Отзывы о Цифровой Фотоаппарат Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

It took me a LONG time to research and purchase a digital camera. I have used inexpensive 35mm for my whole life. It was uncomfortable for me to get used to this camera. I didn't like how the viewer went black for a moment every time I took a picture. I admit I wasn't embracing the whole digital thing, but I was willing to learn. I had already purchased a second memory card and was receiving the low battery warning when this camera fell about four feet off of our kitchen counter. The lens broke and now I am in the market for another camera. In this economy, it is tough to shell out a few hundred dollars for broken "toys". I use cameras to document the life and growth of my kids, not to win photo competitions. If I am spending money on batteries, or chargers, memory chips and now a whole new camera, it makes my old inexpensive 35mm seem really attractive again. I can't even comment on how the photos look. I never even got the chance to download them. Don't drop this camera. It won't survive.

Let me start by saying that I'm basically a point and shoot kind of camera user, from time to time I get creative and do a little bit of macro photos and B&Ws but that's it.

I upgraded from the S2 IS and I must say that I'm really happy with my new camera, it feels less clunky that the S2, the black body color is definitely nicer that the old silver and the bigger screen is a superb improvement.

The IS works pretty well and you will notice it the most at full zoom. Another really nice thing is the wide angle lens, no one is left outside the photo in confined spaces (like small rooms, or cramped restaurants) anymore.

I've been reluctant to buy a SLR because of the wider selection of lenses and the investment that it demands, with this camera so far I can cover all my needs and postpone the jump to a SLR even further.

Bottomline, if you want an all around camera with a super zoom and wide lens then this is the camera for you...

After two years of perfect service in several locations in Italy, France and US I can say that this is very reliable camera, with semiprofessional features. It's need a lot of juice from the batteries, and you need definitely rechargeables, but the pictures are fantastic even with low light and in motion. It can be used as a point-and-shoot but allows manual and artistic touches.

My son and i went on a 12 day hike in the northern New Mexico mountains and i wanted a good camera to take pictures. This model performed flawlessly. It's a bit more in weight than an avid ultralight backpacker may want but the features you get make up for the additional weight. Also, if paired up with Eneloop rechargeable batteries, you can leave the extra batteries behind. I took >650 pics and some video and still had plenty of battery life. The zoom on the camera is exceptional and very easy to operate. This is basically a digital SLR without the detachable lens. All the features of an SLR (assuming you know how to use them) and the ease of use make this one great camera. Highly recommended.

I bought this for my son for Christmas to take on a trip to South America. I had done my research and knew it was a great camera.

My Review is about my buying experience not the camera.

I went online, found the best price at one of the NY camera houses only to to told a few days later that the camera & instruction book were the Japanese version. For another $30 I could get the English version. Needless to say I cancelled.

I placed the order a second time with another camera house only to be told the camera was not available. They tried to upsell me - once again I cancelled.

I had just about given up on the camera when I went to search one more time.

This time I found the camera here on Amazon. With the free postage the cost was only about $10 more than the least expensive I had found to date.

I placed the order and had the camera in 8 days.

My son trekked around Patagonia and took wonderful shots both at close range and distance using the 20x zoom. If it is not the best camera in its class out there I don't know what is.

The MORAL here is save yourself the aggravation of dealing with the NY camera houses which are known for somewhat questionable tactics. Just order it from an Authorized Amazon seller!!!

Ewald Wiberg
author of The Perfect Vacation: One Couple's Adventures at Sea With and Without the Kids

I have had this camera more than 2 years and I continue to be disappointed. It is good outdoors and for Video but indoors it is just bad. Don't use the flash and your pictures have a 50 50 chance of turning out. Use the flash and it is ungodly slow. I have had 100 dollar cameras that warm up quicker. I will keep this camera for videos and buy another for photos. I miss out on way to many photos waiting on this camera flash to be ready or just to warm up for the next photo. I tried several different sd cards thinking it was slow because of them but it has made no difference. I read here that people like how small it is. It is not that small.

Pros for me
Good outdoor photos
Good video clips
AA batteries(use enerloops)

Cons
SLOOOOOOW
bad indoor photos
kind of bulky

This was for my daughter christmas present, it can withstand a teenager abuse and it take clear nice pictures.

