Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch Articulating LCD: Customer Reviews & Product Details

I think this camera is gret , I recommend it to any ameture photoghrapher like myself. The zoom is great and I love the super macro for getting up close with plants. I"ve only had this for a month and I have already taken some really great pictures with it! My FAVORITE thing about this cameras video option is the slow motion playback it could keep me enertaind for hours. But, anyways this camera takes sharp ,clear pictures I love the fact that it can locate someones face when you are taking a portrait its so much easier know. the flash on this camera's pretty good to its not too bright. For those of you who think that the night option stinks, it doesn't ,it takes lots of time and practice (im getting better with it). Like i said i recommend this camera to anybody!!

I haven't used this camera much since getting it. But so far, I feel the picture quality in auto mode (I'm not real camera saavy) isn't as good as I thought it would be. I haven't really had the chance to get familiar with manual settings. I do love the articulating lcd screen; it allows you to get any angle desired.

I love the picture quality and the videos are awesome! It is hard to get pictures of my kids without something being a little blurred because they can't hold still. There is probably a feature to help with this. The zoom is also a great feature. Very happy.

Good zoom, the image stabilization works very well, good point to use batteries AA, LCD rotative, easy to use, 720 video, a lot of options! in a few words is a very good camera.-

For a camera comprising nearly all desirable features in one package, this one filled the bill for me - stills, videos, external flash hot shoe, long lens, swivel display, little shutter delay, fast start up, anti-shake, AA batteries and more portable than a DSLR. Still pix so far are sharp and well exposed. I have not shot videos yet. My peeves: the lens cap comes off too easily and is not attached to the camera. That's a lost item waiting to happen. I know DSLRs don't attach them but they are not so easily dislodged. Going from viewing pix back to taking pix has to pass through a shut down step. Why? My DSLR doesn't force that choice. Maybe I need more training. These super zooms compromise pix quality with extra long lenses and high pixel counts. I'd rather have less lens and a larger sensor to improve quality but this S20 is better than its predecessors. Flash power: This one really needs an external flash to gain meaningful distance so thanks for the hot shoe. With the lens shade installed, any flash picture shot at the widest angle and with the pop-up flash gets that shade shadow "nose" in the bottom of the picture. It's a nuisance to remove the shade for indoors and replace it for outdoors. Just make a shade where the flash shadow doesn't happen or raise the flash a bit more. I know - use an external flash or avoid that setting. Those are undesirable, but apparently necessary compromises. Again, no such problems with my DSLR. Also the lens shade twists off way too easily. Some of buttons on the back are a bit close together for my fat thumb so I sometimes make commands I didn't want to make. More training. These are little issues for which there are some fixes and some learning that provide solutions. Overall the camera provides a one-box mix of all the most important camera features, especially when considering packing small for travel. It was a good choice for that reason alone. It's not as small as some but not bad for what it does. Ruggedness, longevity and reliability tests are to come.