Canon’s Most Advanced Image Processor, DIGIC 4
This is my sixth digital camera and personally I have always believed in the ability of up to date technology so its no real surprise to me to see an improvement. This camera is the definition of this IMO. One month later and 600+ pictures later I am staggered at the advance. My last camera a Canon A720 IS was and still is an absolute gem but is blown away by the quality of this new model. Image quality, depth of field, saturation and sharpness are all miles better. And for the £££, well the value for money is amazing! Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
A great camera with brilliant definition. The ease with which you can change between settings is excellent and works really well. If I have one moan, it is the rate at which it goes through batteries. The camera drains the juice at a horrendous rate and regularly requires the batteries changed. I understand that lowering the quality of the pics would have impact on the battery usage, but I have put up with it so far! That aside I really like the camera and am very pleased with my purchase.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a very good camera, specially in the price range. I regard it as a mid range between an SLR and a compact. So, if you are one of those photography whos not sure of spending a lot of money on an SLR, I would suggest go for this one. It has a good 10x zoom, which is okay for beginners at serious photography and really good for occasional photography. The camera feels smooth and not bulky at all, although if you are looking for something that might go into ur jeans pocket, this is not the one. The photo quality is amazing with a lot of options. Theres also an easy mode, which is for those new to digital cameras. You dont have to do anything, just click.
I would definitely recommend this product.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this camera as a replacement for my much loved Canon Powershot A610 which died suddenly for no apparent reason. It’s also a backup for my Nikon DSLR and a general take-anywhere camera for those situations where a DSLR is either impractical or unwelcome. I wanted a camera with full manual control as I was used to having that with my old Powershot and with my DSLR and this camera pretty much ticks all the boxes.
Pity it doesn’t shoot RAW but you can’t have everything. I like its size – not too small and fiddly like a lot of compacts – and the flash is pretty powerful and much better placed as a “pop up” than the flashes on most cameras in this category. The zoom range is also great although I’d have liked it a little wider at the wide end and with image stablisation it is a superb medium telephoto camera.
Images are clear and sharp and with the usual slight oversaturation of Canon Digic processing. Shooting options are a little bewildering in number and just a tad gimmicky, however since I tend to keep it in aperture priority 60% of the time, they’re probably not going to get used.
Dislikes really relate to battery use and recycle times for the flash. This camera EATS batteries to an extent I’ve never experienced before. I quickly stopped using my 2100mAH Ni-MH rechargeables and bought some 2800mAH instead and these seem to last a lot longer, however I always carry a couple of spares. The flash recycle time is also bettery-related in that it seems to take ages to suck power out of those batteries, therefore repeated quick flash shots are a no no. Why this should be is a puzzle as I use the lower power rechargebles in my Nikon SB600 speedlight flashgun and not only is its recycle time very fast, but the batteries last for ages.
So in summary, a good all-round compact with most of the features you’ll ever need but with some slight caveats relating to power consumption. The price is excellent. I just hope it doesn’t die like my old Canon did.
Rating: 4 / 5
I think this camera’s fantastic, a massive improvement from my Canon IXUS 970 IS – and I really liked that! If you’re like me, love photography and cameras but can’t afford a DSLR, i really think this is the way to go – great photo quality; don’t be fooled by all the 12MP cameras coming out, 10mp really is MORE than enough unless you’re planning on printing door-sized photos, haha. I also love the quality – the macro is excellent. Also, while digitals are never amazing in dim lighting, just to compare, my old camera very rarely took a good photo without flash (literally, unless the sunshine was blazing). This, however, only seems to struggle if you’re in a barn or something – and even then it’s a lot better than my old one.
I also love the little flip for the flash, very easy to turn it on or off (no missing shots while fiddling with buttons!), and of course the great zoom. Its only flaw is the battery – keep in mind to buy powerful rechargeable batteries because it sucks batteries up like oxygen, they really don’t last very long. At all. Not wonder they don’t come with the lithium ion – they’d probably have to provide about 4 for one day!
But as long as you’re willing to choose quality over ease of batteries etc, I really recommend this camera.
Rating: 4 / 5