Considering Buying a New Canon Powershot SX20 IS?
Interested in the Canon SX20 IS? In a nutshell, it’s a great camera! If you are considering one I highly suggest you go for it, you won’t be disappointed. 
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For an amateur like me, it is an awesome camera. This camera seems perfectly fill the gap between high quality compact digital cameras and digital SLR cameras. The versatility, 20X optical zoom, f2.8 at minimum focal length and a hot shoe give it an incredible set of capabilities at about half the price of an entry SLR. Now I can have one camera hanging around my neck that does everything my old equipment did. I was never content with the limitations of compact digital cameras and left the snap-shooting to my wife. This camera has opened up the photography hobby for me again. And, yes, I have the convenience of just taking snap shots too if I want to.
Here is what others are saying about their purchase of an SX20 IS:
-We bought the camera because we were going on a cruise and also because our granddaughter was starting t-ball and we wanted a camera with a better reaction time. It completely fulfilled our expectations. It took great photos while we were vacation, and also took great pictures of our granddaughter in action.
- My decision to purchase the SX20 IS was based on a desire to get an excellent still shot camera, with high capacity zoom, that also had HD Video (720p) capabilities. So, I began my research and spent many hours scouring the web to make an informed decision. I had narrowed my choice to the Canon SX20 IS and the Panasonic DMC-FZ35.
In the end I decided to go with Canon Powershot sx20 IS for a few key reasons:
#1. The articulating LCD (pull out, tilt/move) was a key factor, as I wanted to be able to shoot from many different angles. It came in handy very soon–the second time I used the camera–I was able to whip out the LCD and get some decent shots at a football game when I had to raise the camera high over my head to shoot over the folks standing in front of me.
#2. The ability to easily share video files. The .mov file format is a more widely accepted format, which can easily be shared (without processing/conversion). The files are accepted on sites such as You Tube. The files can be played with Quicktime and other media players (e.g. VLC). Although the Panasonic camera uses a format which is more compressed and allows more data to be stored on an SD card, the file format is not as wide spread and not as easy to share with others, without converting the file.
#3. Consumer Reports rankings for last year’s model: Canon #1, Pana #5 (SX10 IS & Pana DMC-FZ28). I suspect the SX20 IS will follow the same trend this year when Consumer Reports releases their test results for 2009.
#4. Canon takes AA batteries. This makes the camera slightly heavier, but you’ll always be able to get economical batteries in a pinch, without the need for buying a proprietary lithium ion battery. I recommend only using rechargeable batteries with any digital camera, they are excellent. I haven’t re-charged them yet and I’ve taken 120 pictures and 40 minutes plus of 720p video. I’ve also played back the pictures and movies on my TV/Projector and transferred all files to my computer, using the same batteries, without charging them. And they are “..still going…”
If you’re in the market to buy a new Canon digital camera we have them available through our shop, and you can’t go wrong with the SX20 IS I guarantee it!
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