Отзывы о Цифровой Фотоаппарат Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

I got this camera a few weeks ago to replace a previous Canon digital camera (the A540) that I absolutely loved. So far I've been very happy with this one, with one glaring exception - not specifically about the camera itself, but rather the software that comes with it.

I'm an amateur photographer and find that this type of point-and-shoot works well for me - especially since it has a 4x optical zoom which gives clearer, more vivid photos. I really like how easy the Canon cameras are to use and the range of features - and this one doesn't disappoint. I also like the 2.5" LCD and the fact that this camera is small enough to easily fit in a pocket or purse. It's really very versatile and I love that about it.

The only things that I really can complain about are that I do somewhat miss the chunky handgrip on my previous Canon, but that's not a huge deal. What IS a huge deal, for me anyway, is their 'updated' version of the Camera Window software that comes with this camera. This is the software that you run to download photos from the camera - and I can't believe how horrible this particular version is. The previous version that I used with my other Canon camera was great - it was windows-based and you could select any photos on your card then download, print or delete them as you wished. However, in this new version - it's got a black interface, no text by the icons to tell you what they do - and there is no way to delete the photos from your card. I e-mailed Canon to double-check and was told that yes, this is the case - you have to use Windows Explorer to delete your photos. Why I would want to use two different programs when before I could easily use just one is beyond me... I'm going to re-install the old version that I have and hope that it will work with this camera, because I am incredibly annoyed with the new version right now.

Other than the software issue, I love this camera and think that it's a very good choice for someone who wants a camera that takes a great quality photo and is easy to use and carry around. I only hope that Canon will re-think the Camera Window decision - I'm a loyal Canon enthusiast, but am very disappointed in them right now.

I've always wanted a good camera. I've spent thousands of dollars trying to find the camera that would take pictures to impress and amaze people. A friend of mine is a great photographer and after about 3 or 4 cameras I realized it probably was NOT the camera but the photographer. My Sony had died and I was looking for something a bit better. I had a different camera in mind, but found this one which had a lot of features that I wanted, at a reasonable price and was rated fairly high by Consumer's Report. I bought it and began to love to take pictures. The quality is excellent and finally people are commenting about how great my pictures are. Many of the features are foreign to me, being a very hack photographer, but you can pick up the camera and just use it.

The two things I would point out about this camera that warrant 5 stars are.....picture quality and flexibility. The zoom lense is amazing. You won't be sorry you bought this camera. While all features may not warrant 5 stars, the overal quality and convenience of this camera does.

I had an SX3 but dropped it :(

I liked it so much, I had begun leaving my Nikon full size digital SLR's at home. So I grabbed this SX1 with the promise of not dropping it high on my 'things to not-do' list.

You'll read all the good stuff that everyone posts- and I agree but here are some very minor downsides:

- Battery life when using flash... sucks big time.
- You need an annoying filter adapter to use any filters. The threads you see in the front of the lens look and smell like 52mm, but they are not cut as threads, they are concentric rings. For some reason, you need a bayonet type mount adapter to run a filter in front. I always mount a UV (clear glass) in front to protect the lens itself. I also bought a 52>62mm step-up ring and a 62mm UV. This causes a shadow during extreme close up macro, so that's the downside to a 62mm, but there is no vignetting on the super-wide settings, so that's a plus.

Love that wide angle lens, and the telephoto is particularly intense.

I like the huge live display screen.

Our new Canon SX1 produced some nice HD videos and photos on weekend. It is the best point and shoot digital camera we own so far. It is not as bulky as the SLR and it is less complicated too. The 20x zoom is very useful. The HD video and photo are much better than our 12.5 MP pocket size point&shoot digital camera.

We are successfully produced great HD video and still photos. It is edited using Cyberlink PowerDirector 8 and it is recorded on the blu-ray disc. I have to say PD8 is a great tool to edit HD video and photo. The 1080P video and photos looks great on the 56" HDTV.

