Having an African safari with a PowerShot SX 10 (bought used) that gave me any satisfaction, I acquired the SX 30 IS for its zoom 35 ... But despite the undeniable advantage of this zoom and the excellent stabilizer, the photo quality is not at the rendezvous: the image color is very beautiful but the definition is vague and detail rendering more than average. Despite the nice finish of the case, well studied ergonomics and comfort of use, such a device is made to take good pictures. Alas, this is not the case.