Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Zitat: Recommended Pro: + Great image quality best of peer group. + 1080p24 HD video. + GPS receiver. + Good low light performance. Contra: - Wide-end of zoom ´only´ delivers 28mm. - Flash pops up unnecessarily. - Poor battery life. - Chromatic aberration (colour fringing). The Canon PowerShot SX230 HS is a 12.1 Megapixel pocket super-zoom with a 14x stabilised range and a 3in screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The HS suffix stands for High Sensitivity, providing enhanced low light performance using a back-illuminated CMOS sensor. With fully automatic operation featuring scene recognition and face detection as well as full manual and semi auto exposure modes, the SX230 HS will appeal across the spectrum, but is likely to attract more ambitious and capable photographers looking for advanced features in a compact super-zoom format. The 16:9 screen makes the PowerShot SX230 HS ideally suited to movie making and the move up to 1080p24 full HD resolution will delight movie makers looking for professional quality in a compact camera at comparatively low cost. Though its full resolution continuous shooting performance falls short of its competitors, the SX230 HS can reach in excess of 6fps at reduced resolution and also has a composite Handheld Night Scene mode to add to it´s already impressive low-light capabilities with sensitivities up to 3200 ISO. A GPS receiver in the SX230 HS tags photos with your location, and if that´s not for you, the PowerShot SX220 HS, released concurrently (in Europe only) is the same model without the GPS. Finally it has all the Canon extras that, depending on your view, either enhance and add to the fun of taking photos, or get in the way of the serious stuff - Creative filters, Movie digest, Super slow motion movie mode, and smart shutter.

Zitat: Pro: + Stunning picture quality. Contra: - Awkward pop-up flash.

Zitat: The Canon PowerShot SX230 HS improves on the previous SX210 model primarily by offering more features at a cheaper price. In particular the addition of full 1080p HD movies makes the new SX230 a more than competent all-in-one camera for both photos and video, while the effective built-in GPS system differentiates it from the slightly cheaper but otherwise identical SX220 HS model. Coming in at a full £60 cheaper than the SX210 on launch, and £30 more than its little brother, the SX230 HS, this model definitely strikes a good balance in terms of price versus performance. The SX230 HS may be larger than most compacts, but once you´ve become used to a camera with such a broad focal range that it´s possible to frame up subjects near or far in pretty much an instant, it´s a real drag to go back to your common-or-garden 3x zoom snapper, the usual ´family friendly´ tool of choice. The larger physical size (over, say, a slimline IXUS) also means that children and the elderly should find this offering easier to grip and operate than the latest credit card sized camera alternative. And even with bigger than average dimensions it´s still a more portable option than any DSLR or Micro Four Thirds or rival system hybrid for those looking for an able travel companion. Image quality is slightly improved on the previous SX210, that is to say excellent. The employment of a back-illuminated sensor helps the SX230 to perfrom well in low light, with a usable ISO range of 100-800 and even the higher settings proving adequate for web use and smaller prints. The inclusion of full manual controls makes SX230 HS as well suited to more experienced users looking for a compact alternative to their DSLR as it is the beginner, although as you´d perhaps expect there is no raw format support to sweeten the deal further. The new Canon PowerShot SX230 HS is a more sensibly priced and better-specced challenger to the market-leading Panasonic TZ-series, going head to head with the TZ20, which it actually betters on paper in quite a few aspects. Judged on its own merits, the Canon PowerShot SX230 HS is an easy recommendation as a travel zoom camera that does it all with the minimum of fuss.

Zitat: Pro: + couleurs excellente + bonne qualité vidéo + options de prise de vue qui encouragent l´expérimentation + bonne qualité photo en basse lumière pour sa gamme. Contra: - autonomie faible - la conception globale aurait put être mieux pensé - fonctionnalités GPS en dessous de la concurrence - prise de photo pas très performante.