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Canon - PowerShot 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black
Average customer rating
4.5
(219 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 219 reviews
5 Stars
145
4 Stars
46
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
9
1 Star
3
87%of customers recommend this product.
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191 out of
219)
Customer Reviews for Canon - PowerShot 12.1-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black
Customer Rating
5
Almost a Pro
on December 6, 2009
Posted by: cotton
from Statesville NC
My experince was with 35mm film cameras all the way back to match needle cammeras.The SX20 makes shooting fun again.I use to carry a camera bag with lenses,filters,film and the other acces.Now i carry a small bag with camera one or two extra cards and a fresh set of batteries and i'm off and running.If i see something i want to shoot I'm ready. The Program Mode is really awesome. Yes you need to read the manual, but it just make it more fun.
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, easy to use
Cons: Missing features/settings
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
sx20 IS
on December 6, 2009
Posted by: Uncle Emmett
from Ware Missouri
I find it very easy to get professional pictures from the camera
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!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
upgraded from S5 IS
on December 6, 2009
Posted by: Bill
from western Kansas
The only thing I did not like was no paper manual with camera, takes too long to get CD read.
The camera is larger by a little but I like the extra weight for steadiness, holds better and takes sunsets much better, would replace it instantly if anything happened to my current SX20 IS, super performance, great pictures, works just as I hoped.
The camera is larger by a little but I like the extra weight for steadiness, holds better and takes sunsets much better, would replace it instantly if anything happened to my current SX20 IS, super performance, great pictures, works just as I hoped.
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
Canon SX 20 IS
on December 3, 2009
Posted by: Knik
from USA
I am well pleased the Canon SX 20 IS. I also use Nikon D40 and an Olympus. I have a Panasonic ordered. Any of the cameras I have used can take a good picture. The SX 20 has many manual functions, so you can tweak your pictures with your photo skills. I find if I choose a 200 ISO instead of the 400 ISO the camera chooses for indoors the pictures come out even better. This is a good selling point for the Canon, that the user can override the automatic functions of the camera to achieve a better shot when necessary. The user who has lest experience with a camera can still shoot some better than average pictures using the SX 20 on AUTO. The SX 20 is a good all around camera with a 20X zoom that works well for nature photography and sight seeing trips. If you don't need the zoom, the Canon SX 120 IS is a great little camera. If I didn't need the zoom, I would go for SX 120 IS
Pros: Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use, auto override, great zoom, hd movies, rotating lcd monitor, a lcd and a viewfinder
Cons: Short battery life, how about some lens filters
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great Camera!
on December 1, 2009
Posted by: BCMD
from Torrance, CA
Am just a budding photography enthusiast who loves to travel and this camera was just perfect. At first I wanted a DSLR but they seemed too bulky to bring around and more difficult to shoot especially when I need to take quick shots with lots of zoom-ins. Traveling and moving around makes me more of a point and shoot person, so this camera really fits me well. Just a little on the downside are the slightly grainy or noisy images at higher ISOs but bearable (am actually not realistic on this because am comparing images from a high-end DSLR) and lack of detail in the instruction manual, but the longer am using the camera (its been almost 2 months now since purchase) the more am discovering what it can do and am amazed. Haven't fully appreciated its HD movie mode yet, but can't wait until the opportnity comes. It could still be better but at the price it's a good deal.
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Happy Purchase!
on November 29, 2009
Posted by: Molehole man
from Knoxville, TN
Love my new SX20IS Easy to use and gives great pictures. Using the zoom at 20x gives great pictures. The movies are really good. Can zoom in and out while taking movies plus can snap stills while your taking movies. The 12 pixels is more than I thought I would ever need but will be great for enlargements or for cropping pictures.
Only drawback I have to get used to is lifting the flash before it will work. Lens cover is an easy fix with an attachment I bought that attaches to cover and elastic band goes around lens. On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate it an 11
Only drawback I have to get used to is lifting the flash before it will work. Lens cover is an easy fix with an attachment I bought that attaches to cover and elastic band goes around lens. On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate it an 11
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
Cons: have to lift flash to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
on November 29, 2009
Posted by: Grandma B
from Orange Park, FL
Not a pro, but a grandma who loves taking pictures. This Canon Power Shot SX20 IS gives professional results. Love the zoom feature - it's amazing how close I can zoom in. It acts almost like binoculars! Love it and would recommend it to the world.
Pros: good battery life, Good Low-Light Performance, Nice features/settings, excellent image quality, durable, Bright LCD, Lightweight/Portable, Simple controls/menu, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Amazing in Africa
on November 24, 2009
Posted by: Eyequeen
from Colorado
Excellent value. My best purchase for my recent trip to Africa for 3 weeks "in the bush" - the zoom was great for capturing every animal - I never even used the binoculars I'd brought along. Great battery life (never went down when using non-stop every day - charged in evenings and even went more that a day when I forgot)! I literally left on my trip a few days after the purchase and learned to use by starting to take photos - very easy to use. Only negative was not the best performance in low light situations. Love the swivel LCD screen, but mainly used the optical viewfinder. Sweet camera!!
Pros: easy to use, Simple controls/menu, Nice features/settings, Bright LCD, excellent image quality, good battery life, durable, great zoom, stitch panorma, pop up focus in optical viewfinder, edting features on camera
Cons: Poor Low-Light Performance, Heavy/Bulky
I would recommend this to a friend!
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