Отзывы о Цифровой Фотоаппарат Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

I adored my old Canon S2 IS so much that when it got dropped in the ocean there was really no question about replacing it with another Canon superzoom. I take a lot of wildlife pix, and the availability of a 560mm lens in a small, light, inexpensive package made the selection of my new SX10 IS pretty much a no-brainer.

The trick new features like evaluative color balance and the histogram-in-viewfinder are easy and intuitive to use, but it's that incredible lens that really makes the package. It's not perfect - any lens that's so compact has to have some chromatic aberration: there's purple fringing visible in high-contrast areas of the images. It all depends on how closely you look, and how picky you are. But it's a fair trade, considering that the long lens allows me to capture images that I couldn't even consider with the average DSLR. Not to mention that the size, weight, and cost of DSLR's means that they stay home on most casual outings.

Go ahead and price a stabilized 500mm lens for your SLR, and after you recover from fainting, you'll appreciate how much this little guy offers for the price. Amazingly, I paid exactly the same for my new SX10 IS that I did for my S2 IS several years ago.

Downsides: I miss the time-lapse feature, or "Intervalometer." The package is heavier than my old S2 IS. And there's that fringing visible in outdoor shots.

Upsides: 20X, low price, fast & intuitive controls, and zero shutter lag. It's also nice to use SD cards and AA batteries.

I absolutely love this camera! I am not a professional photographer, and this camera is perfect. I am still learning all the different things it can do. I like that there is so much to it, but you don't need to know how to use all the extras to take nice pictures. The LCD screen did get a small scratch on it already, but I am extra careful with it to make sure that doesn't happen again. And the lens cap is easily misplaced, so you need to be cautious of that.

I am still learning how to use this camera. It is taking a while, because I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old, but I use the camera all the time.

I purchased this camera while on vacation. After returning home and viewing the pictures, I realized that none of them had a sharp image quality. I began to experiment with many settings and with many options. Some pictures were better than others but everyone has less definition and less crispness to the images than my old HP 2 megapixel camera.

All of the pictures, if viewed at 100% of their size, had blurred or softened edges on picture frames, edges of houses, lamp shades, etc. The smaller I made the picture, the less noticeable it became but it still was not clear. I don't know if this is what is referred to as noise but I do not want to have to adjust the sharpness of every picture I take with editing software.

Based on so many good reviews, I began to think that I must have gotten a defective camera and returned it to the chain store in my home location. I purchased another A590IS from Amazon. In the mean time, I read all the instructions for the different settings so that I would understand how to use it. I did not want the poorness of pictures to be operator error.

When the new camera arrived, I took comparison pictures. I had the same results. The colors are good but the sharpness is not there. I took identical shots with my old HP and with the new Canon. The Canon has good color and the pictures are larger but the definition and quality of the image is just not there.

I like the camera in almost every way. This is a nice, easy to use, all around camera with some key features. I like to be able to imprint the date on the photo itself (not just the file name) and this camera has that feature (not supported in many newer cameras). It supports SD media card so I did not have to get new cards or change formats. The camera also has great optical zoom and easy to find batteries; accepting two double AA batteries (available almost anywhere). My biggest issue is that I cannot default the flash to "on" in average light situations. Sometimes, in average to low light, the pics may appear grainy due to the less than adequate light (I don't believe that the camera's sensor engages the flash to on even if the flash is ready and up.) I have not read the book in detail as of yet, so this MAY be a possibility, but I am skeptical. Otherwise, NO complaints. Easy to use, good quality, large LCD screen and more. This is a very nice camera with better than average features (specifically optical zoom and date imprint on image) for the price. I recommeded it to my dad to buy as a gift for my stepmom I liked it so much.

JUST RECEIVED MY CAMERA TODAY AND DID SOME SHOOTING. AS THE OWNER OF THE CANON REBEL XT AND XSI I HAD NO PROBLEM WORKING THE CONTROLS OF THE SX10 IS. BUT EVEN IF YOU HAVE NEVER OWNED A DSLR - NOT TO WORRY. THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL IS CLEAR AND PRECISE. DON'T TRY TO LEARN ALL OF THE ADVANCED FEATURES UNTIL YOU HAVE THE BASICS DOWN FIRST. THIS WAY YOU WILL GET TO ENJOY THE CAMERA AND GET THE FEEL OF IT BEFORE ADVANCING.

