Отзывы о Цифровой Фотоаппарат Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

I was really excited to get this camera, but that excitement has faded. The booklet it comes with only has the bare necessities in it. You have to print out the 83-page manual that is on the CD. After pouring over the manual and camera, I am still perplexed as to how to use all the functions. And some functions, such as customization, are not included in the manual. It is a really difficult camera to learn how to use. It should not be so. It has a lot of functions that I don't think are necessary. And when it takes so long to figure out how to use it, my frustration level increases. There are buttons on the camera, but then there are functions on the screen that I need to learn how to use and what they are. It's just really mind boggling.

It feels like a flimsy camera. I do not like the way the battery and memory card door closes--like it could easily break.

I'm going back to my good ole Kodak. This camera is not worth the energy and headache.

Updated: 100213--I've been using the camera for several years now and it's not as bad as I originally thought. There are still a lot of features I don't know how to use, but I generally get good photos with it. Just wish there was a way to maximize the view. I guess a newer one has that capability, but as this is still good, I'm not going to break out the bucks for a new one. I do get a lot of compliments on the pink color. It's a good size and can fit in my pocket.

What I love about this camera is it's just plain easy to pick up and use, but it's got a load of advanced features that you can learn as you go.

Pick up the SX110 and you can feel how solid and stable it is in your hands. Okay, it's not the new thinner camera, but it still fits nicely into a shirt pocket.

Right off the bat, all the controls are up top and pretty clearly marked and understandable. Good for Canon. I looked at another brand and someone had to clue me in on what "BS" meant in terms of photography. It means Best Shot, by the way, but should I have to read the manual to find that out? The 'easy' settings should be intuitive and they are on the Canon.

The zoom is 10X optical, which means you're going to get clearer zooms than you would with a digitally produced effect. That ends the jagged edges.

The 3" LCD is clear as a bell. Colors are sharp and they stay that way in the pictures. In order to defeat the automatic white balance correction, you have scene selectors for sunset, snow scene, and night scene among others.

Anti-shake means the camera will correct for tremors in your hands. This is great if you're like me and take a lot of scenes from a passenger side window.

A huge plus is the camera operates on two AA size batteries. Trust me, this is a very good feature. We once got ready to go on a whale watching cruise only to discover our fancy camera's proprietary batteries were DOA. What to do? No camera store in the vicinity. We were lucky to find a disposable film camera to take semi-decent shots, but if our camera took AA's we could have bought replacement batteries right off the wharf.

The only drawback in this camera is the proximity of the flash to the lens. Even with red eye on, photos of my Siamese cat looked wrong. We finally took pictures in room light with 1/10th of a second exposure counting on the anti-shake and got EXCELLENT shots of the cats.

If you're looking for a portable camera that's easy to use and supply, this little Canon is a great camera to look at. For the money, the features and quality of pictures are excellent!

Rebecca Kyle, October 2008

No creo que pueda llamarme un fotógrafo amateur por que en realidad estoy un poco antes de eso, más que todo utilizo mi cámara para tomarle fotos a mi hijo cuando salimos juntos o cuando salgo de parranda con mis amistades, la calidad de las fotos en la modalidad automática, que es casi la única que utilizo, son muy buenas no puedo quejarme, me ha gustado mucho la calidad de las imágenes, tanto en interiores como exteriores. Desde hace 3 años poseo una nikon 4600 coolpix, muy buena cámara para ser solo una point and shoot con varias opciones que resultan interesantes, la calidad de las imágenes son excelentes no tenia comparación, otras que tuve la oportunidad de manipular de marcas reconocidas tales como Samsung y sony (point and shoot) no superaron en lo absoluto a mi nikon, creí que no encontraría una cámara que a mi punto de vista y para lo que la utilizo, la superara hasta que encontré la canon 590IS (mas que todo hable en el sentido de precio bajo, claro que hay muchas cámaras mas que puedan superar a mi nikon y a la canon que acabo de comprar).
Sé que puedo sacarle mucho más provecho a mi cámara canon utilizando todas las opciones que posee, a mi parecer es una cámara profesional en pequeño, ya que te permite poder cambiar la obturación, las ISO, velocidad de disparo y muchas cosas más, algo complicado pero con un menú sumamente amigable, a medida que vaya entrando mas en el tema de la fotografía y consultando a personas que tienen mayor experiencia se que podre obtener fotos espectaculares.
Un punto más a favor de la 590IS es que puedo adaptarle lentes, para tener un mayor zoom o para el aumento del ángulo de visión, aun que debo de ganar más experiencia en fotografía para meterme a la compra de estos lentes.

