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Canon PowerShot SX710 HS, my first disappointing Canon compact

Started Jan 4, 2016 | User reviews
CheeseSnacks New Member • Posts: 1
Canon PowerShot SX710 HS, my first disappointing Canon compact
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This camera’s image quality is compromised at the long end. Sharpness drops off steeply for the second half of the zoom range. Not just the VERY end (that’s expected), but almost the whole second half. The jpeg engine is quite gentle when it comes to colour/contrast/sharpening, however noise reduction I would say is quite aggressive. So at the long end, with that heavy noise reduction and minimal sharpening, I was getting very soft jpegs. Tested with quick shutterspeeds in bright daylight to make sure it’s not motion blur.

At the short end it performs excellently, just like any other Canon compact I’ve owned. But zoomed in it is bad. If you want a compact that can take pictures from a long way away, I can’t recommend. If you want a compact for the more usual focal lengths, there are cheaper options (including other Canons) that perform just as well. So I cannot recommend this camera, and I returned mine after a week of use.

I bought this camera to replace the only other compact superzoom I’ve owned, a Fuji F900EXR which I accidentally dropped onto concrete I wish Fuji had continued making this as it’s an excellent camera with a bright aperture at the long end. Nothing around like that anymore. So for now, the search for a great compact superzoom continues.

Canon PowerShot SX710 HS
20 megapixels • 3 screen • 25 – 750 mm (30×)
Announced: Jan 5, 2015
CheeseSnacks's score
2.5
Average community score
3.6
bad for good for
Kids / pets
good
Action / sports
poor
Landscapes / scenery
great
Portraits
great
Low light (without flash)
bad
Flash photography (social)
good
Studio / still life
okay
= community average
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DUTCH van Atlanta Senior Member • Posts: 1,714
Re: Canon PowerShot SX710 HS, my first disappointing Canon compact

I had the SX700HS, and was quite disappointed in it, too. My SX230HS takes better pictures.

Moved to an SX60HS, which was good; and now with the G3X which is excellent.

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