THIS CAMERA IS AMAZING. THE MACRO PHOTOS WERE CLEAR AND SHARP. THE 20X ZOOM WAS A WOW!!! THE VIDEO IS TERRIFIC TOO.

I KNOW I AM GOING TO ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF CLOSEUP AND ZOOM WITHOUT CHANGING LENSES.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CAMERA WITH ALL THE CONTROLS OF A DSLR WITHOUT THE HASSLE OF CARRYING EXTRA LENSES THEN THIS IS THE CAMERA FOR YOU.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALMOST LOST THE LENS CAP JUST ADD A CAP KEEPER AND THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THIS IS A GREAT BUY FOR THE MONEY AND YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

I usually do not write reviews but thought I'd throw in my 2 cents about this camera. I purchased it because it had the best reviews of the point & shoot variety cameras and the digital camera I have is only a 4 megapixel & it was time to upgrade....or so I thought. I used it for a week and returned it for the following problems:
1. It had an excruciatingly long shutter lag compared to my "old" kodak easy share. I couldn't ever get off shots in time to catch my 1 year old doing something cute. And, if she moved...like all kids do...the shots came out blurry. I even had it on the setting for kids and pets. Also I had the SDHC card in it.
2. No matter what I did (yes, I read the manual) I kept getting photos that looked very poorly focused. Not even as crisp as my 4 megapixel.
3. With the flash on, people were washed out, with it off, they were in dark shadows. There seemed no happy medium.
4. The "face finder" feature made getting a shot off take too long.
5. The color in photos seemed off...not natural.
6. The menus just were not all that easy to follow or intuitive, at least to me, from other cameras I have used in the past.
I have been taking photos for 25 years and am used to getting really great shots. That just didn't happen with this camera. It was pretty frustrating. Maybe it is great for things that don't move, like flowers, but for anyone wanting to catch their kids before the moment is gone, maybe this camera is not for you.

I actually loved my S80. The pictures I took of my children were beautiful and the camera is very easy to use. It operates extremely well in low light situations, is easy to take anywhere, and easy to download pics to computer.

I am heartbroken that after only 3 years of ownership, it is broken beyond repair. I did initially have problems with the lens cover not closing as other reviewers did, but usually if I took the battery out and charged it and then returned it the cover would close. Recently I accidentally leaned on it in my backpack. It was in a protective camera case, but the pressure of my back against my backpack broke the display screen. I took it to a repair shop and was told that to repair it would cost about $20 less than buying a new camera on Amazon. I am very dissapointed that it seems that these cameras are so throw away. Why can't canon control parts costs so that repairs can be made and cameras salvaged. Anyways, I am going to add to the landfill situation and toss my camera and buy a new one. I want a canon, but with the parts situation and lack of repair facilities I may have to look at another brand. Too bad.

I have had this camera for about three years now and I could honestly say that this camera is overall a winner in my book. No camera is perfect and this is true for Canon A620 as well but its strengths and photographing capabilities makes up for that. I don't think I will be upgrading this P&S anytime soon. My fave is the vari-angle LCD, M mode, and color accent. Features of higher end cameras, these specs really lets me play around with my shots and I am the type of person who doesn't like taking "boring" photographs. People are usually impressed with my photographs but all I do is point to the camera. =))) So 4 thumbs up for A620. I would highly recommend this camera to anyone with a budget under $400 even now in 2009!!!!

This compact camera is just fabulous. Some of the results we get are at least a match for our Nikon D-SLR which cost over a thousand pounds. This canon compact is an outstanding purchase in terms of quality and value for money.

