How long will camera manufactures continue to keep cranking out cameras with the same flaws over and over again? Apparently, just a little bit longer. It's like Canon and others are asleep at the wheel. Buying a Canon PowerShot SX100IS Digital could be a disappointing proposition for many, unless they're informed of what the camera can and can't do. So, in the spirit of spreading the word, let's take a better second look at the SX100IS, and see what's in store for the perspective purchaser.
The flash is setup a little different. To some this will be a bonus, but to others nothing but a pain. In most point and shoots, the flash is always live and is automatically used for most indoor pictures. For the SX100IS however, you have to manually pop up the flash before taking a picture. Canon is assuming that the user can decide if the flash is needed, as opposed to letting the camera decide. It's a mistake in my mind. Most people buying point and shoots like this Canon Powershot camera, don't want to have to think before each picture about lighting conditions. They just want the picture. Most of the time, people are most going to forget to pop the flash up, and end up missing some great pictures.
And here's another surprise. Expect a four or five second delay between taking pictures while the SX100IS flash recharges. Just like every other point and shoot out there. I know this doesn't happen in the SLR camera category, but I also don't believe I should have to spend $600 plus to get that feature. With the amount of money consumers have spent on digital cameras, the industry really needs to focus their R&D on this problem. Expecting point and shoot camera users to get the perfect picture the first time is unreasonable. Even the pros aren't that good.
For some artificial reason, Canon has decided to prevent zooming during video recording with the SX100IS digital camera. There's really no good technical reason for doing this. It works fine on some of their more expensive cameras. It almost smells of deliberately crippling this PowerShot SX100IS for marketing reasons in an attempt to make the more expensive cameras enticing.
Every once in a while, you find a camera that seems to be the one for you. In the case of the SX100IS, I found myself somewhat wanting more. Unfortunately, I still have a few more gripes:
- image quality, suffers in lighter environments
- no viewfinder, which limits users options
- LCD screen has no protection, and susceptible to scratching
- scroll wheel is too responsive, and prone to selecting wrong setting
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