| How long will camera manufactures continue to keep | | | | great pictures. |
| cranking out cameras with the same flaws over and | | | | And here's another surprise. Expect a four or five |
| over again? Apparently, just a little bit longer. It's like | | | | second delay between taking pictures while the |
| Canon and others are asleep at the wheel. Buying a | | | | SX100IS flash recharges. Just like every other point |
| Canon PowerShot SX100IS Digital could be a | | | | and shoot out there. I know this doesn't happen in the |
| disappointing proposition for many, unless they're | | | | SLR camera category, but I also don't believe I should |
| informed of what the camera can and can't do. So, in | | | | have to spend $600 plus to get that feature. With the |
| the spirit of spreading the word, let's take a better | | | | amount of money consumers have spent on digital |
| second look at the SX100IS, and see what's in store | | | | cameras, the industry really needs to focus their |
| for the perspective purchaser. | | | | R&D on this problem. Expecting point and shoot |
| The flash is setup a little different. To some this will be | | | | camera users to get the perfect picture the first time |
| a bonus, but to others nothing but a pain. In most point | | | | is unreasonable. Even the pros aren't that good. |
| and shoots, the flash is always live and is automatically | | | | For some artificial reason, Canon has decided to |
| used for most indoor pictures. For the SX100IS | | | | prevent zooming during video recording with the |
| however, you have to manually pop up the flash | | | | SX100IS digital camera. There's really no good |
| before taking a picture. Canon is assuming that the | | | | technical reason for doing this. It works fine on some |
| user can decide if the flash is needed, as opposed to | | | | of their more expensive cameras. It almost smells of |
| letting the camera decide. It's a mistake in my mind. | | | | deliberately crippling this PowerShot SX100IS for |
| Most people buying point and shoots like this Canon | | | | marketing reasons in an attempt to make the more |
| Powershot camera, don't want to have to think before | | | | expensive cameras enticing. |
| each picture about lighting conditions. They just want | | | | Every once in a while, you find a camera that seems |
| the picture. Most of the time, people are most going to | | | | to be the one for you. In the case of the SX100IS, I |
| forget to pop the flash up, and end up missing some | | | | found myself somewhat wanting more. |