Canon PowerShot SX700 HS (Red)

For the recent few years Canon has made great efforts to improve their travel-zoom compact cameras, and the new SX700 is their next remarkable achievement on that way. It's a little bit bigger than its predecessor (SX280) but it is very well built and has an attractive look and feel (I like the black one). It also got a new front grip which makes one-hand shooting more convenient, even when shooting video, since the Video button was moved from the back to the top and you can now use your thumb solely for holding the camera. Here is a brief list of the new camera pros & cons: PROS: * A very good design and build quality with the attractive finish. * A new powerful 30x optical zoom lens in just a pocket-size body. * Incredible range from 25mm wide to 750mm telephoto for stills and video. * Zoom Framing Assist - very useful new feature to compose your pictures at long telephoto. * Very effective optical Intelligent Image Stabilization for stills. * 5-axis Dynamic Image Stabilization and continuous AF for movies. * New 16MP high-resolution, high-speed CMOS Sensor. * The recent DIGIC6 processor with a new advanced Noise Reduction algorithm. * Intelligent Contrast system to retain shadow detail in high contrast scenes. * Full HD 1920 x 1080, 60 fps progressinve movie recording in a popular MP4 format. * Good-quality stereo microphones facing the subject being recorded. * A dedicated Movie-button for instant recording, now on the top of the camera. * A new high-resolution 922K, 3" display. * WiFi and NFC (Near Field Communication) features for transferring files to your smartphone or tablet. * Short startup time (just about 1 sec) and no any noticeable shutter Lag. * Almost the same battery (NB-6LH) as for SX280 (NB-6L) - old one works fine . CONS: * Slightly bigger and heavier than its predecessor SX280. * A new Noise Reduction algorithm is more aggressive on low-contrast areas. I'm basically a photo-amateur, but sometimes I do big prints and so my first priority is the image quality, and in particular its clarity at the pixel level. That's why my recent travel-zoom cameras consequently were SX230, SX260, and SX280, since Canon is doing all their best to preserve the fine details of the picture even at higher ISO's. With my recent SX280 I took many good pictures - sharp and clean, with nice colors, however while doing some research regarding the new SX700 camera features and characteristics I got a number of reasons for upgrade which I would like to share with you. Actually there are 3 main reasons: 30x Zoom Lens, 16-Megapixel CMOS sensor, and the advanced DIGIC 6 processor with the new Noise Reduction Algorithm. LENS: A new powerful 30x optical zoom lens with an Optical Image Stabilization, which spans an incredible 25-750mm equivalent range in a pocket-sized body, is a significant improvement over the SX280's 20x range. The real achievement is that the aperture of the new lens at its maximum 30x telephoto end drops to almost the same (F/6.9) value as of its predecessor at only 20x (F/6.8), what means the additional zoom will not cost you the increased ISO and therefore will not bring more noise to your pictures. On the other hand, when wide-open, the new lens provides slightly better aperture - F/3.2 than the older one - F/3.5, what gives you some advantage for shooting in low light conditions. The new SX700 also introduces an interesting feature - Zoom Framing Assist, which should help with composing shots of far distant subjects. I have to play with it for a while to find out how it actually works. SENSOR: The newly designed 1/2.3" CMOS sensor can produce 16 Megapixel images while having actually 17 MP - it seems extra pixels are needed to provide additional digital image stabilization along with the existing optical one, what would be very helpful for shooting with such a long zoom. From the prospective of the image resolution, it is nice to step up from the prior 12 MP to the new 16 MP especially for landscape photos, what allows to present more fine details and to make your pictures to look more natural than before. Of course, packing more megapixels into the same sensor size causes less light to be collected by each pixel, but on the other hand, Canon stated this new one is a "High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor" and also a new noise-reduction algorithm works more effectively, so such a resolution leap should not cause any noticeable deterioration in IQ. I'm really thankful to Canon especially for the two design decisions: for years they were not following that crazy mega-pixels race; and they were not afraid to generate large (up to 10MB) jpeg files in "Large" mode to preserve as much fine details as possible. Having got such detailed jpeg files you can have much less regret of not having the RAW output, than if your camera always packed your pictures into just 2-3 MB with a lot of smearing and smudging in low contrast areas. On the other hand if you don't need so detailed pictures you can always select either "Medium" or "Small" file size. NOISE REDUCTION: The Canon SX700 uses the recent Canon's DIGIC 6 processor, which was first introduced in the SX280 model and provided the improved noise reduction technique especially at higher ISO's. It's a kind of luxury for such a small camera to have such an advanced processor, and at the moment of writing this review only a few enthusiast's Canon cameras like G1X II, G16, S120 was equipped with that powerful picture processing engine. Although both cameras SX280 and SX700 use the same processor, the latest model has more advanced Noise Reduction Algorithm which provides more smooth rendering of the low-contrast areas with significantly less visible noise. People say one picture is worth a thousand words, but the Amazon rules do not allow to include external links to pictures in the text of the review itself, however they do not mind them in the comments. So I put those links with the respective explanations into my own comments and so you can treat them as a part of this review. Actually you will find there the links to the two 100%-crop fragments of green leaves taken by the old and new camera respectively. While the most bright areas on both fragments look pretty much the same, the areas with less light on the older camera's shots show the noticeable noise, while the SX700's counterparts look almost clear, however a bit softer. LOW_LIGHT: Both cameras have pretty similar and one of best on the market High Sensitivity (HS) system for taking pictures in low-light conditions with minimal noise. In many cases if you shoot even at the highest ISO and then browse those pictures on you monitor without additional cropping, you hardly can see any noise at all (since even Full HD monitors have resolution just about 2MP, and the most advanced - not more than 3-4MP). So from that prospective the difference between two cameras is not that big: the new SX700 provides slightly less visible noise (if any at all) but at the price of somewhat softer images, however all those imperfections of both cameras for most of the ISO range from 100 to about 800 in reality are visible only on the really big prints, and only above ISO-800 the smearing of the fine details becomes visible. So both cameras can be considered as good players in the low-light league. I took the 2 series of shots at high ISO with both cameras, and for the viewers convenience I put them as the 2nd part into my most first comment for this review. SHARPNESS: The sharpness of the output jpeg pictures pretty much depends on the "Compression" settings: to get the maximum details you have to select the "Super Fine" mode, which will produce the jpeg files with the size up to 10MB. If you don't need big prints you can choose "Fine" compression which will result in jpeg files about 5MB or less for the full 16MP resolution. Be aware that with the "Fine" setting the pictures at 100%-crop will look significantly softer at any ISO, however if you browse them on your monitor in the full-screen mode they will look almost the same. Also if you're only going to upload them on Internet or make small prints, you can even choose instead of "Large" resolution the "Medium" one (actually there two of them - "M1" with 8MP and "M2" with 3MP) what will produce even smaller files and will give you more room on your flash memory card and hard disk. So I took some comparative test shots with my both cameras SX280 and SX700 at the ISO-100, max resolution, and the Super-Fine compression in the range of the equivalent focal lengths from 25mm to 500mm. Since the both cameras have a pretty good noise reduction mechanisms, the noise is not visible on all those shots, and the only difference is in the effective sharpness, which can vary in the zoom range. I put the links to those shots into my comment on 04/10/14 with the respective explanations. SAMPLE_PICTURES: I've uploaded some real-world pictures and you can get links to them in my comment with the respective title posted on 04/13/2014. VIDEO: As the same as its predecessor, this camera can capture stunning 1080p 60p/30p Full HD video using a dedicated movie button which now resides on the top of the camera. And to provide sharp results the new SX700 is equipped with an Intelligent Image Stabilization system plus 5-axis Dynamic IS for steady movies. VIDEO_SAMPLES: I've uploaded some video clips and you can get links to them in my comment with the respective title posted on 04/11/2014. So this new Canon camera is a very good compact device for taking nice still pictures and advanced video recording.