I got this camera as a Christmas present back in 2006. I've been using it solidly ever since, mostly for events (graduations, parties, etc), but also as a way to explore the city I live in. I have dropped it dozens of times, it's been knocked over, sat on, kicked, and always comes back with absolutely amazing pictures (many of my friends and family can't believe what can be done with this camera, despite its lack of manual lens control). In fact, I was just using it for a birthday party this weekend.

Last night, it was knocked from my hands - lens extended - and fell down a flight of brick steps. It returned a lens error message to me, and wouldn't turn on. Today, a friend of mine popped the lens back into place (it had apparently bent at an unhealthy angle), and it's back to working like it did on Christmas Day.

In short, I love this camera. My only recommendation would be to make sure you get good batteries, as mine seems to have slowly lost its edge with battery life over time. But that aside, this wonderful camera seems to be nearly indestructible, and takes great pictures to boot. Cannon has won a lifetime customer.

During vacations, I want to shoot good quality pictures and some quick movie clips, thus I looked for a movie camera that fits in one hand & pocket, which is easy to use and shoots excellent digital pictures and pretty good movie clips. And: CANON's TX1 fit all those needs. Compared to my former Canon 5M ELPH, the TX1 shoots more colorful - not as hazy. The movie clips are actually "rolling" and not "stuttering". Sure, movies get grainy in-door / in low light situations, and sure you have to move slowly when taking movies (slowly zoom in and out). The 10x optical zoom reaches surprisingly far (I switched digital zoom off). While I like that the little screen rotates and automatically puts the pics on it's feet (you can "watch" yourself), it does not at all reflect the quality of the movie / picture taken. But, that doesn't matter much to me, since I have the habit to download, review and sort each day's pictures in the evening on my lap-top - for FaceBook and such. I bought a 16 GB SDHC card for it which is plenty for my daily picture and movie needs. I probably need around 1.5 to 2 GB a day. Battery - I can get through a day, but that's it. But, I have two batteries which I switch between. The 7.1 M pixel is plenty for my computer screen only usage. Downloading movies and playing those is no trouble at all, after downloading click on the movie clip and windows media player plays it just fine. All in all, a cute little film camera which takes very good pictures as well, ... for great vacation pictures and "quick and dirty" fun movie clips. ...

I bought this as a Christmas present for my six year old son, based on reviews here. For the money it is an excellent camera for a beginner or a younger user. The only thing I would say is that you need to buy a bigger memory card.

This camera is providing terrific pictures. It's easy and intuitive. The automatic setting is very smart. The camera is light. The zoom does amazing closeups and distance without the greater weight and lens-swapping of the big boys. I've been told it's in demand by pros as an alternate camera because the price-to-feature ratio is so good.

Cons: 1) After 5 months, a tiny plastic piece broke off inside the battery door and it won't stay closed (must send camera to Canon), 2) No lens cap tether, 3) Can't seem to find a polarizing filter for it, possibly because this is not an SLR camera with live viewfinder?, and 5) Does not shoot in RAW format.

I would still rate this camera best in its class, absolutely. The next step would be a much more expensive DSLR.

Good quality build,solid and heavier than other makes which helps when taking handheld shots.Big advantage compared to using a DSLR is no messy lense changes + handy Super Macro function at wide angle. The CMOS censor and very usefull vari angle LCD screen are worth paying extra for together with some DSLR functions not found on other bridge cameras. Essential for spectacle warers are the diopter control and rubber viewfinder surround and you can attach flashguns for more professional use. It would be handy to be able to protect the lense with a skylight or UV filter especially if you use the Super macro setting a lot.

