Canon PowerShot SX230HS – Travel the world with the new Canon PowerShot SX230HS digital camera. It’s the first Canon PowerShot SX230HS digital camera to come with GPS technology that’ll automatically tag your photos with time and locations. You can even view all the photos’ locations on a map by using special bundled software. And with amazing features, such as the HS SYSTEM, 12.1 Megapixels, 14x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom and 1080p Full HD Video, the stylish Canon PowerShot SX230HS is your essential traveling companion.Experience the Power.
Technical Detail :
- Canon’s HS SYSTEM with a 12.1 MP CMOS and DIGIC 4 Image Processor
- Full 1080p HD Video for exceptional quality with stereo sound, plus a dedicated movie button for easy access
- Remember where you were and when your pictures were taken with a GPS tracker that records your location, and a logger
- Powerful 14x Optical Zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer and a 28mm Wide-Angle lens.
- Smart AUTO intelligently selects the proper settings for the camera based on 32 predefined shooting situations
- 12.1 effective megapixels, 1/2.3-inch high-sensitivity CMOS; 14x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom
Now Look Review Canon PowerShot SX230HS From Toua Yang
Pros:
- Very advance camera in a small package. Has a lot of the features of the Canon DSLRs.
- You can edit the pictures within the camera (color, cropping, filters)
- HD video recording is awesome.
- 14X zoom plus 56X digital zoom.
- GPS
- Trigger shooting with smile or wink
- Mini HDMI out put
- Many modes to choose from. Tv, Av, M, P, Portrait, Landscape…just to name a few
- Adjustable shutter up to 1/3200
- Adjustable ISO from 100-3200
- HS and IS makes this thing worth the money
- Menus are easy to navigate (because its similar to the Canon DSLRs)
- The mode selector dial goes all the way around without stopping.
- Too many to list…
Cons:
- Get your finger off the flash. The location of the flash takes a little to get used to
- Battery life is terrible
- I have big hands so it’s hard for me to grip it.
- Aperture is only F3.1 wide open
- Flash charges slow, but is decent for a point and shoot (I’m so used to my Canon 430 EX ii speed lite on my DSLR)
- Shutter speeds of 1 second or longer is limited to only ISO 100.
Final Thoughts:
- Canon makes some of the best Cameras if not the best. You get a lot of the DSLR technology compacted into this little thing.
- If this camera had a F2 Aperture like the Canon S95, it would be Canon’s best point and shoot camera released to date, but there’s a trade off when you want zoom. Both cameras are neck and neck in my book with the S95 edging it out by a hair because of the F2.
- The biggest difference between the Canon PowerShot SX230HS and SX220 (UK) is the GPS. Why isn’t there a SX220 in the US? If you feel like importing one, it’s about $80 less.
- Love this camera so far. If you have a Canon EOS camera, it will be a sinch to use. I didn’t even read the manual. Otherwise, if this is your first time using features like Tv and Av mode, then you’ll want to read a book.
- The price is just right, but could be just a tad lower. You get a great feature rich compact camera for this price. Don’t get fooled by the touch or dual screen cameras. They are only gimmicks. If you don’t want to carry around a huge DSLR, this is the one for you.
- This camera is for my wife to replace her crappy Sony Cyber Shot. I own a Canon 7D.
- The pros clearly out weigh the cons and there are really no deal breakers in the cons so if I were you, I would stop reading reviews on this camera and just buy it.