Update 24 August 2014. I have two camcorders: a Canon Vixia HF R400 and a Sony PJ340. I have been testing both of them to see which I should take on an upcoming cruise to the Caribbean and Panama Canal. But I have pretty much decided not to take either because the video shot with the SX700 is sharper, clearer and has better color. ---------- This is not my first camera; I have several, including a Canon 60D with several lenses which I no longer use very much despite it being much more expensive. The SX700, like the SX280 previously, is my walk-around and travel camera. Although I was quite pleased with the SX280, for both photos and video, I upgraded for 2 reasons: (a) the ability to shoot video by the press of a button rather than having to turn a dial is a huge plus for me. I shoot both video and photos and have lost a number that I would very much have liked to have because of the time it took to turn the dial and then setup and refocus. With the SX700, I can switch between photos and video in a fraction of a second. (b) the longer zoom. The 20X zoom on the SX280 was good, the 30X on the SX700 is even better and gives me better photos of distant objects. To give some perspective, here is a comparison of the maximum focal length with my 60D using a 70-300mm lens, the SX280 I had previously and the SX700. Testing the 3 cameras shooting a distant object, the focal length with the 70-300 lens was 70 mm, the SX280 with the lens zoomed out was 90 mm, and the focal length with the SX700 zoomed out was 135 mm, almost double the best I could do with the far more expensive 60D and 70-300 mm lens. Suppose for illustration I am shooting a landscape scene where I not interested in a particular object, but in the scene. I would do well with the 60D, but I can also do well with SX700 by not zooming out the full distance. But suppose there is a distant bear in the landscape that I want to get a photo of. With the 60D and 70-300 lens, the bear is going to be very small in relation to the surround landscape. However, with the lens of the SX700 zoomed out, the bear will be at least twice a big. Less landscape, but much more bear; and it was the bear that I wanted the photo of, not all the landscape. That distant bear will also be noticeably larger if shot with the SX700 rather than the SX280. So I have an expensive dslr with lenses that now I almost never use. With the SX700, I am getting very good photos and video, it is always ready to shoot both close ups and distant object, no lens change necessary, and it is light weight and easy to carry. The best camera, of course, is the one you have with you. Given the quality of the photos and video I am shooting with the SX700, the effectiveness of the image stabilization, and the camera's portability, I don't hesitate to take the SX700 when going out for the day or traveling. Whenever I leave the house, it is in is case on my belt, ready for use. PS: I would like to say a little more about the image stabilization. I used to think that it was necessary to have a view finder in order to get sharp shots because with the view finder the camera is better supported. You can use both hands and press the camera against your forehead to hold it steady. I almost never used the screen to focus if the camera had a view finder. However, with the SX700 there is no choice, you must use the screen. So I hold the camera in both hands, raise my hands and bend my elbows and look at the screen to line up my shot. I can see the screen fine, but I can also see that the camera is not being held rock steady. However, when I look at the resulting shot, even those taken with the lens fully zoomed out, I see no evidence of the camera shake that I know existed. Really amazing, my expensive 60D doesn't do any better even though I am using the viewfinder and holding the camera steady against my head.

