Canon PowerShot SX200 IS - Features Table

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John

10:01 AM on 16 May, 2009

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Great to see this review today. I'm literally waiting for my sx200 IS to arrive, hopefully the driver will get here soon. I think it's worth mentioning that Canon are running a cashback till 3rd June. http://www.canon.co.uk/maypowershot/index.asp I just ordered mine from amazon for £270, so final cost = £230. This gives it a considerable (if temporary) edge over the TZ7

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John

12:32 PM on 16 May, 2009

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Well, as usual, City Link have failed to deliver my camera today. The online tracking says they've left a card, but of course I've been in all morning and they haven't even tried to deliver. Typically dishonest of them. So no SX200 IS for me till Monday. Why couldn't amazon have used royal mail?

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Noodles

1:50 PM on 16 May, 2009

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It's nice how Canon sees the target market of this camera as too stupid to figure out that when you need some flash, you push a button to pop it up. So now you're stuck with it popped up all the time, whether you want it or not.

It also needs to be mentioned that at full zoom, the lens extends to nearly twice the length of every other camera of it's type, including Panasonic's TZ series. This doesn't make it look very discreet when taking a telephoto shot..

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james1000

6:21 PM on 16 May, 2009

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How does this compare to the Canon Ixus 990IS which is also 12 megapixel with Hd video? Whats the difference between the models?

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tom6

5:17 PM on 17 May, 2009

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when are you going to review the Sony Cybershot DSC-W290

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CliffSmith

6:03 PM on 18 May, 2009

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The most obvious difference between the SX200 and the new IXUS 990IS is that the latter only has a 5x zoom lens. I've requested loans of both the 990IS and Sony DSC-W290, so hopefully I should be able to review them within the next few weeks.

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ChrisC

5:41 PM on 25 May, 2009

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Personally, I wouldn't let the flash issue be a dealbreaker. I had a 35mm Olympus mju zoom back in the day, which had the same feature, and it was never an issue. I'm thinking about a 'big zoom compact' like this, instead of a 'mega zoom bridge' but the only thing that puts me off the compact type, is the unique battery which is usually dear to replace and can't be replaced with non-rechargeables when out and about.

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John

11:16 AM on 1 June, 2009

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Chris, go for the canon above any panasonic. If you do it quick you'll get 40 quid off, and the nb5l batteries are everywhere, get some legit ones from 7dayshop.com for a fiver. Panasonic's batteries are all chipped so you'll be looking at £35 each. With canon it's no problem. Likewise usb / car chargers are all a few quid

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Entsoft

5:50 PM on 8 June, 2009

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I bought the SX200 IS and sent it back in favour of the Panasonic DMC-TZ7.

Reasons:

1. That stupid pop-up flash. Reminds me of a Kyocera FS3 that I had.

2. Unable to use the Optical Zoom during video. What on earth were Canon thinking of.

They have had the ability to do this since the TX1 was launched over 2 years ago

and that was on Digic III.

3. Monorial Sound, why would you want Mono sound with 720P HD video, mad.

4. No AVCHD Lite video option, so better make sure you have a pocket full of class 6

SDHC cards availible.

No wonder Canon are giving a £40 cashback on the SX200 IS, they want to get rid of them asap, so they can deliver an competitor to the TZ7.

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Hary

10:49 AM on 30 June, 2009

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I both it in a hurry. I was waiting for Sony T900. I was impressed with the zooming power. So I went for it. The snaps are fairly good which is common for any camera in the same or less range. The flash is really a pain in the neck. The stabilizer is working well. The mono on video is another negative. Over all, is not as bad as negatively reviewed on other web sites & users.

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