Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
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14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS review
You're probably familiar with the saying "Jack of all trades, master of none." The PowerShot SX260 HS blows that idea out of the water. This is a pocket megazoom that does a lot of things and masters quite a few of them, providing excellent overall image and video quality, easy-to-use controls for...
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS review
With the summer holiday season fast approaching, Richard Sibley tests Canon's latest travel compact camera that features a 20x optical zoom, full HD movies and GPS. Launched earlier this year, the PowerShot SX260 HS is the latest travel zoom compact camera from Canon.
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
UPDATE 04/07/2012: with its 1'' 20-Megapixel sensor, the Sony Cyber-shot RX100 sets a new standard for picture quality in compact cameras, both in terms of detail and digital noise.
Pros:
- Very good general picture quality
- especially at long focal lengths
- Good build quality
- nice design and handling
- Flash now only pops out when you actually want to use it
- Full HD video with decent picture quality and stereo sound
Cons:
- Responsiveness could be better
- Pop-up flash could put some users off
- Battery life is quite low (230 photos with GPS off
- Limited video framerate: 24 fps
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS review Review
The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS is a great little camera. Where it really matters most -- image quality -- it does a good job, if not a perfect one. Fine detail could be better handled in the furthest corners of some shots, but over the majority of the frame, it's sharp and well rendered, with vibrant...
Pros:
- GPS geotagging
- Long zoom
- Great colour reproduction
Cons:
- Occasional colour fringing
- Chunky design
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS camera is a new travel-zoom camera that replaces the SX230 HS model. There's a longer 20x, 25-500mm optical zoom lens with a built-in 4-stop image stabilizer and Intelligent IS technology, 12.1 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor, 3 inch LCD screen with 460k-dot...
14 years ago
Canon Powershot SX260 HS GPS Travel Zoom Review
The Canon Powershot SX260 HS offers a lot of optical zoom in a compact camera body and has a number of features that the traveller will find appealing including GPS with GPS logging.
Pros:
- Good image quality - good detail and colour
- 20x optical zoom lens in a compact camera
- Full HD video
- Stereo sound
- also Slow motion video
- 10fps shooting
- 10 frames
- Reasonable value for money
Cons:
- Lacks HDR mode
- Lacks auto-panoramic stitching
- High Speed 10fps only available in one mode
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 review: Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS' wider, longer lens, a few much-needed design tweaks and excellent photo quality add up to one pretty great compact superzoom. The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS replaces last year's SX230 HS, updating its lens from a 14x 28mm wide-angle lens to a 20x 25mm ultra-wide-angle one. It keeps the 12-megapixel backside-illuminated CMOS sensor, but gets the new Digic 5 image processor, which helps it shoot in bursts up to 10 frames per second, among other things. The camera's GPS system is improved, too, with better location information, and Canon's made it easier to turn on and off, saving precious battery life.
Pros:
- Shooting modes for every type of photographer from casual to advanced. A useful long zoom lens with excellent image stabilisation. Overall excellent photo and video quality for a compact superzoom.
Cons:
- Menus and controls can take some getting used to. Short battery life. Photos get noticeably softer looking indoors or in low light.
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS Review
The SX260 HS fills a very small niche. It's a great travel cam: It's sturdy but (relatively) small, and the GPS feature is a great addition to travel photography.
Pros:
- Great
- Solid
- Good-looking build
- Easy to navigate physical and in-camera user interface
- Loaded with features: filters
- GPS
- manual
- presets
- pop-up flash
- etc
Cons:
- Expensive
- Image quality isn't the best for the price
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
For a reviewer, it's always nice when the new version of a product you liked actually gets better. That's the case with the Canon PowerShot SX260 HS. The previous version was very good, but thanks to changes in design, performance and features, the SX260 is an excellent compact superzoom.
Pros:
- Shooting modes for every type of photographer from casual to advanced
- A useful long zoom lens with excellent image stabilisation
- Overall excellent photo and video quality for a compact superzoom
Cons:
- Menus and controls can take some getting used to
- Short battery life
- Photos get noticeably softer looking indoors or in low light
14 years ago
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
The Canon PowerShot SX260 HS replaces last year's SX230 HS , updating its lens from a 14x 28mm wide-angle lens to a 20x 25mm ultra-wide-angle one. It keeps the 12-megapixel backside-illuminated CMOS sensor, but gets the new Digic 5 image processor, which helps it shoot in bursts up to 10 frames per...
Pros:
- Shooting modes for every type of photographer from casual to advanced
- A useful long zoom lens with excellent image stabilisation
- Overall excellent photo and video quality for a compact superzoom
Cons:
- Menus and controls can take some getting used to
- Short battery life
- Photos get noticeably softer looking indoors or in low light
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