What I was "convinced" is especially the fantastic optical zoom plus the comfortable wide angle, with the beautiful much can capture without having drags the large SLR equipment. In addition, you can take the auto focus generally automatic mode or with the default settings for portraits, etc. from the depth of her on ordinary results. This means that the object of the photographic "lust" is drawn nice and sharp, while everything else around it "blurred".
Recommended for landscape photography and object, but the flimsy the PowerShot to my mind at snapshot and indoor / low light. It dissolves in the automatic modes basically paralyzed from, no matter what was added by the manufacturer for information known to it. When people photograph I manage myself with the Sport mode, be done with the shooting, so that facial expressions and movements are not missed.
The flash fires and is paralyzed from the illumination ago not ideal, could be stronger. In freehand Evening shots the PowerShot weakens also crucial compared to eg Nikon Coolpix - too much noise!
A few more words about the handling: the arrival and off button is such that the whole family in turn other accidentally either the camera or has turned off. He is in a place to which one too easy to release inadvertently these actions. Furthermore, we have blocked all the outgoing lightning accidentally by hand.
What surprises me is that for every Canon model always new battery and chargers are generated. I have always been Canon fan, and did so now lying some chargers and especially many spare batteries. For each model I've bought myself a rule two spare batteries, because especially when filming a lot of energy is consumed, it always stands at the crucial moment with an empty battery. Unfortunately, the batteries are not compatible with the various models of Canon Compact generally, although they look very similar.
The battery performance I was for Canon ratios previously satisfied, you have to allow for that, for example, the focusing and the retraction and extension of the large zoom, flash etc. eats quite a lot of energy. I have not used the Movie mode, so I can not comment. Generally it is recommended to have at hand at least one spare battery.
If one has eingefriemelt with the camera, you get in many places through photos that can compete on the quality parameters with an average DSRL camera.
