Comments on: Canon Powershot SX20 Review

By: geo4040

geo4040 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:27:08 +0000

for ann; to repair your sx20 try this site on youtube zweige9 this are germans in hamburg; they have a lot of movies for different cameras; they repair, sell spare parts but also encourage people to repair themselves

By: geo4040

geo4040 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:17:32 +0000

now i’ve bought a panasonic fz100 and i study its manual because it is full of options, more than 200 pages;i made this because for video at the same price a camera is much better than a video cam;sharp is better; sensor is 1/2,3 and camcorder has only 1/6 or 1/8; people who don’t know more about video say for video is needed camcorder; wrong;i am interested only in video which means life not death like photo

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:10:47 +0000

My LCD screen broke on my SX20is, I ordered a new one on line and it came but no instructions. Does anyone know where I can get instructions to replace the screen? Thanks!

By: geo4040

geo4040 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:51:07 +0000

hi , if some of people who know the site where i can obtain a service manual to fix my canon sx20is please help me and send to geo4040@yahoo.com; thank you;also thanks to matt brett and word press

By: geo4040

geo4040 — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:37:47 +0000

hi,i have a big problem with canon sx20is; now it gave me /memory card error /when i introduce different sd cards unlocked even those which some days worked;i think there is a mechanical problem i.e.it is not satisfied a condition about the presence of card inside;because in ploiesti there is not a good practitioner to fix this ,i’ll try to demount myself; because it’s no other way; i know it’s dangerous; if some competent person could give me a technical advice please send me to ymessenger geo4040@yahoo.com;thank you very much

By: Sergio

Sergio — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:14:32 +0000

I forgot.. first time that problem was caused because I took a picture using LCD screen, in Macro mode, and (I’m a beginner) I zoomed in… Although in manual it’s said “The optical zoom (p. 24) or digital zoom (p. 62) cannot be used” … It’s false, it’s not disabled by default, so be careful… (With a Finepix S1600 I tried the same and can’t because it’s disabled in Macro mode)

By: Sergio

Sergio — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:01:41 +0000

Good camera and results.. if you are lucky…

I bought mine last summer and since then, it needed to be repaired 3 times because of LCD rear screen: when using it, image, or what I was watching at through screen started to rotate (without moving cam ^__^), image remained rotated and no response from menu, dial, buttons… I switched off/on and same problem… So my advise, only buy cams with LCD screen built-in…

Sergio

P.S: Sorry, English isn’t my mother tongue….

P.S: I like DPS!!!!!!!!

By: Seli

Seli — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:07:57 +0000

As David I owned the Olympus C740UZ, and I went for the SX20IS. So far I have been delighted with the camera (owned now for 8 months) except for the sports. My daughter is competing in ballroom dancing, and using the sport setup, my pictures all comes blurry. Have tried the manual setting, I’m getting better pictures, but not yet satisfied. But outdoor picturing is really good.

By: David

David — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:37:19 +0000

I previously owned an Olympus C740UZ bought 8 years ago, but finally needed to upgrade. I started going through all the reviews, and found that the Canon SX20 IS (and the newer SX30 IS) and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28 (an newer FZ35) were regarded as the best performers in the SuperZoom class. I was able to find the SX30 in local stores, but never found either Lumix. Unfortunately I found that the one of the changes that Canon made for the SX30 was to replace the 4-AA batteries with a custom rechargeable. Over the years I’ve found that I tend to take 100′s of pics a day when on vacation, with over 800 being my single-day record (in multi-shot mode for low-light concert shooting). Canon also seemed to have done away with the flash hot-shoe on the SX30. So I decided to get an SX20 IS instead of the newer SX30.
The camera just arrived a couple days ago, and I have yet to take a first picture on it. But I’m leaving on vacation in a few days, and am really looking forward to seeing what this camera can do, not to mention the difference in quality moving up from a 3MP camera to a 12MP camera!

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 07:13:20 +0000

I have one of this model, but in this range of price, prefer nikon d3000 to it…