I wanted a camera that was very easy to use yet very versatile. As intuitive as possible and this one fits perfectly. The oversized screen is terrific and the easy knob for selecting types of picture is quick and convenient. I use my camera for a variety of different situations ranging for travel and outdoor shots to closeup shots of small objects. It focuses quick and does a nice job.
I really like the tuck away flash. It stays tucked away and if the picture you are taking needs the flash a message will tell you to raise it.
Picture quality is excellent and the oversized viewing screen is really nice. glad I got this one over a less expensive model. Cost me a few dollars more but worth it.
This camera has a little bit more heft to it than many other smaller and less expensive cameras and I like that. It has a good feel in your hands.

Overall an excellent camera, easy to use, good price and very intuitive. Canon has a nice user friendly set of buttons and knobs that are standard across many of their cameras.

My camera gets a lot of heavy website use and its perfect for me. Connect the camera to a cable then drag and drop the pictures where I want them.
The drag and drop isn't the only way to transfer pics, just one of the ways and the easiest way for me.

My previous camera wasa PS 80, so this review compares the A470 with that. The pictures it takes are fine. However, there are two points about the '470 I don't like. 1) The optical zoom is controlled by the joystick on the back of the camera; the '80 had a lever below the shoot button which was much easier to use. Also the optical zoom feature has to be selected in a menu before you start and it only works after you have depressed the shoot button half way. It isn't mentioned at all in the quick guide. I found it by poking around in the menus. ( I still haven't read the full manual)
2) It does not have an optical viewfinder. Since it is impossible to see what's on the screen in bright sunlight, it is difficult to see what you are aiming at.
I suppose you get what you pay for - the '80 cost me over £300 several years ago this '470 only cost £70 including two large capacity memory cards and two lots of P & P, so I think it is good value for money.
BTW I didn't bother installing the software that came with it. The stuff I already had on the PC worked to download the piccies.

de John G8SEQ

I just wanted to add in case people didn't realise that Canon issued a firmware update for this camera (SX1 IS) to incorporate RAW shooting. If you are not likely to shoot RAW then the upgrade isn't needed as it is only for this but for those who may like to try then it was released in March and is on the website. Mine updated fine although haven't experimented yet (hopefully Apple will add RAW support for this camera soon) there is editing software to download with the PDF manual available online from today.

I think the previous reviewers have covered most of my thoughts about the camera. I agree about the dial when in the creative modes at first I couldn't move this at all and thought it was broken! If you have a light gentle touch you will not be able to use this bit wait ease, in fact my thumb hurts when I try. I had to get my father to keep on using the dial to try and make it so I could move it on with more ease. It's getting better but I wouldn't depend on having to change a setting quickly by the dial. I wish Canon had thought about this as it really disappointed me when I first started to use it plus their support wasn't good at all.

I am enjoying using the camera a lot more than I have ever done and now it includes RAW it has added something which I realised other similar brands had but this one didn't until now. If only the dial didn't require "personal trainer strength building" sessions to move it :( it is definitely not user friendly even after 4 mths

I was given this camera last Mother's Day and loved it for about 6 months. The camera now says change batteries even when I have just put new batteries in it. Last night I had a "Girl's Night Out" party and I went through 8 batteries and only was able to take 10 pictures. That is beyond bad...Don't buy this camera.

While I am sure you can generally find lemons in every product, this camera is a joy to own if it is in good working order.

A note about the battery life is don't try to use regular AA batteries unless you are just in a pinch. They will last no time at all. Invest in hi quality Ni Mh or whatever they are called rechargables. They last Waaaaay longer than alkaline. I am sure the camera heads already knew this but the info may help another non-camera head like me.

I am beyond pleased with my purchase. While I took a few Photography classes in college I'm by no means a professional and I feel as though this is the perfect camera for my needs (higher quality family snapshots, travel pictures, etc). I do recommend taking a half hour or so to read through the users manual for a complete understanding of all the settings, but the camera is far from complicated. I am in awe of the stunning crisp images and amazing zoom. However, what has impressed me most is Canon's amazing technical and service support. My camera wasn't 48 hours old when the shutter was scratched. I had the camera around my neck with the lens cap off when I noticed that an 11 month old relative had put a pebble from the driveway in her mouth. When I rushed to make sure she didn't swallow it the camera grazed the ground, scratching it quite badly. Customer support was extremely helpful (and sympathetic). I sent the camera to their service center and within a few days they e-mailed me to say that they were fixing at no charge and would return by FedEx to me. It is so rare to call a large company and find a friendly and helpful person who speaks English on the other end of the line. I will never buy anything but Canon again.

