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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $249.99
Buy Used: $175.00
You Save: $74.99 (30%)
New (15) Used (10) Refurbished (4) from $175.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  227 reviews
Sales Rank: 4853
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.5
Battery: 2 AA
Maximum Focal Length: 60
Minimum Focal Length: 6
Maximum Resolution: 10
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 2.8 x 1.6
MPN: SX100IS
Model: SX100IS
UPC: 013803087758
EAN: 0013803087758
ASIN: B000V1VG4W
Release Date: October 5, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome pictures and camera options..... June 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just the best you can get for around 200,00 dolars.... Really awesome performance and very handy features and picture taking options..... Easy to get to know.... Finally an excellent Canon, Again.....
 Good outdoors camera June 29, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I would consider this camera to be a solid performer. It definitely lives up to being both a "point-and-shoot" as well as a usable manual shooter.
The zoom range is very useful (though not very wide at the widest angle), and the lens quality won't disappoint. The zoom adjustment is quite quick to respond, so the camera performs well in a quick-draw situation. You also have the advantage of an auto-lens cover, so you won't have to always worry about removing and re-installing the lens-cap.
Image quality is also very solid; there is visible shadow/fine detail noise visible at all ISO settings but nothing that will cause any problems at sizes less than 100%. Do not buy the camera thinking that it won't have the high-ISO weaknesses of other cameras---it does. Once you hit ISO 200+, the noise becomes quite evident (though workable through IS0 800). I'm not sure what good ISO 1600 is, as the images look like they have been texturized. Purple fringing is not severe, it's noticeable at times but nothing close to a shot-ruiner. There's very little distortion from the lens, and most of the time it's not even noticeable.
Performance wise, it feels quite responsive in use. The only real problem is that it only accepts two AA batteries, keeping the life far from brilliant and making the flash recharge times terribly long. Buying this camera for social snapshots is probably not a great idea, but for my usage which is typically outdoor action shots, I'm quite satisfied.
For those wondering, this camera will not accept filters and converter lenses. If this is a necessity, you'll probably want to stick with the A720 IS (same MP with 6X zoom) or move up to the S5 IS (same MP with 12X zoom).
The LCD screen is fairly bright and is usable for outdoor use. There is no viewfinder, but considering the horrific viewfinders that compact cameras have, I don't particularly miss it. The controls on the exterior are well designed, with ISO, macro mode, and flash options accessible from the outside. The majority of the other "important" conrols are accessible with one menu click into the function option. For everything else that you'd probably only mess with once in a great while, the menu system is nicely designed and is easy to figure out. The camera will behave itself respectably in auto mode but you'll get even better results if you take the time to learn the basic operations in manual mode. I don't typically use the scene modes for general use, it's easier to just get used to setting the options yourself.
Although face detection seems to be a huge marketing factor for this and other cameras, I don't see it as much good. You'll be able to focus just the same on a face with normal focussing. I've disabled the option on mine since it really won't detect faces unless they're looking DIRECTLY at the camera and aren't wearing hats, glasses, etc, and sometimes other round objects will get detected as faces and it'll want to focus on them instead of what I want it to.
Canon mentions that the camera can be used by any member of the family, and it can be a good first digital camera as well as one for advanced photographers. Although that's a very overused statement, they're very correct. If you take it out of the box, throw it in auto mode, shoot some images, and transfer them to the computer, they'll come out more than adequate to print. For the best results, you can dive completely into manual mode and it'll basically give you whatever type of shot you want.
Overall, I recommend the camera for someone who plans to use it as a walkaround and outdoor camera, but do not for someone who wants it as a social tool. You'll probably be pretty dissapointed when your subjects have to wait 10 seconds for you to take their picture with the flash. The battery life also isn't great; you'll want to keep some spare batteries in your pocket. For me, though, none of these are deal-breakers, and I'm pleased with my SX100, an unusual little thing.
Powershot SX100IS June 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have purchased many digital cameras in all price ranges. This camera outdoes everyone of them. We bought this for our 15 year old son and it is perfect.
Cannon PowerShot SX100IS June 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Light weight, but feels like a real camera,solid. Clear pictures & love the stabilizer. Looking forward to using it on my next trip. Good Value for the cost.
 Bought Feb 25 2008 focus died a week or so back June 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought this item from Amazon Feb 25 2008...toured Canada and it was working great...got home and then about 3 weeks ago it wouldn't focus anymore...I brought it to a cannon service center and they told me it would cost 180++ usd to repair....will check now if I can have it replaced...
extremely disappointed (june 25, 2008)
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