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Canon - PowerShot SX610 HS 20.2-Megapixel Digital Camera - Black

Capture clear photos and 1080p high-definition videos using this Canon PowerShot SX610 HS digital camera, which features a 20.2-megapixel 1/2.3" CMOS sensor and a 25-450mm lens. Built-in Wi-Fi makes it easy to share stored footage across devices.Memory card sold separately.

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Excellent camera, annoying flash

on October 15, 2015

Posted by: Kevin

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Overall the camera works well -- turns on/off quickly, focus is sharp and pictures look great. But there is one issue that prevents me from recommending it: the flash.

You turn on the flash by pressing a button on the side which causes the flash to "pop up" on the left-top of the camera. This causes two problems:

First, the location of the flash is awkward -- I have big hands, and the flash is right where I want to put my forefinger to hold the camera. My wife with smaller hands does not have this problem as she holds the camera differently.

Second, and more importantly, it is annoying to always have to hit the manual switch to turn the flash on. If you turn the camera off and then on again, you have to hit the switch again. There is no way to put the camera flash in an "automatic mode" where the flash will automatically pop up when needed. So the scenario works out like this... we are at a dinner party or restaurant where the flash is needed to take a picture. But we may take one picture of some friends and then turn the camera off for 10 minutes before we see some other friends and want to take their picture... so we turn the camera on and take a picture but... no flash. "Oh, wait guys, we have to turn on the flash again!" Hit the button, take the picture again, turn off the camera... and 10 minutes later repeat the whole process. WHY can't we just set the mode to "automatic" so every time I turn on the camera, the flash just turns on if needed? Every other point-and-click camera I have ever had works that way. So... for this reason alone, I would never buy this camera again. But that is just me. Sorry for the rant.

My Best Buy number: 2625187388

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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