I purchased this camera a few weeks before Christmas. It's features, menu options, and zoom and face detection worked very well and were easy to use. Red-eye was reduced in the pictures, but still noticeable. Auto-stabilization was an excellent feature too. The video camera feature on this camera is excellent also. You can zoom in and out, which you can't do with the video feature on some other cameras. However, with all of these features comes a price (and I don't mean the price of the camera). I mean the price of batteries. It goes through batteries like a baby goes through diapers. A quick fix to this is to buy rechargable batteries. Even if you purchase Energizer or Duracell batteries, they do not last long (3-4 hours at the most). Also, you may want to be careful of the extending lens. Four months after I purchased this camera, the lens motor broke and it wouldn't focus or extend out anymore. I bought a new camera since the cost of fixing it would have been equivelant. Overall, this is an excellent camera, very easy to operate, and very cool to play around with. Just be careful with battery life and the lens motor.

i bought this camera after seeing a piece on dpreview.com comparing 9 budget cameras. this one had the best overall image quality in the tests.

it really is amazing what $120 can buy you these days. photography enthusiasts on a budget will love the features. the camera has fully manual capability and a really nice layout and menu design. it shows you the shutter and aperture settings its using when you depress the shutter. in program mode you can just shoot, or you can adjust exposure, ISO, white balance, flash exposure as you like. its clearly produced by a company thats always refining its products to be more flexible without being unecessarily complicated.

the camera is well designed and responsive. if it could only shoot raw and had live histogram id give it an A+ for features.

the bad news is its still a cheap camera. the sensor is small and fairly noisy. frankly im a bit disappointed in that regard. the pictures look good in general terms but when you zoom in to 100% they are noisy and compressed looking in general, with high ISO pictures being really bad (mind you i usually shoot RAW images with a larger camera).

the only consolation is knowing that other cameras at this price are the same if not worse. but you really dont want to shoot in low light with this thing, it looks like a damn snowstorm.

if your camera budget is $150, i absolutely recommend this camera. if image quality is important and you can spend more, its may be worth it to do so... but you may have to spend considerably more to see any improvement.

I was able to run this camera through it's paces at my son's lacrosse tournament this weekend. I mostly used the sports mode to capture action shots of the games, and what shots they were. At the full 20X optical zoom the photos were clear with no motion blurr, many photos with the ball or player in mid air. The focus tracking mode is an excellent feature as it allowed me to select a player, follow them and automatically keep the frame in focus until I got the shot I was waiting for. I took 235 action photos and not one was out of focus.

I used a Fujica AX-3 35mm outfit for years but did not want the hastle of carrying around numerous lenses etc... This camera allows me to play in manual mode, and my wife to snap away in auto and both receive great results. My sunpack flash even works on the hot shoe if I need some extra umph in low light.

I own two of these A590IS cameras and three A570ISs. I shoot 3D images by using two of these at a time. The A590IS has an optically stabliized image that is very useful in low light or when the camera is zoomed in at 4X. The display is sufficient to preview the composition in full sunlight, but the optical viewfinder is also a fine feature to have.

Rechargable AA battereis last about 200 shots or more and the display may be turned off to increase this. However the display does not seem to draw so much power that this is worth doing. The AA battereis make this camera larger than some other Canons, but I prefer the AAs due to their general availabity when on vacation. One set of lithium batteries may be used to fill an 8gig card without replacement.

The graphite fiber plastic body is more robust than the metal body used in the A570ISs that I also have that tends to show dents from heavy use.

The only feature that could be improved upon with this camera is the focal length of the zoom lens. I would also recommed the SX110 that I purchased for its 10x zoom lens.

The video fuction of this camera is also great, and better than video cameras in that it isa full 640x480 at 30 frames per second. Normal video cameras are not as good for viewing on the computer due to "interlacing" that prevents fozen images from being sharp.

The Canon A590IS is a very good value.

I am very happy with this camera. I was looking to replace/upgrade my Canon SD600 and significantly increase the zooming capability without getting back into the SLR realm. My current photography requirements call for a flexible point & shoot camera, and I did not want the bulk of another SLR system. This camera fulfills my needs perfectly. Although it's too large to fit in my pocket, the SLR-like capabilities it comes with make up for the larger form factor. Several friends who are new digital SLR owners were all impressed with the SX10's zoom range.

I have shot almost 900 pictures in the four weeks I've had the SX10, but am still learning many of its controls and capabilities. I've discarded about 5% of the shot I've taken due mainly to poor exposure or focus, but have learned how to aim the focusing points and exposure metering properly to eliminate those problems.

