The Canon Powershot SX200 IS provides much more than the standard zoom lens, but manages to maintain a smaller, more compact size you normally find on digital cameras with lenses more long. Standard features include a 12 megapixel sensor and a 12 x optical zoom. The minimum focal distance of the lens is 28 mm. This gives the ability of wide-angle Powershot SX200 IS. This can be a great advantage when taking photos of scenes wide such as landscapes and buildings as the camera is capable of squeezing extra width in the shot. For all lenses gives you many options, allowing you to get closer to distant scenes, as well as to take those shots of the great scene.
Another major attraction is likely to manual exposure mode. This allows you to define the size, speed and shutter opening. When deciding on the opening combination to gain shutter speed and size much greater creativity on how your shot will appear. If you prefer something easier you can change to the fully automatic mode. It is also possible to disable the menu options and many other controls to the Powershot SX200 IS become an incredibly straightforward point and shoot camera. This flexibility can appeal to families where one or more members would be as the control that these manual features offer while others in the family would like to ease offered by the simple point and shoot mode.
The manual focus is available in addition to the manual exposure setting. Canon has also included a Servo AF mode. This is an auto focus adjustment that helps the Powershot SX200 IS keep subjects moving clear. Image stabilisation is also available. With one lens this function takes more importance and can make the difference between blurry photos and crisp images.
If you want the opportunity to film the occasional movie clip is likely that like knowing that the Powershot SX200 IS is capable of capturing high-definition short films. Although a digital camera like this does not offer the same functionality as a camcorder the capacity to cover a quick piece of footage of video now and then, it may be a major attraction.
As I mentioned earlier the body size is smaller than many super digital zoom cameras. It will still struggle to put the camera in a pocket. The body is made of aluminum and you can choose from models in three different colors. A more traditional black is more blue and red. Canon has not found space for a viewer, but has included a 3 inch LCD screen to compose images and access the menu system. The flash unit appears at the top of the camera when you turn it on. This may not seem important, but I like the way Canon have implemented this feature. Close the flash away when the camera is not in use help to protect it from accidental damage. The fact that skip automatically means that you can not forget to skip flash and therefore loses an important flash explosion. Finally jumping upwards, the flash unit moves that bit away from the lens. This can help to reduce the amount of red eye in low-light portraits.
When it comes to image quality I was impressed by the results with the Canon Powershot SX200 IS. I was able to produce a series of crisp, sharp photos with lots of color and high gloss. If I was looking for a digital camera compact super zoom would be happy owner of this.
Andy writes and reviews for Cameras.co.ukdigital cameras. View their test shooting and ratings on the Canon Powershot SX200 IS
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