The Canon SX520HS I find a compact camera for travel, hobbies, leisure clippers with no special requirements. I own a Canon Eos 1200D, and had this only to test, but I was not convinced of it. This camera records Full HD in stereo and zoom it can be fully used. The Macro range starts from 0 Cm is not bad and it works as it soll..Die image quality is acceptable but with a Spegelreflex they can not keep up. Image noise when zooming on the PC occurs earlier than at a Spegelreflex with lens which is a shame. Unfortunately, the camera has no optical viewfinder which is a huge disadvantage in sunlight The flash must be opened by hand, which is not ideal. The 3 inch screen is perfectly adequate with its size and brilliant. I can see the camera to anyone who seeks a compact travel camera. For me, the camera is not enough of the image quality, therefore, the premier class SLR (Canon 1200D).! Better a Eos for there's more options.