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Canon - PowerShot SX130 IS 12.0-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black
Average customer rating
4
(151 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 151 reviews
5 Stars
73
4 Stars
44
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
6
1 Star
14
75%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Canon - PowerShot SX130 IS 12.0-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black
Customer Rating
4
Great photos but.....
on May 28, 2011
Posted by: Porkchop
from Blanch,NC
Great little camera. I replaced my last camera because of the noise found in most all of the images I took. I read reviews of this cameras picture quality and have to agree. The pictures are VERY sharp with accurate colors and lack of noise found in any of the images i have taken so far. A big difference from my last camera. The 12x optical zoom lens is great and it is nice to zoom with your camera not your feet. I must also mention the optical image stabilization is fantastic in this camera as well. Now for the bad part and you probably already have heard others mention it. The battery life is terrible using alkaline batteries. However i must say once you used up the two alkaline batteries that come with the camera, who is going to use alkaline batteries after that? Most people will switch to longer lasting rechargeables. So it's not that bad and most people don't take over 50 shots at a time anyway. I just got back from a trip to Blowing Rock, NC near the Blue Ridge Parkway and I did not come back with one bad shot due to the cameras fault. When in auto mode this camera shines. You will be hard pressed to find a camera that will take better pictures and have all these options for a camera you can find in this price range. No camera is perfect and this camera is no exception for example the battery life and minus an optical view finder however it does take Excellent pictures and at the end of the day thats what you want!
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
GREAT value
on May 24, 2011
Posted by: DeltaPhi79
from Philadelphia, PA
I haven't used this camera for very long, but I can tell you that it's really good. The image quality blows away cameras with a similar price tag or zoom range. The ONLY problems are the battery life and the fact that the zoom is slow to extend in video mode. Use lithium or NiMH batteries. Other than that, this is a great camera.
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Bright LCD, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life, slow zoom in video mode
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Super Great Small HD Camera
on May 23, 2011
Posted by: rockster1
from Birmingham, AL
I have had my SX130Si for 3 months now. And I really do love it. It takes great pics, w/ the 12.1mg pixels it has good HD quality. Only bad thing about it is: 1) it did not come w/ a case, & 2) it uses up the batteries when using the flash.
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
I would of bought one sooner. If I only knew!!!
on May 21, 2011
Posted by: wildwoman
from Newport News,Va
While I thought to myself when I received this carmera on my 55 th B-Day. I'll never figure this out. But to my surprise. It was very easy and user friendly for old folks like me. Yep I love it. Just wished I had one sooner. For my family photos. I'm so in love 5 mons. later it still goes every where I go... My thoughts of concern is the life span on my alkiline batteries are not to great with in 2 days my camera won't work with out me changing the batteries. This getting to be annoying and costly. Any suggestions other than rechargeabl batteries.????But I do Love My "Canon Power Shot SX130IS."
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Dim LCD, Short battery life
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
A Really Good Camera
on May 9, 2011
Posted by: Mike
from Norristown, PA
I purchased this camera a couple of days ago and had no problem with quickly figuring out how to use it. I've already used it a couple of times now and I'm impressed with the images it creates, and was very impressed with them once I'd uploaded them to my computer. It is an easy camera to learn how to use and creates great images in addition, and it makes a fine addition to my bicycle pannier. I was initially attracted by the sales promotion but the size, weight and design were also factors in my purchase. Each of them are exactly what I want and it's almost as if the engineer's at Canon had once again read my mind and measured my hands to determine the case (happened once before with the Elan 7 years ago which was obviously a much larger camera body).
As for the "Pro's" I cannot at this time comment on the low-light performance, battery life or the durability.
As for the "Pro's" I cannot at this time comment on the low-light performance, battery life or the durability.
Pros: Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
How Sweet It Is...
on May 3, 2011
Posted by: YellowRoseTex
from Groesbeck, TX
I had purchased this yesterday for my daughter's NJHS induction and I had only one hour to figure this thing out and I had the basics figured out in 30 minutes and had set the options...time, date, month, etc. I was looking at a different camera but when I was told it was on sale that was why I got it plus I was told that it really was a great camera to what the heck I got it. I was so surprised how crystal clear the pictures looks when I go back to review them on the LCD screen, it makes you feel like a pro. You will not be disapointed with this camera. The only thing I don't like about it is the batteries it takes. It takes AA and when you go to shoot video it drains the batteries faster. It was recommed to me to get a battery that is a "ultimate lithium", now I haven't tried to shoot a video with them yet so can say how those worked out. From what I can tell, with the short time of use, I will love this camera even more once I figure out all the other stuff I can do with it.
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Always wanted a big gun like a Canon.
on May 2, 2011
Posted by: George
WOW! I attend college at IADT online. my major is in computer graphics. The school decided they wanted everyone in my visual composition class to all be on the same page with there equipment and sent every one in our class a new power shot SX 130 IS. I've always wanted a Canon and later this summer I was planning on buying this same model.
Well now I don't have to the school saved me the trouble.
All the information I have read about this little camera got me to thinking could it be true that a camera company like Canon has actually made a camera that has a built in zoom lens that actually works like it should,That can take wide angle shots that look like wide angle shots, that has a real set of working color filters to create professional looking color filtered photos with,that is adjustible from one mode to the next and has a wide range of modes to choose from including video?
Well let me tell you what. this camera does everything I read about and a lot more. Saturday I was out taking photos with it. and from the highway to the ski slope where I used to ski is about three miles. I fired up the camera and pointed it up over the tree tops to the to the northern three slopes. in auto mode with out adjusting the lens I got a nice full shot of the entire mountain. At 25 % zoom I got the three slopes closest to me. At 50%I could almost see the lift chairs. at 75% the lift chairs could be seen. at 100% of the zoomI could tell you what color the lift chairs were and weather it was a metal or wooden lift chair. And the photos I got where great to.I only have found to downsides with this camera, asside from the fact I can't change the lens, a regular ba Duracel won't last very long. how ever a lithium battery I have found is the way to go, I just wish it would do my windows..lol
Well now I don't have to the school saved me the trouble.
All the information I have read about this little camera got me to thinking could it be true that a camera company like Canon has actually made a camera that has a built in zoom lens that actually works like it should,That can take wide angle shots that look like wide angle shots, that has a real set of working color filters to create professional looking color filtered photos with,that is adjustible from one mode to the next and has a wide range of modes to choose from including video?
Well let me tell you what. this camera does everything I read about and a lot more. Saturday I was out taking photos with it. and from the highway to the ski slope where I used to ski is about three miles. I fired up the camera and pointed it up over the tree tops to the to the northern three slopes. in auto mode with out adjusting the lens I got a nice full shot of the entire mountain. At 25 % zoom I got the three slopes closest to me. At 50%I could almost see the lift chairs. at 75% the lift chairs could be seen. at 100% of the zoomI could tell you what color the lift chairs were and weather it was a metal or wooden lift chair. And the photos I got where great to.I only have found to downsides with this camera, asside from the fact I can't change the lens, a regular ba Duracel won't last very long. how ever a lithium battery I have found is the way to go, I just wish it would do my windows..lol
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: Short battery life, no carring case, and the carrying strap could be better made.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Best Digital Camera I ever owned for Real Estate
on April 13, 2011
Posted by: Rich
Best Digital Camera I ever owned for Real Estate Use
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, excellent image quality, Lightweight/Portable, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
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