I dropped my Canon Powershot S80 & got this to replace it. I was looking for the widest (24-25 mm) with good zoom in a compact camera. However, I'm not a "true' camera person & don't want to do my own settings mostly. After a ton of reviews/research... (FYI, the Canon Powershot SX50 hs got best reviews but at 19.4 oz, I just can't live with that big/heavy a camera.) Note: I first tried the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS19. Although it has a lot of neat features, it didn't deliver on true color quality, especially indoors, moving or fairly still pets, or outdoors in my rose garden (which was surprising, since it did much better on closeups of the roses). Also the exposure looks fine on the screen but when seen on viewer/computer, it's a bit too dark. Then my sister, who happened to buy the same camera w/o my knowing had problems with the zoom & the camera'd stop working. Which after reading later reviews, happened to many people, so I do NOT recommend this camera. Then I tried a "like-new" Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V, The colors indoors are much better than the Lumix, but the same outdoor garden rose's color still does NOT look true to life, rats! Also the control dial especially & other parts of the camera seemed cheap/flimsy for an otherwise good camera. So I went back to Canon. The color is slight-moderately better & resolution much better/clearer than Sony Cyber-shot. Low light is still a bit of a problem, but there's one fairly simple fix, "Live" option on the dial, where u can make adjustments for 3 things - light/vividness of color/cool vs warm color. (The "low light" option on the SCN/Scene mode only is helpful in seriously low light.) I do miss having a panorama option, but I find I tend to do a movie in those cases anyway. The camera body is solid/well constructed, grip is ok, a bit stingy on the left side (but I have small hands so not a deal breaker), & yes, the dial is stiff but doable. U have to push a button to pop up the flash when prompted (unnatural direction forward with left hand but likely done on purpose to avoid accidental triggering), & it does save battery life. I also like the Zoom Framing Assist, shows instant pulled back view if you lose your telephoto subject. And if u decide to change the zoom while holding button down, it will remain on the last zoom position. P.S. Unfortunately the video mike isn't that great, can't pick up cat purring unless right on top of camera & lots of background noise. Overall, though, has the best pictures so far in a compact camera with good zoom as of May 2014. Canon take note: I'd love a camera with Less options for those of us who just want to stick mostly to Auto but better low light photos & a panorama option. (Last Note: I also considered its major competitor, Nikon Coolpix S9700, supposedly got better reviews on picture quality esp low light, but too many negative reviews on the flash breaking & other glitches/problems made me shy away.)

