The night photograph was excellent, with the maximum shutter speed of 15 seconds allowing you to capture enough light for most situations. Macro performance is a stand-out highlight, allowing you to focus as close as 0cms away from the subject, although there is a lot of lens distortion and shadowing at such a close distance. The built-in flash worked well indoors, with no red-eye and good overall exposure.
The 4. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images are just a little soft at the default sharpening setting. You can change the in-camera sharpening level if you don't like the default look. The Canon PowerShot SX30 IS struggled withchromatic aberrations throughout the review, with well-controlled but widespread purple and green fringing present around the edges of objects in high-contrast situations, as shown in the examples below.
The first image shows how close you can get to the subject in this case a compact flash card. These shots of a white coloured wall were taken at a distance of 1. And here are some portrait shots. As you can see, neither the Flash On or the Red-eye-Reduction settings caused any red-eye.
The Canon PowershotSX30 IS's maximum shutter speed is 15 seconds, which is great news if you're seriously interested in night photography. The shot below was taken using a shutter speed of 15 seconds at ISO The Canon PowershotSX30 IS has an anti-shake mechanism, which allows you to take sharp photos at slower shutter speeds than other digital cameras. To test this, I took 2 handheld shots of the same subject with the same settings. The first shot was taken with anti shake turned off, the second with it turned on.
As you can see, with anti shake turned on, the images are much sharper than with anti shake turned off. This feature really does seem to make a difference and could mean capturing a successful, sharp shot or missing the opportunity altogether. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way. Download Original. This is a sample movie at the quality setting of x pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 20 second movie is The Canon PowerShot SX30 IS leaves other super-zooms trailing in its wake in terms of sheer focal length, with the 24mm wide-angle and mm telephoto settings providing more than enough versatility to meet most people's needs.
Thankfully Canon's engineers have also implemented a very effective image-stabilisation system, which along with respectably bright maximum apertures helps to keep the majority of your shots sharp. Unfortunately the longer lens and move to a 14 megapixel sensor doesn't do the SX30's image quality any favours, especially in low-light, and the official price increase puts it into direct competition with other premium super-zooms, entry-level DSLRs and compact system cameras.
Being able to shoot p high-definition video complete with image stabilisation, stereo sound and the ability to make full use of that incredible 35x zoom is a real attraction and something that no other compact camera can currently match.
Unfortunately the story isn't quite so rosy with regards to the SX30's still images, with noise and loss of fine detail appearing at the relatively slow speed of ISO It seems that the move to more megapixels has compromised the overall image quality at higher ISO speeds, limiting this camera's ability in low-light environments.
Also of concern is the now more obvious chromatic aberrations which rear their purple and green ugly heads wherever there's an area of high contrast in the image. As with the SX20, several key features have been sensibly retained - the tilt-and-swivel LCD screen, dedicated record button for instant video clips, electronic viewfinder and external hotshoe all make the SX30 IS an appealing digicam for the keen hobbyist, especially with a full range of manual shooting modes on offer.
So while the 35x lens is a real headline-grabber that lives up to most of its promise, the SX30 as a whole still suffers from a few notable problems - less than stellar still images, lack of RAW shooting, a significant price increase on launch and few real upgrades over the previous model. Ultimately the SX30 proves the old adage that there's no such thing as the perfect camera, despite featuring the most versatile focal range ever seen on a compact.
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And I'm not looking for a professional level camera. Verified purchase: Yes Condition: Pre-owned. Images are sharp and the zoom with image stabilization is outstanding. Great for nature and family pics. The battery has good life or so shots so far and the camera bag is worth looking for in a used camera. Did some tough shots: near full moon and backlit squirrel and the camera passed with flying colours. It is a little slow focussing on moving targets, no biggie, and the reds are over saturated sometimes.
But still a very nice take anywhere camera. As a very serious amateur I find this excellent except for one feature I bought it as a gift for a 12 year old starter in photography is that is OK. Add a polarizing filter for even better images and you too can be happy.. But, also look for a "younger' camera. There are a lot of good brands with later features. I've used other brands in the fixed-lens stable and the Canon blows them out of the water.
I especially like the option of using the LED screen or the viewfinder to compose shots. The viewfinder's very handy when using the telephoto range; without it the "target" of the photo is often hard to find. The zoom ration is very respectable for a camera of this generation. The SX30 has the variety of "scene" settings and special effects you'd expect from a camera of this type. It's easy for a beginner to learn, and deep enough for the more experienced photographer to enjoy as well.
The inclusion of a proprietary, rechargable battery as opposed to AA batteries is a huge step forward, but a spare is always wise. On the whole, the SX30 is about as close to a DSLR as you can get without actually buying one, and dispensing with the lens changes and bulk of a DSLR make this a great choice for a lightweight "carry-around' camera.
Camera makers are looking over their shoulders as cell phone cameras continue to get better and more competitive, but the SX30 will do things a phone simply can't do. Bottom line: if you're looking for something fast, lightweight and easy for grab shots or more serious photography, the Canon SX30 IS is hard to beat. Compared to its predecessor, it features a mm equivalent wide-angle 35x zoom lens as opposed to the SX20's mm equiv. See full specifications.
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