After much sifting through the countless choices of camera on offer i ended up opting for this one.
The main things i wanted from a camera were a good zoom lens, a compact size and good video recording.
This camera seemed to offer it all.
I am no David Bailey so also wanted one that can do it all for me if i wanted as well as have all the whistles and bells if i wanted to fiddle about.
The full HD video is fantastic, The zoom lens is realy clear on full zoom (and the stability control works a dream) and the actual size is not to big or heavy.
Even the wife likes using it and she's a technophobe!!!
After using it for a few weeks i can honestly say its just what i wanted and have nothing bad to say about it.
Hope this helps.

I like everything about the camera. Easy to use. Good picture quality. And it runs on 2 AA batteries. I have yet to change the batteries 10 days into our trip, although obviously the battery life will be shorter with use of the flash. But the camera takes good indoor shots with the flash disabled.

I was so enamored by the reviews of this camera I couldn't wait to get it. But the reality was such a disappointment I'm returning it to Amazon tomorrow.

If you're accustomed to using an LCD or digital viewfinder for shooting pictures, then you'll probably love this camera. I'm not, and I don't like them one bit. I had no idea optical viewfinders are becoming obsolete. Is this really technological advancement? I took dozens of shots with this camera, but couldn't even see my subject clearly. (Yes, I adjusted the diopter wheel.) All the photos either came out blurry or the subject's head was chopped off. I've been a photographer for many years and have even been published several times. I'm no pro, but I'm not a novice either.

Sadly, the digital viewfinder was a deal-breaker for me. I'll have to pay a re-stocking fee and a fortune in shipping costs, but thankfully I can return it. I learned the hard way. I suppose one star is harsh, but I can't tell you how disappointed I am, just two weeks away from a month-long trip to the Himalayas.

[Update] OK, I'm eating a lot of crow. I jumped the gun on this review. I decided to keep this camera and took 740 photos in Nepal last March. I had to use the auto settings because I hadn't learned to use the camera fully, and STILL don't know how to use manual settings, mainly because I'm happy with the shots I get on auto. It has turned out to be a great camera. Some of my photos are so good I'm going to enter them in contests. I'm upgrading my review from one to four stars. I still don't like the DVF, but I've learned to live with it. It's a great camera for the price, probably one of the better point & shoot cameras currently available. Someday I may get an SLR, but in the meantime, I'm very happy with this camera. The zoom is astonishing.

I am very happy with this camera. It takes very nice pictures and is a perfect compact size. When taking pictures, there is a small delay between pictures but I knew this from research before buying.

I've had several Canon cameras over the years. I decided to buy this one as a replacement for my lost A650. In general, Canons are very good cameras, with well thought-out menus and controls. Not this model. For some reason Canon decided to scrap all that was good about their cameras and make it much, MUCH worse:

- using menus and changing shooting settings is like navigating a maze. Even if you're used to other Canon models this one is unlike the others.. very unintuitive.

- it has a dial for selecting settings and options. The dial quality feels cheap, is quite unresponsive and inconvenient to use.

- it's a battery hog. It takes four AA batteries and even with fully-charged 2600 mA NiMH batteries it's out of juice in couple of days.

- the lens doesn't retract but has a lens cap instead. You have to put it on/off every time you want to take a shot.

- it's fairly bulky and quite heavy, a big drawback if you're travelling or have to carry it around all day.

To sum up, this camera is overpriced for what it is. You can get similar models for much less. Alternatively, for just a little more you can get yourself an SLR.

After a year of researching/foot dragging on making a commitment on a replacement for a busted Kodak, I finally took over from my wife & purchased this camera. I ordered it on the sly hoping to receive it before July 4th and a big 50th anniversary event for her best friend's parents. I was shocked when the camera arrived 2 weeks earlier than promised and I was able to surprise her with the Powershot SX10IS as an early anniversary present (in front of her visiting sister). The camera has been easy to understand and use from that point on. The girls were very happy with the action shots at Dollywood's water rides, the great color renditions and overall crispness. I used it extensively at the 50th anniv. party. I particularly like the swing away view screen which allowed me to take more unstaged /unaware photos of people at the party. This camera fills many of the possible needs we were thinking we needed a DSLR for, at a much better price. The only downsides so far are trying to keep up with the lens cap, and inability to place a protective lens on the front of the lens. The 20X zoom is awesome!

Used thsi for the first time on safari and the shots I got were fantastic considering the animals and birds don't sit nicely and pose. It's zoom is outstanding. A little heavy and bulky compared to the compacts Im used to, but the results make it worth that.

Canon added a lot of features to this camera, but failed to provide a sensor that delivers good image quality.

Pros:
The Canon user interface makes learning how to use this camera very easy and intuitive. I bought this camera to "upgrade" from my old SI-5 (the previous model to this one) and transitioning to the controls and ease of use was immediate.

