Monday, July 18, 2011

Canon SX30IS 14.1MP Digital Camera with 35x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 Inch Wide LCD


I bought this camera as a replacement for my Panasonic FZ-35. After taking hundreds of pictures - including some side by side comparison with the FZ35, this is my impression.

The Canon image processor is better color balance and capture the overall picture of what FZ35 - the images are brighter and thus capture more details otherwise lost in the shade or just a trend FZ35 has a scale of gray processing in order to achieve the superb clarity is known that the FZ35.

Having said that - do not recommend using the automatic setting of the Canon. Your choice of focal point in the image tends to create images where the background is equally likely to be the focus of the subject. Generally, focus is on the edge of matter instead of the subject. Sometimes this can work to improve clarity, improved depth of focus a little sometimes creates a picture in which nothing is in focus, and sometimes makes the camera focus on "edgy" topics actually can not be everything - like a light pole in the background records, trees in the background, etc. In playback mode you can select a screen showing the camera focal point - which may help explain why some of your images look like they do in Auto. Automatic mode also adjust the color of an image when you are face recognition to improve skin tones, but the truth is the color balance of the Canon is so good anyway that it is almost unnecessary and sometimes tends to over compensation for their overall image is a sickly green / brown color.

However, if you change your car P - or any other event of the selection or the mode dial to SCN, these features are automatically turned off annoying and you can get some really great photos. At this point, the camera uses a single central focus frame (the size and position of which can easily be adjusted manually to suit your theme if you wish) and you start to get more pictures as expected. In addition, options for customizing the Canon, as with the expansion of activity, color options, easy adjustment of virtually all shooting functions, along with the zoom range makes this camera even better in the classroom. My only complaint with the SNA is that I wish there was a "sun", but that is easily created in the menu where you can choose colors to highlight in red.

Canon normally produces very clear, but Canon usually processes to maintain the balance of color compared to the edge of class to ISO speeds, so sometimes the images get a bit messier than those of us who use The FZ35 can like - on the other hand red is red instead of turning black. You can limit the ISO manually to what you prefer, with the easiest to use the ISO button.

To add a protective filter lens, polarizer, etc., you have to buy the 67mm adapter to do so (FA-DC67A Canon) - and good luck finding one!

This camera, like all others in this class struggle with poor light conditions due to its small sensor. However, unlike the competition, Canon allows you to mount an external flash, which explains this problem very well if you're willing to pay the fee. The way I see it the cheapest option of $ 1,000 - $ 3,000 DSLR that can reach up to 6000 ISO for low light conditions.

Globally, Canon is definitely a step ahead of anything else that was there - but it has its peculiarities is to be alert and avoid. The opportunity for creativity in a camera / lens is really incomparable with anything else out there. The ability to go from 1 cm away from macro to 35x superzoom the flip of a switch can not be found on any other camera, combined with a selection of scene, such as fisheye usually not found in other cameras as and a wide range of color options not found in the canon of the competitors in this class is a great tool for creative photography. Thus, while the SX30 is certainly not perfect picture quality can sometimes be less than $ 3000 to your lens digital SLR + (although for some photos you need to expand / blow-up to notice the difference) - in together is worth supporting the limitations of other factors. One caveat - if you are looking for an easy to use point and shoot that can not be your best choice because of his intelligence, often poor in the Auto. If not, would have been 5 stars.

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