I'm an experienced photographer who grew up with SLR, medium format, and view cameras while working as a pro in the military and commercially afterward. Today, I shoot only for some business and recreational needs. This is a really good compromise camera for someone wishing to avoid the bottomless cost of and SLR, along with the additional weight. My one beef is the electrically powered zoom, which reacts way too quickly. My last camera was a Minolta Dimage, which is no longer made. It, too, was a super zoom, but the lens barrel had to be manually twisted to zoom in/out. This allowed much, much finer adjustment of the zoom at a speed of the users choosing. As an all around compromise camera, this is a good value. There is always some degradation of image quality that's a given with a superzoom camera, and that is evident in this product.

I 'ummed' and 'arred' about buying this camera for months before I took the plunge. I am so pleased I did. The main selling points for me were the 20X zoom and the full HD movie capability, but having never experienced HD before I was a bit hesitant.
I have a G7 and a EOS 40D, and while the G7 is a perfect point and shoot camera (some of my best pictures have come from this) and the 40D is an excellent SLR when used with a Sigma 28-300, I wanted something that would do the job of both but without the weight of the EOS. And the SX1 is it!
The HD movies are astounding, both on the computer and the 32" TV. You do need a tripod to get the best picture quality, but it is well worth the time taken to set it up properly. I use a mini tripod and utilise the remote control that came with camera, it takes the button shake from the beginning and end of your movie. Likewise when taking a long exposure picture, set it up on the tripod and release the shutter with the remote.
Downsides? Well, there's always something and with this camera it's the power source. It uses 4 AA batteries. I am using 'Ultimate Lithium" batteries as they will last for about 500 still pics, and if you look around you can get them for about £4 for 4.
Another thing I'm a bit unhappy about is the fact that the camera has a plastic body. Having been used to a G7 and 40D, both metal bodied and feeling bullet-proof, I was a bit disconcerted with the feel of the SX. However, having used it a fair bit now, it's proving to be not quite as fragile as it feels.
All in all, I'm very impressed with this camera (see picture) and I'm still discovering new stuff it will do.

If you are looking for a basic cover for your Ixus camera that will not make the camera bulky and still fit in your pocket, this is ideal. However if you want reasonable protection aswell may not suit. It is fine for the cost, but I have now also bought a crumpler PP70 which although a bit more money is better protection, still compact, space for spare SD card and also looks great! Worth considering!

I really enjoy this camera. I still have a lot to learn on it. I wasn't ready to get a SLR camera yet so that will be my next purchase after I decide to take my photography to another level. It is a little on the bulkier side, but it doesn't bother me. I would recommend this camera if someone is just looking for a really nice point and shoot camera that is a step before the SLR.

We had an older Canon Powershot A95...and it lasted quite a while..it had a pretty hard life...so we upgraded to the A630..it does all the same stuff. It has a higher resolution and a better zoom. It has one less feature on the turnstyle, but it is not missed. The one thing that we can do with this camera that we couldn't w/the A95 is zoom in while you are taking video..that is a great feature. The camera also takes 4 AA batteries, it is great to get rechargables. It is a little heavier and bulkier than most digital cameras out there..but it is a little lighter than the A95...and still fits into a purse. The A630 does take an SD card where the A95 took a Compact Flash card..so you can't use your old memory...but SD's aren't that expensive. The camera came in great shape...we love it!

I bought this camera to upgrade from a basic point and shoot without going to an SLR. It fulfilled my requirements and I have been quite pleased with it. The features are easy to use and the pictures are clear and bright. I can change all of the settings to my specifications, yet the auto feature works great and I can pass the camera off to someone with little experience and still get a good picture. I do wish that the lense cap was attached. I have almost lost it a couple of times! I use the camera mainly to take macro shots of jewelry (the supermacro setting on this camera is great!). [...]

