Sunday, January 16, 2011

WOW, Canon SX30IS

I admit it. I am an amateur. I bought the Canon Powershot SX10 IS a couple years ago and that camera has a 20x zoom. I still get great pictures from it.


Now to the Canon Powershot SX30 IS with 35X zoom. You would think that zooming out to 840mm would be a little shaky and images blurred. This is not necessarily the case. Stabilization is awesome (I still have to tuck the elbows and cradle with the left). I have been able to take VERY good shots right out of the box. Great P&S (point and shoot) camera, just like it's grandpa. There is a little problem with Depth of Field, even in manual mode, f8 is all you can do to decrease DOF. No lenses to lug around, and all the modes needed for most situations.

I have tried the Fuji Finepix HS10. NOT a P&S camera. The zoom is all manual (in comparison to the power-zoom of the Canon SX30IS)and stabilization was almost non-existent, no matter what the zoom. In auto mode, I got 5 pics out of 60. I returned the camera, but would recommend to the professional photographer. My new Canon Powershot SX30 IS, my test results were exactly the opposite. 55 out of 60 under the same conditions (ie. Sequim Bay, winter, high tide...etc.)and the failures from not taking my time on the zoom.

BY: Wolfhere

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