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Never Thought a Canon Would Disappoint
Rating: 3
SHORT LIST
Pros:
Excellent resolution and reasonably sharp images.
Better noise control than Canon's previous "S" models. ISOs are quite usable through 400; 800 works in a pinch.
Images edges, corner sharpness are improved from the S5 IS.
Lens aberrations are less than average for this zoom range.
Huge zoom range includes true wide angle; digital zoom produces surprisingly good images.
iContrast increases dynamic range, meaning more shadow detail, less highlight clipping.
Bright vari-angle LCD with wider viewing.
Move mode has stereo sound. Better movie compression means less storage space is taken on media cards, hard drives and CD/DVDs. They can actually be uploaded and shared!
Hot shoe for external flash
Takes AA rechargeables
Cons:
SLOW f/5.7 maximum aperture beyond the 100mm mark--image stabilization simply can't keep up unless ISO 1600 is employed, which is still far too noisy to use. Need a monopod for much zooming below ISO 800 in less than bright light.
Images are rendered with an unpleasant blue cast that is hard to stomach.
Contrast is subpar even with iContrast disabled.
Autofocus is very slow and difficult to achieve indoors, often failing altogether. While autofocus in bright outdoor light is usually snappy, failure to focus also occurs too frequently even under the most optimal conditions.
Controls wheel is clumsy and frustrating.
Movie quality suffers greatly at the zoom end due to the small maximum aperture.
Slippery grip and impossible lens cap. Mine falls off while the camera is just sitting there.
IN DEPTH LOOK
I purchased the SX10 IS at Amazon and have been putting it through its many paces. I want very much to like the camera. It is extremely well built, and Canon addressed several issues inherent in the "S" series when they produced this camera--most notably better noise control and dynamic range. Images are now very usable up to ISO 400, and in a pinch 800 will suffice, and in this model highlights don't suffer as much clipping at the expense of shadow detail.
I have been a diehard Canon fan for over thirty years and am a fairly advanced photographer. I've recently owned both PowerShot S5 IS and S3 IS. The S5 is a marvelous camera, but I sold it and kept the S3 because the latter's image quality is actually a bit better, despite its lower resolution.
I regret to say that the SX10 IS is not an easy camera to like--in fact it's hard not to hate it. This is my sixth PowerShot; additionally, I've owned five different Canon SLR models, and while none has been perfect, the SX10 is the first that has outright disappointed. I cannot believe I'm saying it--the camera is just awful.
While lens aberrations and noise are better controlled, image stabilization simply cannot compensate for the slowness of the lens. Just beyond the 100mm mark, the largest aperture of which the lens is capable is an abysmal f/5.7--considerably smaller than Olympus and Panasonic's current superzoom offerings or Canon's past "S" superzooms, which have a mamimum aperture of f/3.5 at full telephoto.
It does zoom--boy, does it ever! Furthermore, digitally zoomed images are surprisingly detailed compared to the previous PowerShots I've owned--that is IF I manage to compose one in enough light to get a steady shot.
This camera has considerable difficulty focusing in less than optimal lighting and often fails altogether. Inexplicably, it happens on occasion even in bright sunlight, as well. When the camera does succeed at focusing indoors, the wait seems interminable. More than half the time indoors, my copy fails at autofocus altogether, no matter what I do to "fool" it. This is unacceptable, especially given the crudeness of its manual focus controls.
Further, images have an unpleasant blue cast that I find hard to stomach. I use manual mode almost exclusively and set white balance for the appropriate lighting; I've even tried tweaking My Colors to bring out green or red but so far have not succeeded at eliminating the blue cast. I really would prefer to get at least SOME usable shots straight out of the camera rather than post-processing every last one in Photoshop!
I will run the camera through another day or two of exhaustive testing, but given the difficulty I've encountered with its control dial, the slowness of the lens, the autofocus issues and several other niggles I haven't described here, I will be surprised if the results turn my head. I'm afraid this purchase will be returned to Amazon. To keep the camera would mean hauling around a monopod to capture long shots, which is preposterous. The whole point in owning a camera smaller than my d-SLR is to eliminate the necessity of carrying a lot of equipment when it isn't feasible.
For several reasons aside from being a "diehard Canon fan," I opted for Canon SX10 IS when choosing from this year's superzoom offering. My "pro" short list above sums it up pretty well. The few expert reviews so far are only good to so-so, and user opinions have been less than stellar, as well, but I took these points with a grain of salt. After all, the S5 IS received a good bashing initially both from experts and users alike, but it ultimately became the most popular superzoom last year and still holds steady at or near the top. So I figured the same would be true of the SX10 IS. Canon's vari-angle LCDs are thoroughly spoiling. The menus are familiar. And resale value of Canon cameras stays high, making upgrades a lot easier to manage financially.
Both the Panasonic DMC FZ28 and the Olympus SP570-UZ, which offer RAW in addition to JPEG, have been thoroughly reviewed by several distinguished critics and have fared much better so far than the SX10 IS. But for me there were sticking points that led me toward Canon anyway. I'll offer the specifics.
The FZ28 scores highest across the board, but this camera requires proprietary batteries that are exhausted much more quickly than AA rechargeable batteries. It lacks a hot shoe, which is very important. Reviewers of the camera agree that its LCD washes out in bright sunlight and can be impossible to use under such conditions, and the EVF is positively tiny. These latter points are of especial concern. I live in the American desert Southwest where sunlight is very intense, and I have a hard time with the readout in even a good, big viewfinder. These two things together with the lack of hot shoe are precisely the reasons I need to upgrade from the S3 IS.
Expert reviews of the SP570 UZ are a mixed bag. While it has a hot shoe for external flash and accepts AA batteries, its overall performance is much slower than average, and the zoom ring presents difficulty. In its highest quality movie mode (same resolution as the SX10 IS), zoom comes at the expense of no sound at all. To get both sound and zoom, the user must settle for less resolution. I guess I could live with that, but the media card is another matter. I much prefer to use the three high-capacity SD cards I already own rather than relegate them and invest in the expensive, small-capacity xD Picture cards this camera requires. However, despite its obvious issues, the Olympus produces sharp, beautifully rendered images with excellent dynamic range and accurate colors.
If I return the SX10, as I'm so inclined after my work with it thus far, I think I'll go for the less expensive FZ28 and be much better satisfied. Since I'm already dealing with a camera that has the Panasonic's drawbacks and managing to get really good photos, there's not much to lose and a whole lot to gain for less than $300--superior zoom, dynamic range, less noise, higher resolution, RAW format and HD video!
A note about the SX1 IS, as yet unavailable in the US--that camera is built around the same lens as the SX10. Ouch!
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Là je commence à hesiter (peur d'être en partie déçu face à mon A610), surtout si la mise au point a du mal en basse lumière au delà de 100mm, ça risque de m'agacer (z'auraient pas pu mettre moins de pixels ces abrutis!).