Without coffee, my hand is too shaky to produce a stable video. When my hand is stable, the HD video is superb. My next purchase will be a nice and sturdy tripod. The HD video and photo below are taken with SX1:

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I have owned the A460 for some time now and have no complaints. I purchased it for under $100.00 from Amazon so have no complaints. I needed a general-purpose camera to take fishing and on metal detecting outings and the camera has worked great it both situations. I took this camera and two sets of rechargeable batteries on a two-month business trip to Japan, Singapore and Diego Garcia and it did an excellent job. The only complaint I have is it is a little bulky but nothing I cannot live with. I use other larger cameras for low light work so that was not an issue for me.

I purchased this one soo that I cant buy an DSLR. Its very nice choice I made and I really like it.. I live 35 blocks south of sears tower,from my home i can get a very good pic of the top of sears with very good quality with the zoom and the quality of image I got was great whn i used in morning and night. If u take fireworks u can expect much frm it..

If u take landscape and wildlife pics also..its good for the moeny u pay.. u will not regret.. DSLR is great but u can use this if u dont have money to buy DSLR. I use this during my graduation and I liked all the pics I take. its great. I even took pics during Chicago air show and it came perfect... The video is also great and I took some great pics when I shot video using this...

I will recommend this to any 1 who want to buy this... very nice 1 to start b4 u move to DSLR.

Being pleased with the results of its predecessor (the Canon A460) we wanted another simple to use camera. On this occasion Amazon were under cut on price by a high street retailer.

The A470 has several additional features over its predecessor: smoother lines, 7.1 MP sensor, 2.5in screen, 4 digital zoom, face detection, antiblur etc.... As with the A460 the photo image is very good, improved resolution provided by the 7.1MP sensor. First impressions are that the camera seems to be rather power hungry (2700 mAHr NiMh AA batteries become discharged fairly quickly) although this might be due to exploration of all the camera features during the first few weeks. The A470 lacks the optical viewfinder of its predecessor which is very beneficial on a sunny day (the A460 permits the LCD screen to be switched off which helps reduces drain on the batteries); many compacts now lack the optical viewfinder.

The A470 is not as small as other fiddly compacts which is not necessarily a disadvantage as it is comfortable to hold the camera in one hand (plus wrist strap). The battery compartment lid requires careful handling as in common with the A460 has a rather delicate sprung hinge. A simple and more robust sliding compartment would have worked just as well and be less likely to damaged in use.

Although the 3.4 x optical zoom is slightly less than that of the A460 (4 x) the digital zoom is useful for filling the frame to get 'impact' whilst taking a photo (as opposed to later on a PC). Using about 2 x digital zoom gives an acceptable image (thanks to the 7.1 MP sensor), however the 4 x digital zoom is fairly pointless as the pixels become unacceptably obvious.

All in all a good camera at a good price.

See the separate review of the dedicated case (DCC 450).

Alright, since the company was so pushy for me to review this item I'll review it. I never got it. They sent me the wrong one. Therefore the product was horrible. Good thing my camera had to be thrown out a couple of weeks later otherwise I would have been an even bigger problem.

I purchased the Canon PowerShot SX10IS shortly before our vacation last month and I had a lot of fun learning its features during our trip and took many, many pictures and lots of video. I am not a camera expert nor a big photo person but I found the camera easy to use (reading the manual from time to time was important). I especially liked the ability to zoom in and out while taking video. I would recommend the camera, great value for the price, but it does have a couple deficiencies and an ease-of-use problem that need correction. I hope you are listening, Canon.

First, the lens cap will not stay on. We finally gave up and did without it, which probably limits the camera's life.

Second, the battery life is limited. During those days when I used the camera alot, I ran through a set of four alkaline AA batteries in one day. Be sure to have lots of extra batteries on hand! (Especially of you review your pictures at the end of the day, this seems to eat up lots of energy, so we stopped doing that.)

Third, as other reviewers have noted, the control knob is difficult to learn how to use. Thankfully one of the other reviewers here on Amazon gave me some insight. I am now able to adjust shutter speed, aperture, etc. See the comment from Robert Hughes below.