If I could give this camera higher than 5 stars, I would. I had already owned two Canon cameras. Two Rebel DSLRs. the XS and the Xsi so I already knew how great Canon cameras were. I was out elk viewing and saw this man with a small camera that had a better zoom on it than my telephoto lens on my Canon. I continued to watch him and had my husband watch. I always carried both of my cameras with me. I had the normal lens on the one and my telephoto lens on the other. It was 75-300 mm I believe. I am 63 years old and it was getting hard to carry both cameras at the same time but I did it so I would not miss any great shots. Well, after this man was done taking his picture I asked him what kind of camera he had. He showed me and I saw it was a PowerShot SX200. My husband wrote down what it was. This man was so impressed with it. He also had a Canon Rebel and said this little camera was even better and so much easier to carry around. When i got home I started researching and I actually found the PowerShot SX700 HD for around the same price. I read most of the reviews and decided to get one. I received it two days before we left on vacation to Colorado. It was so close to being the same as my Rebel it did not take me long to figure it out! I took my rebel cameras on vacation, too, just in case! But I never had to use them. This little camera did all that my larger cameras did and more. The quality is awesome. The shake feature is amazing. Even when I zoomed in the whole 30X it got great shots. I loved that you can zoom in and it shows you what you are seeing and you can see if it is focused in correctly. You can take great shots in the Auto mode or the P mode. I usually keep it in the P mode so i can made changes if I need to but mostly I don't. I can even zoom up to 120X and get decent shots. I love the video feature. It takes really nice video. My Rebels did not have this feature. It nice to just hit the record button and not have to stop and get my video camera out. :) I would suggest to all those who tend to take hundreds of pictures at a time to have a couple spare batteries on hand! :) The battery lasts pretty good but if you take a lot like I do, then you need extra batteries. I took over 10,000 pictures the two weeks we were on vacation and only had to delete a small amount because of them being blurry. I have my settings set for continues shooting so I know I will get some good shots. Even though with this camera I only need to take two in order to get the great shot. I would actually recommend this camera to everyone. If you leave it in either auto or P mode you should be fine. I was concerned that I would not like the fact that it does not have the view finder. But I never miss it!! So far I cannot think of anything I don't like about the camera.

