Striking is the first truly simple and intuitive operation, which makes reading the manual beliegenden in principle superfluous. In a few minutes a lot of the functions opens automatically, but they are described with short info texts on the display 'Getting started will be so very easy and really fun. Moreover the large screen comes in 16: 9 format, which I have found to be very large.
The operation has been solved with a few buttons and two wheels good. Thus the various shooting at a separate rotating mechanism can be set instead of tedious clicking through the menu, the change takes place so within one second and guarantees fast reaction possibilities. Among them are two buttons, which also contribute to the ease of use 'here you can not just let the previously shot photos, but also start with a single click the video recording. No problem, now sometimes spontaneously turning small movies that are in surprisingly good picture and sound quality for the rest.
The photos are crisp and guarantee both spontaneous snapshots as well as planned designs an attractive appearance. The 12.1 megapixels are perfectly adequate and make the SX230 to a device for all cases. The optical zoom magnifies up to fourteen times, digital it goes to 56 times, the quality of course, suffers a bit, but still good photos can be mapped 'one can even read without problems faraway signs.
It remains to mention the GPS Funtkion the device, in addition to shooting place with records with the appropriate reception. Depending on the strength of the signal, it can also take just a little longer, until the current location is detected, on average it appears, but after about a minute. Later leave then on the computer the photos assigned to the individual places.
I am very pleased with this camera that has many other little extras, such as the funny fisheye effect, or the video camera function. But convincing is ultimately the very good quality of the photographs and video clips, quick and convenient operation and intuitive understanding of each function.
