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Powershot SX20 IS Thoughts?

Started Feb 18, 2021 | Discussions thread
keric205 New Member • Posts: 3
Re: Powershot SX20 IS Thoughts?
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For me I still use it cos it takes great sunsets, it starts up quite quick for a big old camera and has an excellent viewfinder, feels solidly built and if you ever want to take video has a very easy function button, and it looks well built. It also takes a 52 filter and polariser which are quite cheap. The flash is quite powerful.

Against: its quite heavy although I suppose a man wouldnt find it so much so, but I dont usually put it round my neck. The big lens uses up batteries very quickly if you do much zooming so extra packs of 4 adds to the weight you carry. The pictures at the high end of the zoom are quite soft, and you'll need a tripod if you want to really use the maximum length or in low light. However I was quite pleased with the pics i took in Athens 2 years ago. However despite the big lens i find it a bit too slow to use for action photography. But that may be my lack of skill!

BTW, I havnt found a way to install chkdk on it. From what I've read on the net it seems quite complicated and techy,  apparently you cant boot from the SD card.

kerica

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