Canon PowerShot SX100 IS - Digital Camera Review
August 25th, 2008 at 07:23pm Under Canon
Overall assessment
Design 8 / 10
Quality finishes 8 / 10
Wealth features 9 / 10
Access usage 8 / 10
Quality image 8 / 10
Autonomy battery 7 / 10
Value for price 8 / 10
Overall assessment 8 / 10
Pro: Sensor; optical zoom; Manual controls; Stabilizer image; Face detection
Cons: No viewfinder; Memory; Weight
Conclusion: Among the various digital compact presented recently by the producer, the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS is certainly among the most interesting, especially for the 8 MP sensor and 10x optical zoom, perhaps the highest ever in its category and surprising on a compact. Other features that make it an excellent camera is the image stabilizer and the Face Detection. The notes include not exciting, however, the lack of memory, excessive weight and the display that, although great, has a resolution improved.
Design
The Canon PowerShot SX100 IS offers an ergonomic design and bombate lines, with a comfortable grip on the right side. It has wide-screen 2.5-inch TFT with a resolution of 172,000 pixels, but has no viewfinder. The size, finally, are 108.7 mm wide, 71.4 mm in height and 46.7 mm thick, while the weight is 266 grams excluding batteries.
Features and functionality
The Canon PowerShot SX100 IS is a new compact digital camera launched recently by the producer and is equipped with advanced features and ergonomic design. The first distinctive element of this camera is the image sensor, type CCD, 8-megapixel resolution, effective from 1 / 2, 5 inches in size. A sensor of this quality allows up to capture the smallest detail and reach a resolution photographic very high, up to 3264×1832 pixels. As all’ottica, the objective is mounted branded Canon and has a focal length of 6-60 mm, equivalent to 36-360 mm in size 35 mm and a maximum of f2.8-f4.3. Another striking feature of the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS is certainly the optical zoom can offer well-10 enlargements, for shots that provide an incredible sharpness of detail. There is, then, the 4x digital zoom that increases the ability to zoom up to a total of 40x. Turning, then, functions, the most important, especially if you are not experts in photography, is the image stabilizer, because compensates for the movement of the machine, due to a poor hand or the entity in motion, ensuring sharper pictures at every opportunity .
The basis of photographic capabilities of the machine’s engine image DIGIC III, which ensures high performance, better performance of colors and sharp images at high ISO sensitivity. ISAPS technology, also present, analyzes the information photographs of the scene in question automatically optimising the camera settings before shooting. The Canon PowerShot SX100 IS has also a function very particular, the Face Detection, very useful for portraits have always perfect because it can put up to 35 faces in the frame and put them to fire in the right way. Many are also shooting modes, well 18, including a creative for manual control and how Special Scenes. Thanks to My Colors, however, you can apply special effects to photos and videos. Remaining to the latter, the maximum resolution for video clips with audio is 640×480 pixels up to 30 frames per second. The camera also offers a high level of sensitivity, from 80 to 1600 ISO, so you can take beautiful photos in low light conditions and without the flash, inter alia, the option Auto ISO Shift automatically increases the value sensitivity by reducing the risk of distortion. For saving photos and video, the Canon PowerShot IS SX100 has a memory of 32 MB, but to have a greater memory, just buy cards Secure Digital or MultiMediaCard. The purchase package also includes two AA alkaline batteries are not rechargeable, the USB cable and video cable for connecting to your computer and your television, the memory card from 32 MB, the strap and CD-ROM with software for the transition and management of photos and video to your computer.
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