Canon PowerShot SX10IS Review

I upgraded to SX10IS from the prior S5IS model, and I- This model beats its competitors at the quality of
must say that it was definitely worth it. I should mentionpictures at high ISO settings. With the continuous
that I'm in no way a power user, a professionalimprovement from model to model since early
photographer. I don't make my living off this camera,versions, this was quite expected.
but I am very fond of photography as a hobby. I needNow let's get to the downsides.
good quality photos without much hassle, and I am- I would like to see a bigger rotating display. Granted,
quite picky about this!it's usable as it is now, but having it half an inch larger
This model comes with lots of nifty features, but therewould be so much better.
is still lots of room for improvement. I will start off by- The compression of movies leads to loss of quality. I
showing the pros, the reasons I fell in love with thiswould like to have an option that would allow me to
camera.choose the level of compression and warn me about
- Proper face recognition. The feature kicks in fromthe possible losses. Right now it doesn't say anything. I
the default settings, no need to adjust anything. Point tohaven't used it much for film making though, maybe the
your friends, click the shutter button and the camerareduction in quality was just a wild opinion. However,
will figure out the faces and adjust the lighting.this is definitely worth testing before you buy the
- Intelligent red eye removal, without the use of ancamera.
extra reduction lamp or pre-flasher- The shape is a bit boxy and the grip is a bit abrupt.
- Memory card door is now separated from theHowever, this is a matter of personal taste, you might
battery door. At times I just want to take out the cardlike it this way.
from my camera and replace it with a blank one. WithAll in all, the SX10IS is a great model, suitable for all low
previous models I had to switch the camera off,to middle end camera users. The set of features it
remove the batteries, then remove the card. I wascomes with are easy to understand by even the most
wasting precious seconds.un-techie photographer.