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Canon PowerShot SX200 IS User Reviews

Digital camera - compact - 12.1 Mpix - optical zoom: 12 x - supported memory: MMC, SD, SDHC, MMCplus - black More product details

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS
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694 reviews

November, 2009

75 / 100

72 Experts

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alaTest collected and analyzed 15 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from cnet.com. The average user rating from cnet.com is 73 out of 100.

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"Great Pics, always broken"

I would say to avoid this unit, I had a Canon...  zoom is awesome in the shop 5 times in 6 months-4 lens errors,1where the CanonRepairCntr broke the ...

"A very good general purpose camera."

I got this camera to replace both an aging Ni...  HD video function has been very useful. The numerous camera settings have actually been very useful...

"Great camera for a point-and-shoot."

I bought this camera yesterday and so far hav...  Good photo and video quality, awesome zoom, awesome macro, cool effects and lots of manual settings...

"Amazing photos, incredibly fast and reliable!"

Everything. Compact and light...very brilliant pictures None so far, another great one

Average Rating

73

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from dell.com. The average user rating from dell.com is 90 out of 100.

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Perfect Pocket MegaZoom

I travel quite often and I wanted a small camera with big capabilities. The SX200Is fit the bill. I took it to Yellowstone National Park in mid-Octobe...

AWESOME CAMERA

This camera is the Don. It will blow you...away. This camera will capture things that you didn't even notice until you reviewed the pictures. It will ...

Average Rating

90

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from digitalcamera-hq.com. The average user rating from digitalcamera-hq.com is 92 out of 100.

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Not so amazing

It's great taking pictures outside on a sunny day but just awful indoors with low light. And terrible when taking action photos. They're all blurry.

Recommended for 4 years child

This camera is really amazing. Alsmost same with Canon G9 (office camera) but more user friendly and even my 4 yrs old daughter could used...

Great camera with 12X Zooming

This is the best travel size camera ever. extended zoom packed in small body camera is what i was looking for and extremely happy with...

Best Zoom Ever.

The 12x zoom is fabulous. it goes all the way to 48x with digital zoom and can capture images the human eye cannot. I took...

Average Rating

92

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 18 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from dpreview.com. The average user rating from dpreview.com is 76 out of 100.

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Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

I am a total amateur when it comes to taking picture even though I am an architecture student. I've been using PowerShot A510 throughout my 4 year bac...

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Not the best Canon I've bought... Great features, but bad outcome. I hope there is a quick firmware update for it or I will just have to replace i...

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

This is my first Canon camera that I did not like. It could probably be defective so I will do a follow-up after I excnage it In the auto mode, with...

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

Pop-up flash compromises the ability to correctly hold the camera, and is very annoying. Very flimsy and loose cover for accessory sockets - this cou...

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from epinions.com. The average user rating from epinions.com is 73 out of 100.

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A firm and powerful Zoom...

After 2 solid weeks of reading scores of professional and general public reviews on the Canon Powershot 200sx I took the plunge and bought it. As thi...

Just slightly missed the mark

I bought this camera in April 2009 and have been using it in a variety of settings for the past 6 months. Overall, it is a decent camera with tons of...

Canon PowerShot SX 200 IS Digital Camera - A Rare Miss From Canon

Cameras with optical zoom of 6x and above are addictive. After using a mega-zoom camera, it is difficult to "downgrade" to a compact point-and-shoot m...

Average Rating

73

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from netmall.com. The average user rating from netmall.com is 80 out of 100.

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Solid and Sleek Performer

I've been a big fan of Canon and this is my second point and shoot made by Canon. After trying Olympus and Sony I believe Canon offer the best value t...

Digital Camera

Although splendid, this was originally ordered as a birthday gift for my daughter who constantly travels. However, she said it was more suitable for e...

Fabulous Little Camera

If you are looking for a camera that does it all..but is simple to work...this is it! I am not the techie kind of person. I wanted simple with flexibi...

A shame

I don't really like this product! I find that is not comfortable the pop up flash. The lens retraction is really TOO slow the same as the shooter (e...

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from newegg.com. The average user rating from newegg.com is 100 out of 100.

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Awesome!

Great resolution, good quality photos, although still not as good as an SLR, but not expected to be. Video is excellent for this kind of product. This...

Average Rating

100

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 181 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from amazon.com. The average user rating from amazon.com is 82 out of 100.

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Love the Zoom on the Canon PowerShot

Love the Zoom on the Canon PowerShot I took my new camera for a 4-day visit to So. Africa's Kruger National Park, and was exceptionally pleased. Being...

Love it

Love it I have had many Canon cameras, but this one is the best. Very easy to use and review pictures. The large screen on the back is awsome. Easy to...

Great camera in a small package

Great camera in a small package We bought this camera from Amazon just before a trip to Europe. We didn't have much time to go over all of the featur...

Not as good as the reviews

Not as good as the reviews We liked the zoom, but were pretty unimpressed with the picture quality. We are trying to upgrade from a 3.1 megapixel Koda...

AU

alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from cnet.com.au.

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Canon PowerShot SX200 IS

wide angle lens, zoom capacity flash pops up on start up, larger sized than other compacts, heavier than other compacts, unpredictable result

cnet.com.au
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alaTest collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS from ciao.co.uk. The average user rating from ciao.co.uk is 90 out of 100.

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It took me time to decide

After 2 solid weeks of reading scores of professional and general public reviews on the Canon Powershot 200sx I took the plunge and bought it. As this...

Canon Powershot SX200 IS

I bought this camera recently as I purchased a Canon EOS1000D DSLR and I wanted a compact digital with a large zoom for the times when I didn't feel l...

Average Rating

90

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