I've been a long time photographer, advanced amateur or semi-pro depending on what time you catch me. I've become a huge fan of these relatively inexpensive zoom cameras. I take them into the field, get great shots and do things with them that I'd never even think about doing with an expensive DSLR! Hang them off a boat, trudge through a river or stream, deal with a bit of rain...whatever...I call them adventure cameras and I generally replace them every couple few years when the technology gets better. This jump, however, didn't turn out as expected. I've owned quite a few cameras in my days and honestly, I have to say, this thing isn't even quite as good as my older SX130IS series it replaced that I paid 2/3rds as much for. One might think that more megapixels and current processing/focusing technology is better, but the image quality in this camera just hasn't quite lived up to my expectations. That really disappoints me because I've been a long time fan of Canon's optics and camera gear and this is the very first camera I've been less than impressed by. I can pretty confidently say that I've run this camera through it's paces in multiple environments, lighting and types of photography. It excels really well at portrait styles, producing high quality, colorful images that practice both color fidelity and clarity. In my opinion, however, this model falls flat on it's face when it comes to both detailed scenic situations as well as high-contrast environments. The problems I've experienced are related to both clarity/sharpness as well as it's ability to deal with a relatively high dynamic range, producing images that are somewhat flat and commonly poorly exposed for the situation. Examples of the clarity issues are easily found in mountain vistas, deciduous tree lines or other areas where you expect both good contrast and sharpness to define the characteristics of what you're trying to shoot. Even at high resolution, the output is somewhat more grainy (even at low ISO) and fuzzy that I'd expect...and I'm not expecting SLR quality here, just what a camera made five years ago could produce with less resolution! The high dynamic range issue is always a challenge for any camera, but this one will almost force me to get my exposure against the sky and then shoot my subject, resulting in a very easy out-of-focus scenario. Pretty much any picture with a mostly-cloudy sky will result in a white sky with virtually no detail. Also, many shots experience what I'd most relate to noise even at low ISO...but it's probably best described as micro-artifacts in the final output...enough that a noise filter can't really do anything about them. I did settle on this model after doing a fair bit of research, but since I was interested in purchasing the "latest and greatest" in hopes that it would perform as well, or better, than it's predecessors...the information was somewhat limited at the time of my purchase. What reviews I did find didn't really mention any issues with capture quality...or at least anything out-of-the-norm for a typical highly portable zoom lens. Overall, it has all the features that one could expect out of a camera. It of course features your auto modes (both with manual or auto ISO control), aperture mode, shutter speed mode and even a full manual. There's a number of scene options that I don't typically use, but might be useful to a less experienced photographer. The video functions are highly improved over my previous SX130IS...no longer is there a video time limit and it also features 1080P captures in video mode. The optical zoom featured on this camera is rather astounding, the 30X can really reach and you only get a little bit of clarity loss at the fullest extents. As with all cameras of this nature, the additional digital zoom is a virtually worthless feature as the quality drops extremely quickly. (It's really odd though since the displayed image looks good...the output, however, does not.) It does feature some nice automatic image processing features where you can get different results in one shooting...kind of fun to play with a bit, but something more easily done with better results after the fact outside of the camera. Physically, this is one of the best small zooms I've ever had. It's a very nice size, easy to shoot with one hand, plenty lightweight and hardly noticeable in a front pocket. The reduction in size from my previous SX series was much appreciated. The buttons are all well laid out and operation is fairly easy to figure out if you've used a digital camera previously. I haven't had any issues to note with navigating the camera's features and adjustments to speak of. The manual does detail these things out fairly clearly if you need assistance. As for the video capture, I've played around with it a little and it's about on par for what I'd expect from these zoom cameras. Not great quality, but not inferior either. You won't get a National Geographic quality shot no matter how hard you try or light your scene, but it's watchable. It does improve on my older SX model in both image stability and overall quality. Surprisingly, though, compared to my previous SX130IS camera, indoor and low-light performance is incredibly noisy, almost approaching unusable..maybe just good enough to archive your family memories and so forth, but definitely not anything you'd want to produce professionally. It doesn't feature the death-blow video crash that it's predecessor experienced when it comes to switching to video, so that's a welcome change. But if quality video (especially indoors) is an important thing to you...you'll probably only be happy with a DSLR setup, really. The supplied battery isn't very good, in my estimation. Without flash or even much in the way of LCD usage, you can maybe squeak out a hundred pictures or so. I purchased two higher capacity Vivitar batteries to accompany the new camera and these are improved, but also don't have very accurate scales when it comes to battery remaining...they go from two bars to death in a few pictures. I haven't even measured with a lot of LCD use or flash usage, but I'd anticipate even worse performance regardless of the power source. A few features that I was really expecting from a camera that came out this year and didn't make it? Panoramics! I can do this on my cell phone...why can't my dedicated expensive camera do it? HDR captures? Something I really wanted to also see and isn't found on this camera. Lastly, and probably most importantly, I wanted to see RAW support. This lacking feature has found it's way into competitors platforms of similar make and model, so there's no good reason for it not to exist in this unit..it's just simply a superior capture method with the memory cards we have these days. I knew all of these limitations going in...but it's a little disappointing to me that Canon isn't keeping up on the feature sets. I've never not bought a Canon camera...but my next camera might not be one. Don't get my review wrong. I'm a Canon fan and bought this camera even though I knew competitors were outpacing Canon in the feature sets. (If you doubt me, find my glowing and popular review of the SX130IS!) I did not want to throw them under the bus for a less than stellar product. Maybe some of these issues can be fixed in firmware...who knows. But, I think this camera will get scheduled for a relatively early replacement and find itself as a backup camera sometime next year. If I could do it over again, I might have held out for the SX520HS, but more than likely, probably would have given a more serious look at competitors. Some of the cameras I looked at had all the features I wanted, with better optics, for not much more than this camera.