This is a good camera. I am a forensic scientist and have to take photos for a lot of my work. Overall I am pleased. It has a little trouble capturing the focus under lower light conditions. The software is not great, but if you learn its quirks, it get the job done (some menus are "concealed"- only accessible by pressing an obscure series of buttons- it you do not have the secret sequence you won't find the menus). The manual is really really bad- Example: Hmmm, how do I operate the self timer? OK, thats in the index- go to the page- it tells you it can be operated in several fashions -BUT DOES NOT TELL YOU HOW TO ACTUALLY DO IT! Frustrating on an otherwise good camera

This case makes it so easy to carry and use a small point and shoot camera. The camera's handstrap can be secured to the sock's clip so that all items are kept safe and available. The camera is protected from the clip by the thickness of the material used to make the flap of material through which the clip is threaded. A brilliant item. Check it out before choosing any other.

I spent a good deal of time looking at reviews on cameras, this Cannon camera seemed to have the best user reviews. I am very pleased with the camera. I have not had a chance to use it too much, but what I see I like. It has so many options that I will be finding new ways to take pictures for a long time. In the reviews many users had issue with the larger size of the camera and they are right. It is bigger than many of the cameras on the market, but it does many more things than those other cameras do. I will take the larger size to have the extra options. My previous camera had the same feature to focus the camera, which is hold the shutter button down half way to focus then all the way down to take picture. With this camera it is easy to find the half way making sure you have a good focus. My previos camera was very difficult to find half way which resulted in out of focus pictures. I would highly recommend this camera. I know I will enjoy exploring the many features it has.

I purchased the A550 as a light backup for an extensive Olympus DSLR system. There are times when one wants a small camera just for snapshots or backpack, but more importantly for me, I want a 'safety net' that is easy to use, produces good results and uses a common power supply. Hence, after a lot of shopping around I purchased the 550.

First, as a bottom line, the camera produces excellent results, even in its most simple 'point and shoot' mode. Images are sharp, clean and properly exposed (more reliable than my Oly dslr's), even when there is some backlighting present. It has a manual feature which permits exposure compensation, ISO selection and other settings. Its movie capabilities are impressive. It has an optical viewfinder for power saving and those situations where it is too bright to use the lcd for composition. The camera fires up quickly and it has easy to use menus that provide many options.

My Olympus cameras all use a proprietary battery system that requires I haul around a charger and a couple of backup batteries. But they are power hogs. The A550 takes off-the-shelf AA alkaline batteries available anywhere. I use rechargeable Sanyo Eneloops or Rayovac hybrids and, frankly, I have no idea of how many photos I can take because I have never run them down. My guess is a couple of hundred shots using the lcd, maybe three or four hundred without. That's a lot of photography. A heck of a safety net. At a time when TSA is starting to restrict how many lithium camera batteries one can pack I say kudos to Canon for keeping a fine line of cameras running on both AA's and SD cards, rather than the miserable xD's preferred by Olympus and Fuji for their compacts.

There are some other things I like. The camera has an optical zoom feature, which is generally pretty useless on most cameras. The A550s isn't brilliant, but I do find I can extend the telephoto maybe 50-100mm without too much loss of sharpness, cutting my need to manually crop later. I also find that I do not need to use it at its lowest compression to get excellent results up through 8x10" prints. Slap in a 2 meg SD card and you're good for well over a thousand shots.

Quibbles. Of course there are always some. The flash unit takes up to 10 seconds to recycle, and the lcd isn't the sharpest kid on the block. And, I truly wish that Canon would give its compacts a bit more wide angle capability. 35mm is fine for most situations, but 28mm would be great for those of us who do landscapes and cityscapes. The sliding battery/memory card door is a tad on the flimsy side, but overall, the camera is well built.

I understand that Canon has upgraded the 550. The 560 includes face recognition and other new features which I really don't care much about, but doubtless add to the functionality of the camera. At the end of the day I am very satisfied with what I have, and if you can find one at a rock bottom price (somewhere in the vicinity of $115-20) you just cannot go wrong.

I bought an identical camera 2+years ago, and an Ikelite UW case (more expensive than the camera). The camera is now outdated, but the case is specific for camera model. So, I needed another backup camera. The video, pictures, etc. are OK, not great, but good enough, and especially for underwater use.

That's it.

Jim Middleton