The camera comes packed with features that make is sound like a good idea to buy: 20

After using this camera for nearly a week, and taking close to 200 photos, I'm satisfied. My zoom lens works just fine, I'm getting use to the controls and reading the manual. And I've taken some incredible shots. I'll be sharing some on this site soon. If you want to move beyond simple and inferior pictures, this camera is the right one. Yes, I've had problems with the lens cap, but that can be solved by buying an attachment for it. Securing it onto the lens is best done by just holding one end as you snap it back on; squeezing both ends of the cap creates a difficult time of trying to get it to stay on right. My lowlight handheld results have come out just fine, even without a flash at 800 ISO. Of course I've always known that it means steadying yourself. I've owned several Nikon SLRs in the past, so the weight isn't an issue either. Only if one is only use to carrying nothing but compact digitals. I'm keeping it and can't wait to see continued superb results. But you have to study the manual, as with any advanced equipment.

This is one camera you can't go wrong with. Excellent facial recognition, zoom, stabilization in a handy durable pocket camera. Best buy for the money. Quality of pictures is excellent even when printed out at highest quality and size. Two thumbs way up. Nothing negative to comment on with this great pocket camera.

I m satisfied with the purchase, the SX1 provides all what i need. Looks smart, 4 fps just love it and HD is awwwwwesome. Thanx Canon. A loyal costumer:)

This video camera is a classic. It pioneered the flip viewfinder and it has a bayonet lens mount that makes it useable for amateur astronomers who want to get into inexpensive astroimaging. In addition the firmware has bee hacked with CHKDK [...] and it is programmable for long exposures.

the product is great. came as advertised. i did contact the seller. she was prompt and was able to answer my question. great experience all round. thanks

charles

So I read all the reviews and looked at all the ratings on-line and figured this was the camera I needed - not too complicated, easy to use, somewhat fast pictures and would last a while. WRONG. The camera itself was easy to use, I'll give it that. But it took forever to take a picture. Case in point, every time I went to take a picture of our Yorkie, I'd get a picture of our floor - it cannot keep up with kids and pets - and you can't exactly ask a dog to "do that again." I bought this camera in January 09 and when we went on our honeymoon Oct 09 it flat out stopped working. Just froze up. Thank god we had brought my husbands waterproof pentax with us or we would have no pictures from our honeymoon. We used some of our wedding money to purchase a Nikon since then. We've used it indoors and out and had much better luck. Save your money, buy a Nikon.

What happened? I got this directly from Amazon a year ago, on sale, for around [...] bucks shipped. And now it's two and a half times that price? Strange.

In any case, it's a fabulous little camera. Very reliable, great lense and zoom, easy to use, sturdy, attractive, small, light; with a 16 gb card you can store literally thousands of 8mp shots on one little card. Sorry, Walgreen's and Kodak!

But the very best thing is that it takes only two AA batteries. Simply buy four or six rechargeables (they pay for themselves in weeks!) and a 15-minute charger, take the charged extras along, and you're good for days of shots. The flash wears out the batteries far faster, of course.

There is not one bad thing I can say about this camera...except that the price is too high here. Look around and find a better one. Hey, don't blame me, Amazon: when you offer great value then take it away, customers will notice.

As for Canon: you guys are still making state of the art cameras at a very fair price, and I salute you for it. Real quality makes its own friends, as the other reviews here will attest. Funny how the best usually rises to the top. As it should.

I highly recommend this camera...at about [...] bucks.

Edit: How classic; the actual price was edited out by The Boys Upstairs (In Accounting?). But anyone who can do math in the first paragraph might be able to figure it out. Hmmm, let's see: the cosine of x is...

excellent pictures in day, night or inside, good video and sound, but the battery cover broken with use

I purchased this camera to upgrade from my Cannon A560 because I needed more zoom and battery capacity.

The camera features are very good BUT the SX10 is DOES NOT have the capability to put a DATE/TIME STAMP on the pictures.

I just got off the phone with Cannon Tech Support at 1-800-385-2155 and the Tech Support person assured me there is NO WAY to make this camera mark a date/time stamp on the pictures. Not only this but the Cannon SX1 is does not have date/time stamp capability either! I hope the tech support person was wrong but it appears not.

I cannot believe cannon would produce a camera in this class without date/time stamp capability! The Date/Time stamp is a very common if not universal and standard feature on nearly ALL digital cameras.

This is tantamount to manufacturing automobiles with no seatbelts or windshield wipers!!!!!

I was better off with my Cannon A560. Cannon used to make the best line of camera's on the market in my opinion........ apparently Cannon is taking notes from American manufacturers and throwing quality and common sense out the window.