Overall I love using the camera.

I had this camera for several month now and discovered that the optical zoom is a great feature.
If you want cheap camera with great abilities - this is your chance. You would not be able to create super effects that $1000 camera can do, but this one is great for simple point to shoot.
It is not very light camera and the battery life is not so great, since it is AA batteries we are talking about. But if you have rechargeable batteries, like I do, it helps a lot. I also have an additional pair of batteries with me when I have long shooting to do.
Remember to read all the features upfront. When it states in the review that it is take a few seconds for camera to recharge the flash - it is true, so if you don't like it, then don't buy this camera, but if it is not bothering you, than go ahead and make a purchase. I new that I will have this issue with flash, but it didn't bother me, so I've got this camera.
One small thing that I don't like is the opening for battery and memory card. It is not easy to get open and I afraid that might break at some point.
I would recommend this camera.

I have used Canon cameras for many years now. I am starting to not like them any longer. I moved to this from the SX5 IS. I had to have it replaced immediately due to it taking double exposures and only putting out one photo. The Canon person on their phone was, as he put it, baffled. I sent it back and my second one was also horrible. I used it on almost every setting and and the photos were horrible. If you ask me, I'm sorry, but most of the pics on the Amazon page for this product are fuzzy and not very flattering to a $500.00 price point.

Six months after purchase, the battery began shorting- meaning new batteries would last less than one hour in the camera.
I sent it in for repairs and it worked fine for about a month or so.
It began shorting again, so I returned it a second time.
The lab was unable to duplicate the problem and therefore I was not entitled to a refund or a replacement.
The camera is still under warranty at this time but this is of no use to me.

I am extremely disappointed with Cannon's customer service.

I will not be purchasing another cannon based on my customer service experience.

I bought this camera for a trip we were about to take because I needed something smaller and lighter than our more expensive Canons, and also wanted to try video. This camera did not disappoint. It is small (we didn't want the newer version because of the larger size and the need for 4 batteries which increases the weight)and it fit in my pocketbook easily. The photos are very, very nice - actually comparable (almost as sharp)as the XTI which takes really gorgeous photos for me. I took photos of the same mountain vistas with both cameras and they are very close in quality.

The video - however - the video was as sharp and clear as I could wish for. We burned them to DVD and viewed on our big screen TV and the clarity of the videos held up great. I found no audio issues - again, very sharp and clear. Only once did wind noise get picked up. The digital zoom for video was poor and I stopped using it right away. When I wanted to zoom, I stopped recording, changed the zoom, and then went right back to recording. Since I did our recordings in fairly short segments, this worked fine.

I was most impressed by the low light capability. We photographed and video'd dark interiors, as well as fast-moving shows on a large stage with mediocre lighting, and it's all clear and bright!

Battery life was great and exceeded my expectations.

No regrets here at all.

Consumer Reports rated this camera as a Best Buy. I LOVE it. My daughter borrows it when she goes to concerts....her $300 Sony camera doesn't do as good a job as this one! Also have a friend that borrows it for special occasions. The price was excellent as well.....about $75 after using a coupon!

I purchased this camera after a great amount of research. It was my fourth digital camera purchase from Canon. I tested it immediately upon receipt and really liked the controls, zoom, and image quality. One month after receipt I took it on a trip to American Samoa and a number of other Pacific islands. The interior lens surfaces fogged extensively after it's first exposure to outside tropical air. I understand the proper procedures for moving a camera from an air-conditioned room to a hot, humid environment and I thought I had warmed the camera adequately before taking it outside. (I live in S. Florida) I could not get the lenses to clear no matter what I tried.

When I got back home, (after being unable to take any usable photographs on my trip) I sent the camera back to Canon. I was told I had water damaged the camera and that it was not repairable and it was not covered under warranty. I spoke to 3 separate people at their service center and was treated rather rudely. After my experience with Canon's customer "Service" department, this will be my last purchase from Canon. I am in the process of shopping for a new DSLR, I will probably go Nikon instead.

