Jonathan Lucas
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I bought this camera about 2 months ago to replace a dying Nikon Coolpix 4500.
What I wanted was a camera that was a good point-and-shoot, but also capable of being used fully manually. And that's what it does. In automatic mode, it's as simple to use as an ultra-compact, but with the added bonus of a decent zoom range. I haven't really felt that it suffers from not having a true 28mm wide angle; in fact I prefer having the long end "longer."
The user interface is light-years ahead of my old Nikon, and makes using it in manual mode about as easy to use as my old Minolta X700 (that's high praise). Also, it's not that large; it fits easily in a jacket or trouser pocket (but not a shirt pocket). The battery door is a little fiddly, but nothing to get to worked up about.
Other pluses: autofocus is fast and accurate, and (a point I worried about at the time) the flash is perfectly good for social snaps. Flash recharge time for me is much less than the 7s quoted elsewhere. I'd put it closer to 4s. (I used NiMH rechargeables).
On image quality, the only complaint I can purple fringing in high contrast areas is visible if you zoom right in, but is no-where near as bad as I though it would be reading the reviews.
I've seen criticisms of this camera as falling between two stools: not truly compact and not a match for a D-SLR. Well, I view it as the other way around: the SX-110is offers almost everything a compact camera can do, and is also capable of the lower end features of a D-SLR.
And it's great value: £180 for this is a bargain.
Problems:
Using NiMH rechargeables, the battery warning light comes on pretty much all the time. However, if you ignore this, it will take several 10s of pictures before it actually gives up.
Some (slight) purple fringing on high contrast edges.
What I wanted was a camera that was a good point-and-shoot, but also capable of being used fully manually. And that's what it does. In automatic mode, it's as simple to use as an ultra-compact, but with the added bonus of a decent zoom range. I haven't really felt that it suffers from not having a true 28mm wide angle; in fact I prefer having the long end "longer."
The user interface is light-years ahead of my old Nikon, and makes using it in manual mode about as easy to use as my old Minolta X700 (that's high praise). Also, it's not that large; it fits easily in a jacket or trouser pocket (but not a shirt pocket). The battery door is a little fiddly, but nothing to get to worked up about.
Other pluses: autofocus is fast and accurate, and (a point I worried about at the time) the flash is perfectly good for social snaps. Flash recharge time for me is much less than the 7s quoted elsewhere. I'd put it closer to 4s. (I used NiMH rechargeables).
On image quality, the only complaint I can purple fringing in high contrast areas is visible if you zoom right in, but is no-where near as bad as I though it would be reading the reviews.
I've seen criticisms of this camera as falling between two stools: not truly compact and not a match for a D-SLR. Well, I view it as the other way around: the SX-110is offers almost everything a compact camera can do, and is also capable of the lower end features of a D-SLR.
And it's great value: £180 for this is a bargain.
Problems:
Using NiMH rechargeables, the battery warning light comes on pretty much all the time. However, if you ignore this, it will take several 10s of pictures before it actually gives up.
Some (slight) purple fringing on high contrast edges.