A camera with NO DATE/TIME stamp feature that is selectible is of NO USE to me. I am EXTREMELY disappointed in this camera.

I bought a Ixus 980 as a camera for my day bag. I also have a nikon DSLR for serious work, but this little gem really impressed me. My girlfriend has had an Ixus 980 for six months and i can truely say that it is a camera that just does not stop giving. Her results have been amazing, whether using it in auto point and shoot mode or in manual mode. In good lighting conditions, differences in image quality between this and an DSLR are hard to find unless you really crop into them. In low light it still performs very well, although the distance between it and an DSLR starts to open up. My advice - get one for your day sack or even as a main camera, because for the size and price nothing comes close. Canon really do make great compacts, and with regards to comparing it to DSLRs or bridging cameras, we would do well to remember that "the best camera is the one you have with you". If you wake up and are unsure whether you want to go out shooting or carry a camera tomorrow, you are much more likely to slip this little beauty into your bag or even your pocket than something bigger and heavier.

The Powershot SX10 IS is the best overall camera you can purchase for the money. Money saving features are as follows: AA batteries, SD Card, 28mm to 560mm lens. Batteries are a big thing. Rechargeables will not last forever, they wear even if you aren't using them. When you need batteries, at the last minute, you can use Alkaline AA. For your typical tourist activities the lens will be more than enough. The SD cards are the cheapest around.

The one additional feature the camera has is the menu/picture review screen. The screen works much like the screens on Digital Camcorders. It allows moving the camera overhead and around corners or is just convenient for use when taking self-portraits on a timer. You can rotate the screen around to point in the same direction as the lens.

No other camera, other than the SX1 IS w/CMOS, combines all these features. Since the SX1 IS is currently only being sold in Europe and Asia, at the time of this review, and any warranty work would be problematic this leaves out this camera. It's an extra $300-$400 extra the same price as a SLR, but you still have AA batteries and SD card.

The picture quality is great, the addition of full manual control, VHS quality video and a High Speed ISO makes this camera a great buy and a bargain.

PS: 10-24-2013
I've been using this camera for about four years and haven't had any problems with it. I would have bought the sequels to this model, SX30-HD and SX50-HD, but Canon for greedy and anti-green earth reasons have switched to a proprietary rechargeable battery system and I will not buy a camera that doesn't use AA batts. If you are in need of a AA Batt Camera the SX20 IS is the best choice, but the SX10 IS has been really great for me.

This camera is excellent.

After a 10 days wait its finally here :) I opted for express delivery from ok-go however when it did'nt show up a week later i started to get concerned, turns out they ran out of stock.

Now the camera is here. Wow am i impressed for ages now i've been using my First and only digital camera an Ixus with 3.2 mega pixels back in the day and more recently my phone as well since it also has a 3.2 mega pixel camera. so the quality was ok on both, But even just playing about round the house the detail and quality of pictures is amazing and even in auto mode the pictures are excellent. its very easy to work and is similar to my old ixus but much better.

Design wise it is a fantastic shape. fits the hand nicely and is wonderfully small in comparison to my brother 10 mp Panason lumix. which is a good camera but which is massive in comparison, and is not as user friendly to use. Like all IXUX the quality is excelent and has an metal skin which gives it a feeling of quality many camera lack these days.

I am extremely impressed with the camera having only had it a few days.

I have had this camera for 2 months now. Have used it in every circumstand I can think of. I have been very pleased.

1) battery life. Alkaline battery life is only about 100 pics for me. I use Rayovac Hybrids and I can easly take 400 pics with these. I imagine with Lithium you could reach 600.

2) picture quality. It isn't an DSLR but sure is close. Qualtiy is very good in any lighting conditions. You should be able to print any picture any size you want.

3) Zoom. Amazing. I have taken pictures zoomed all the way with out a tripod and they are almost as clear as if I was right on top of item. The image stablaization worked perfect everytime. (I do not use the digital zoom)

4) Video - Love the dedicated button for video. I have had many cameras where I always wished they had something like this. The qualtiy is not HD and you can buy their model that has it for $200 more but I don't know that it is worth it. The video quality is great in my opinion. If you really want an HD video camera I would suggest buying a seperate HD video camera.

5) features - lot and lots of great features. The color swap and where you can make everything black and white except one color is pretty nice.

6) ease of use. Everything seems really intuitive to me. Everything is right where it should be.

I don't think you can go wrong with this one. I did a ton of research and dpreview.com and digitalcamerareview.com before I bought this utla zoom camera. Thought about getting a DSLR but I really wanted the zoom. You can get this great camera that would probably meet your needs for under $400 or easliy spend $1200 to get a comprable DSLR with this zoom capacity.