Long story short, I managed to take about 20 good test shots of my back yard and living room, my once in a lifetime trip to the South Pacific however, totally photo free. Thanks for nothing Canon.

I purchased this camera and the Transcend 4 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card to ensure I would have lots of quality pictures of my summer vacation to Colorado and that's exactly what it delivered. The various settings such as Landscape, Nighttime, Indoors, and Portrait make this camera smart and easy to use. I took a picture of my wife and son in front of a waterfall at night. The waterfall had tints of colored lights shining on it. Without the Nighttime setting, you'll get a picture that you might expect, faces brightly lit by the flash and a hint of a waterfall about 20ft behind the faces. With the Nighttime setting on, the camera softened the intensity of the flash and sensed more light away from the focus point. This produced a beautiful picture with the softness of colors shining on the waterfall.

The camera also has a Wide-angle feature that I loved using for many of the landscape pictures. It produced bold, colorful pictures while the Wide-angle effect gave more emphasis to the elongated Rocky Mountains.

The 4GB memory card allowed me more than 900 pictures at the sharpest picture resolution setting.

This is a smart buy. Get it and enjoy.

Transcend 4 GB SDHC Class 6 Flash Memory Card TS4GSDHC6

I am by no means a photographer! I picked this camera for the 20x zoom and optical image stabilizer. I have a Konica-Minolta with a 12x zoom and no stabilier and knew I wanted more for this year's vacation. It was my 25th anniversary/second honeymoon. A trip to Africa. We went on several safari's and this camera gave me the ability to point and shoot without a great deal of fiddling around. Although grainy at full zoom (without a tripod) I still took over 2500 pictures and at least 1500 or more turned out beautifully.

The basics were easy to pick up and made the camera easy to use right away. Low light and night shots were pretty much a bust but I have to contribute at least part of that to my lack of general knowledge of trying to take pictures in those conditions. And, of course, being a man I must also admit to not reading the directions! If any readers have tips, I would be interested - THANKS IN ADVANCE!

End result, I didn't miss a lion, giraffe, cheetah or elephant because of the camera. The bad shots were often my inability to hold the subject in frame at a high zoom level and of course, there were many moving targets! All in all, this camera allowed me to have pictures that I will cherish the rest of my life! Who knows, before the next big adventure I might even get someone to show me how to use it properly!!

Ok so my title was dramatic, but I do love this camera.. It is easy to use, though I am still learning more about it's settings to really be able to use it to it's total potential..
This takes great pictures and has functions that you only find on much more expensive cameras ( though I have to say when I first looked online here a while back now this camera was under $120, glad I got it when I did)
When I say it's changed my life, it so easy to carry with me in my purse that I have captured some priceless pictures because I was prepared. It's changed how I look at things, I see seemingly random/ordinary things and makes me rethink them when snapping a pic..
I would suggest rechargeable batteries for it though as regular ones are short lived on here, also I would invest in a memory card I bought one here on amazon for $10 and it holds a ton of picture and is a great addition to my wonderful camera.

Really, love the camera worth even the price now for what is called a "point and shoot" this is an AMAZING product.. Highly suggested..

Contrary to what it says both here at Amazon, as well as the Canon site itself, this camera does NOT contain the purple "My Camera" tab that nearly all Canon cameras do!! So, no, you cannot customize your startup screen or your shutter sounds OR ANYTHING. Someone pushed this camera out the door of development at Canon and crippled it.

VERY VERY SAD!! Its such a doggone cute camera, its very depressing!

I wanted to create a cute Hello Kitty-like startup screen for my wife, but everyone should ALSO be aware of this fact that is true for ALL canon cameras: you cannot save an altered image or self created image back to the camera, software will not allow you to, nor will saving it directly to a memory card! The camera will NOT read it.

Also if you were thinking of creating your own custom sounds for the camera (or ANY canon camera) forget it, their software won't allow you to load it to the camera.

One way Canon COULD solve the missing purple tab issue with the E1, would be to simply provide a firmware update. But when I called tech support the gentleman told me that he had never received a tech support call on this camera, as it's a limited run. Unlikely we'll get an update like I have on my other Canon cameras.

