Canon PowerShot SX120 IS Review

#1 John

I like this camera, it has 10X Optical Zoom, i think that’s enough for me to enjoy my photo.

4:06 pm - Monday, October 19, 2009

#2 black white

Great camera, light it has 10 MegaPixels.

5:19 pm - Monday, October 19, 2009

#3 andy

Currently one of the best point and shoot camera on a most reasonable price, other high end point and shoots are expensive

4:45 am - Tuesday, October 20, 2009

#4 cables

It is a good camera, as a powershot S1, S2, and S5 ex-user, I bought it because of its portability. I love the powershot S series ultra-zoom cameras, but now I want a smaller camera. But keep in mind, in this case, smaller the size, fewer the features. So this review is directed to S-series users that look for ultra-zoom portability.

5:25 am - Thursday, October 22, 2009

#5 Jon

Great photo quality. A lot of flexibility. The auto mode works well, however using the scene options or even the manual modes produce even crisper pictures. The zoom is fantastic and the automatic image stabilization allows taking pictures without flash in low light situations.

Keep the ISO at 400 or less, pictures begin to show grain above that level. Using the flash does produce some yellowing in some scene selections. Experiment that is the fun of the camera.

12:55 pm - Sunday, October 25, 2009

#6 MarK

Sample Movie not found. Fix it

11:58 pm - Monday, October 26, 2009

#7 Jasmine J

Overall a very good P/S. The only drawback is that you need a tripod for low light shots with extreme zoom. (e.g. Concert hall) The manual flash is excellent. It does not get in the way.

4:00 pm - Saturday, November 21, 2009

#8 Anand Charpe

the cmera quality is not so good specialy the macro mode. but it takes a long time to chrge the flash. there is a lot of yellow tone (that is quit noticable) in almost all photos. most of the time it is also suffering the colour shift. 590is was much more better regarding photo quality and that too in a half price. better avoid this if you are not interested in manual mode and AA batries(for what i have purchased this)

8:56 am - Tuesday, December 22, 2009

#9 Anand Charpe

There was a mistake in my previous comment due to cut & paste. The cmera quality is not so good except the macro mode. It takes a long time to chrge the flash. There is a lot of yellow tone (that is quit noticable) in almost all photos. Most of the time it is also suffering the colour shift. 590is was much more better regarding photo quality and that too in a half price. Better avoid this if you are not interested in manual mode and AA batries(for what i have purchased this)

can any body help me to fix the yellow tone/colour shift found in pictures.

9:00 am - Tuesday, December 22, 2009

#10 Peter Weston

Anand..I’ve looked at the sample images and they seem really neutral…are you sure you’re using the correct white balance setting. Also unless your monitor is calibrated you can’t trust the colours to be correct.

9:49 pm - Wednesday, December 23, 2009

#11 Anand Charpe

thanks peter.
the camera takes nice pictures if i manupulate setings (in P mode). What i was saying is that it should take nice pictures in Auto mode also as other brands are doing. even canon 590 is taking excelent pictures with bright and natural coloures and with a very good skin tones.

8:44 am - Thursday, December 24, 2009

#12 paul foulkes

We are not camera techies by any stretch of the imagination.  We have an early Pentax Optio with 3 pixels and are looking to upgrade.  I saw the SX 120 camera at Staples and with the large screen, I liked what I saw. Is this camera a good one for people that just want to take pictures and save them to My Pics folder?

10:47 pm - Thursday, January 14, 2010

#13 Anand Charpe

paul, the camera offers much more than what you expect. So, if you want that much only, you can also try A480 (in almost 1/3 price) or fuji film J120 or panasonic L85.

7:59 am - Saturday, January 16, 2010

#14 jarda

Link to sample movie doesn’t work. Please fix it.

10:36 am - Monday, February 8, 2010

#15 norman

is this camera suitable or at least meet the minimum quality for stock photos?just like shutterstock?

3:10 pm - Friday, March 5, 2010

#16 Terry

Can anyone tell me how to change the in-camera sharpening level as suggested in this review? I can’t seem to find anything in the camera menus or the disc that came with the camera regarding sharpening.

9:26 pm - Saturday, March 13, 2010

#17 Terry

Oops,found it!

10:04 pm - Saturday, March 13, 2010