Have some thousand pictures and tens of videos made, it occurred following serious shortcomings: hooked front shutter of the lens, scratched in the 1st month, the front lens (probably came a speck of dust in between). The dust of the optics is flawed. Furthermore, the focus does not work when you press the zoom lever. With each push / zooming the image for a short time is blurred. This error also occurs with manual focus is activated and off focus aids. Seems to be a mechanical problem. This means that all videos are of course strictly speaking, useless (other image quality Video good to very good!). The manual controls are very good, but we must also not expect too much. When cloud cover are with 1 / 500s and ISO 1600-3200 no useful results achievable (eg sports / wildlife photography). Compared to other cameras in this class, however, the SX230 still beats good, more is easy with a 1 / 2.3 "(which is about 25 mm - mm film had 864mm²). No sensor feasible At least one has at Canon on the industry standard MP / Megazoom madness dispensed. Am now still looking for a pocket / or bridgecam of useful videos, at the moment are Sony (HX 9 or 100) and Panasonic (FZ150) on my list.