So, if you want a crippled Canon camera (and what I mean by this is (if you want an ORDINARY camera) then get this one, but if you want to customize it, well, we're out of luck until Canon fixes it to work with their software.

I give you the list below to qualify my comments as an avid Canon customer.

Canon Products Owned:

Canon Rebel Series Film (x2)
Canon 20D sold
Canon 40D current
Canon G2 MIA
Canon G6 sold
Canon G9 current
Canon E1 wife
Canon A590 IS (gift to mom)
Canon SD770 IS (dads)
Canon ES30 Selphy
Canon N1220U scanner
Canon 50mm 1.8 EFII
Canon 16-35 2.8L USM
Canon 70-200 2.8L IS USM

Purchased in Aug. 2009, and as my 1st digital camera, I'm still learning its features, and take captions a couple of times monthly. One thing for certain, even with the use of Duracell rechargeable batteries, I get the "change batteries" prompt a bit too often to my liking.

Additionally, I have yet to find any support for my inquiry of Camerawindow. Namely, of these:

Canon Utilities CameraWindow
Canon Utilities CameraWindow DC
Canon Utilities CameraWindow DC_DV 5 for ZoomBrowser EX
Canon Utilities CameraWindow DC_DV 6 for ZoomBrowser EX

Which of the above is/are specifically for the Canon A1000IS?

ANY response, from those familiar with the above, would certainly be appreciated.

I'm not one for writing reviews, but I feel like I should share my thoughts on the Canon SX1 IS for any shoppers out there. The SX1 IS is one of the best point-and-shoot cameras you can buy. Its loaded with features and is well-built. Most people would probably not regret buying this camera. However, for those of you out there that are trying to get excellent photo quality... I think you will be disappointed. There are some noise issues and it seems like pictures never come out crisply in focus. We're actually selling ours now after giving it about 4 months. We decided to make the jump to a true dSLR which is more a little more expensive and not as feature-laden, but offers uncompromising photo quality.

So, if you are looking for a lot of bang for your buck and good pictures, this is a great camera for you. If you don't want to compromise on picture quality, then save yourself some grief and drop an extra $100-$200 on a dSLR like the Canon 450D (XSi) or the Nikon D3000 or D5000. Good luck!

We bought it as a gift and she love it. We try it at home and took some close up pics and they were GREAT! Colors and details are amazing!

I really enjoy using my digital camera. It's very easy to use and transferring the pictures to my computer is also very easy and simple. Would highly recommend this product.

I purchased the SX10IS because I really liked my S3IS but I wanted the 10MP so that I could print out large high quality prints of my wildlife pictures. I haven't had a lot of time to test the camera out, but one thing that I have found that I really am disappointed with is the new video format. The old AVI format is much more compatible with my programs then the new MOV format. Also, the SX10 only offers two video qualities, both at 30 fps. The S3 offered 5 different video capture settings. I made full use of the video mode on my S3, so I was really upset to see the changes. The 20X optical is really nice, unless you need more zoom, because you are not able to attach a telephoto lens. I have a telephoto lens that attaches to my S3 which really gives me the extra zoom that I wanted (about 36X optical), however it needs a lot of light to produce good pictures and takes up a lot of room in my camera case. The SX10 does have threads that accept a 52mm UV filter or polarized filter, even though canon won't admit it. It is bigger and heavier than the S3, but not enough to cause problems. Both the S3 and the SX10 auto modes are a let down in low light conditions, however for the amateur wildlife photographer the auto modes will allow you to quickly take good quality pictures without any adjustment from the user. In low light conditions a tripod and manual camera adjustment are a must to get good pictures.
Conclusion: For the $$$ it appears to be a good buy for 20X 10MP camera. I would have liked to see the same video settings as the S3, especially the lower resolution 60 fps option and the cameras auto focus doesn't do as well at full zoom as expected. Maybe I should have waited for the SX1 to get down to a reasonable price, or just purchased the S5IS.