My previous cameras were: Nikon FM2, Canon RebelG (35mm), Canon A70, Canon A75, and Canon SD600. The SX10 reminds me of the RebelG in terms of flexibility and ease of use.

I like Canon's use of AA batteries and SDHC memory cards, both of which are inexpensive and readily available. I was able to get a pair of Sandisk 8gb Extreme II and 3 Sandisk 4gb Extreme III SDHC cards for under $25 each during Black Friday sales, which should be more than sufficient for any future trips I take.

I would strongly recommend this camera to anyone looking for a feature-packed point & shoot that is willing to sacrifice camera size for capability.

The camera has a very wide range of settings which can be used by the experienced or semi pro photographer in situations where a DSLR is unrealistic due to bulk and weight etc.

It also has a range of semi and fully automatic settings which the beginner can use constantly and still get top class results. Remember, the camera features the IS (image stabilisation) system, and Canon's is widely acclaimed to be the best. (Helps to prevent blur in shots where a slower shutter speed, and/or telephoto is being used). This will buy you approx two stops when handholding the camera - in other words, if you are using 1/125th second to shoot, the system will produce an image equating to use of 1/500th (125 - 250 - 500, two stops).

I do a lot of macro and landscape work, often tripod mounted, so the Aperture priority mode is my usual favourite - I can control depth of field (what is in focus, and what is not, along a line drawn from the lens to the very background of the photograph - the smaller the aperture, the more that is in sharp focus, but sometimes you want to isolate a subject from it's background by using a large aperture, throwing everything out of focus, apart from the subject).

This camera is my first serious digital camera, and as a pre existing user of a Canon A1 35mm camera for many years, this one does everything my A1 could, and also has a wonderful ten times optical zoom, nine megapixels, and a large bright 3" LCD monitor, coupled with a very easy menu system (takes a little learning, like all such cameras).

I can't wait to see what the next new model features are - but this one produces great photographs, and is definitely as professional as you are - good job Canon, thank you!

Just a brief review, as I'm no photography expert. This is the third in the Canon Powershot line of cameras I've owned over the years. While on the other hand my old Nikon F4 SLR from the 80's is still holding its' own. Perhaps a statement on the general lack of quality in electronics in these days of rapid fire progress and obsolescence. But... The changes that have been made over the past 3-4 years in Canon Powershot cameras is stunning. This model SX110 IS, is a fabulous camera. The viewing screen is very large, easy to see details, which lends itself to facilitate taking pictures. The face recognition feature is also an improvement which makes taking good pictures easier than ever. I've only been using this camera for over a month now, but have only praise for it. It's a bargain for the money and won't disappoint. It gets a very high recommendation from me.

The camera is light and easy to use at first if you just take pictures. However it has many options which would be advantageous for the person wanting special methods and they are not difficult to master.

Without a viewfinder some brighter lighting conditions make it harder to see what you are shooting but more frequently it is not a problem. The telephoto lens is great.

Use of a padded case would be wise to protect the viewscreen during periods of non use.
The software for transfer to your computer is automatic and relatively quick.

The camera has a much better battery life than my previous Canon. I hope it will continue to be so.

I love this camera. My previous was a Canon S1 IS and I loved that one also. The images with the SX10 IS are fantastic. I love the 20x zoom capability and with the 10 mega pixels is a great improvement over the 3.1 on the previous camera. I love the swivel LCD screen and use it quite often. I personally like the bulk of this camera - I have a real problem with the thin pocket size cameras being able to handle them properly. It will take me a while to become proficient with all the new features on this camera as it would with any new camera with so many extra features. For someone with limited financial resources and who simply wants to take snapshots, there would be better choices but if you are wanting to take more than simple snapshots and have the resources available, you won't find a better camera with tremendous features and value for the money. I couldn't want any other camera as much as I love this one. Only one small complaint - the digital connection cover is awkward to open and awkward to insert the cable to connect the camera to the computer. Fantastic images.

Lost our old one and bought this to replace the old one since I had all the accessories. I got this at a great price and am happy with ease of use and quality. Got great reviews on Cnet...