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22 Jun, 2012
Good all-in-one camera, Bad pictures on high ISO or maximum zoom.
6 of 8 found this helpful Before buying this camera I had read a lot of reviews with different minds about it. Some people says it has good zoom and high quality video, some says it's very noisy. So i was ready for most disadvantages of this camera. I would like to collect all pros and cons i've noticed so far.
1) Camera has wide angle, it is very good for shooting sceneries, but it means that 24x zoom is not so significant if you'd compare with non-wide angle camera (about 1,5 times difference)
2) 12 MP and 24x zoom is definitely maximum for 1/2.33" matrix
3)Camera has RAW, but i don't use it. May be, you'll find this option very important. Especially for noisy pictures.
4)Camera has good design, it is easy and small(i expected larger size)
5)Quality of video is really good
6) I compared this camera with canon SX40 and Fuji. Fuji has more attractive design it feels better in my hands and i don't know why i didn't buy it. Canon has more smooth picture on high ISO, but design is very bad, it feels bad in hands and it is very cheap and plasticky.
7)High ISO is the most weak point for this camera. You can use maximum zoom only on sunny days. Also you have to use tripod to get high quality picture.
So if camera has good design, good video but cannot make good pictures on high ISO, is it good camera? Yes, if you don't want to take more heavy and expensive camera. You'll get what you pay for.