Purchased the SX700HS to replace our old SX110IS, which we loved as the family "go to" camera (i.e. a camera anyone in the family could grab at any time to take just about any type of picture needed). We used to be into SLR and DSLR photography but a shortage of time and money shifted us back into the upper-end point-n-shoot style cameras. Our new SX700HS is great and meets all our family needs (actually exceeds them). So far here is what we like/dislike about our Canon PowerShot SX700HS: PROS: 1) Very COMPACT size for an ultra-zoom 2) 30x OPTICAL ZOOM with add'l. 4x digital zoom – great for wildlife or candid people shots 3) 16MP RESOLUTION for still photography and 1080HD @ 60fps VIDEO quality – excellent images (exceeds our needs and that of probably most people except for some professionals) 4) Superior IMAGE STABILIZATION (IS) capabilities – keeps crisp images in nearly all situations (from handheld high zoom low, shutter speed stills to videos of very active kids and pets) 5) Very effective PROGRAM MODE for "quick and easy" shots 6) Numerous MANUAL OVERRIDE and customization options for more advanced photography 7) Crisp MACRO MODE has ability to photograph with lens almost touching your subject (and in Program mode, camera automatically shifts between normal and macro as needed) 8) SOLID CONSTRUCTION with metal body components at stress points (including a metal thread insert for tripods versus plastic used in most other point-n-shoot cameras) 9) Pop-up fill FLASH does an excellent job for close to mid-range portraits (out to about 20 feet) 10) COLOR balance and saturation is excellent, especially in moderate to bright settings (outside, well lit indoor shots) 11) WI-FI capabilities for transfer of photos (we don’t use this option much so I can’t truly comment on the Wi-Fi in any detail) 12) Canon’s EXCELLENT QUALITY and RELIABILITY CONS: 1) No standalone GPS functions 2) Battery life is typical for most compact cameras (about 250 pics) – wish they could squeeze more life out of each battery charge! 3) Quality of photos in low light settings is not bad but short of the exceptional quality seen in brighter settings (still probably meets or exceeds most family needs) Hope this review helps you in your decision for purchasing a camera. We certainly love the new SX700HS and it exceeds all of our needs!

The camera is good and everything, but right when I got it, I could only use it for about a minute before the battery died. I went to charge the battery, and I didn't get the original Canon battery charger like it said would come with it. Instead, I got some cheap charger that doesn't even work. The battery is also dead, so not only do I have to buy a new charger, but I also have to buy a new battery. I'm very disappointed because I needed this for a trip that I leave for today, and now I can't use the camera for it.

I bought this to take with me on day hikes and weekend backpacking trips. It was shipped via USPS and that was fine except the shipper selected a required signature upon receipt. That would have been OK but I was at work when it arrived, so USPS sent me a failed delivery notice and I had to pick it up at the post office on my lunch hour the next day, so that was inconvenient for me. If you order this online, pay attention to how they'll ship it to you. Seems obvious in retrospect so my bad. The camera arrived, packed well, and was in new condition when I received it. Caveats to this review: I primarily used the camera in auto mode. I didn't read the instruction manual. I did read a lot of online reviews and I did purchase an extra battery and a car charger for the batteries-which is a must. I did purchase a padded camera bag to carry it with. The camera bag was lightly padded, canvas cloth and I water-proofed it somewhat with silicone spray. The accessories added to the overall cost but in my opinion are required. I also bought a 32 gig memory card which is also required. The 32 gig card was just right for me. I used 2 batteries a day and took approx. 500 plus pictures per day with no issues. I had three batteries total with me but only needed two. The camera exceeded my expectations. I was hoping for something better than my cell phone camera. A lot of cell phone cameras these days come in 16 Megapixel and the iPhone in particular takes amazing photos. Where this dedicated camera beats them is in the zoom. The zoom was excellent and will take a great picture at distance if you give it time to find the focus. The camera was light and convenient to carry with the camera bag and strap. I was able to access it quickly for wildlife photos. The zoom helped enormously with this as I could take shots at distance and not spook the wild things. If I had to spend the money again I would consider a camera with 20 megapixel or greater capability but I was happy overall with the pictures this camera produced in my newbie hands. One final note is that this camera does not have a panorama mode. I didn't think I needed this for my intended use. However as you will see in the pics below I took at Arches national park in Moab, Utah, I missed an incredible shot that a panorama mode would have nailed. If you want a good travel camera this one is pretty decent but I would look for a higher megapixel count and a panorama mode for the same money and take a chance on it if I had to do it over provided I could find one with this zoom capability and shake cancellation. Other reviews said this camera isn't so great at night shots and I agree. It isn't at least not in auto mode. But it did great at sunrise in Moab I felt. Good luck!

L'appareil a été livré rapidement et tel que décrit. Il est arrivé avec l'étui de transport, batterie, chargeur de batterie et le tout en excellente état.

received as expected

Great pictures from this camera. The only problem was the camera user guide that came with it, the writing and pictures were to small . I downloaded this user guide from the internet and the writing and pictures are very easy to see and understand.

Bon service, très belle caméra facile à utiliser

fonctionne bien et compact