Canon PowerShot SX700 HS Digital Camera - Wi-Fi Enabled (Black)

If I could give this camera higher than 5 stars, I would. I had already owned two Canon cameras. Two Rebel DSLRs. the XS and the Xsi so I already knew how great Canon cameras were. I was out elk viewing and saw this man with a small camera that had a better zoom on it than my telephoto lens on my Canon. I continued to watch him and had my husband watch. I always carried both of my cameras with me. I had the normal lens on the one and my telephoto lens on the other. It was 75-300 mm I believe. I am 63 years old and it was getting hard to carry both cameras at the same time but I did it so I would not miss any great shots. Well, after this man was done taking his picture I asked him what kind of camera he had. He showed me and I saw it was a PowerShot SX200. My husband wrote down what it was. This man was so impressed with it. He also had a Canon Rebel and said this little camera was even better and so much easier to carry around. When i got home I started researching and I actually found the PowerShot SX700 HD for around the same price. I read most of the reviews and decided to get one. I received it two days before we left on vacation to Colorado. It was so close to being the same as my Rebel it did not take me long to figure it out! I took my rebel cameras on vacation, too, just in case! But I never had to use them. This little camera did all that my larger cameras did and more. The quality is awesome. The shake feature is amazing. Even when I zoomed in the whole 30X it got great shots. I loved that you can zoom in and it shows you what you are seeing and you can see if it is focused in correctly. You can take great shots in the Auto mode or the P mode. I usually keep it in the P mode so i can made changes if I need to but mostly I don't. I can even zoom up to 120X and get decent shots. I love the video feature. It takes really nice video. My Rebels did not have this feature. It nice to just hit the record button and not have to stop and get my video camera out. :) I would suggest to all those who tend to take hundreds of pictures at a time to have a couple spare batteries on hand! :) The battery lasts pretty good but if you take a lot like I do, then you need extra batteries. I took over 10,000 pictures the two weeks we were on vacation and only had to delete a small amount because of them being blurry. I have my settings set for continues shooting so I know I will get some good shots. Even though with this camera I only need to take two in order to get the great shot. I would actually recommend this camera to everyone. If you leave it in either auto or P mode you should be fine. I was concerned that I would not like the fact that it does not have the view finder. But I never miss it!! So far I cannot think of anything I don't like about the camera.

The SX700 is a nice, full-featured but not-too-expensive, 2nd camera for this enthusiast. My usual rig is a Canon EOS-60D and various pricey, awesome L-glass lenses, but there are times and places where I don't feel like carrying the heavier kit, or don't want to flash expensive gear, or there's a risk of damage from the elements. Of course I have the camera on my smartphone, but in most cases smartphone results are rather inadequate. So if I'm going to carry a separate small camera, I'd like it to be a reasonable stand-in with usable results, so I don't have to "go back" with the SLR to get that missed shot. On the low end, the ELPH compact cameras are better than phones, but are still slow with poor optics. And going with a higher end G series would defeat the purpose of "cheaper and lighter". I narrowed things down to this SX700 as the sweet-spot of current tech, features, size, price, and build, for my 2nd camera purposes. My experience: * Digic 6 is supposed to bring enhanced low-light and high-ISO performance with better noise reduction. It seemed to do well for the smaller CMOS sensor, but noise reduction is on the aggressive side. * Solid build like a mini-SLR. The dial is stiff and clicks into place (but doesn't lock into place). * Multi-mode IS does well for low-light (less shake in the results) * Good results (in auto or "P" modes) with high-contrast shots like shooting directly into sunlight. * Sharp results against complex landscapes. * At the wide-angle end, the optics are unflattering for portraits (more than SLR wide-angles). Step further away and zoom in. * At the super-zoom end (optical only), the results aren't as sharp as a SLR zoom lens (and it's not as super-zoomy as you'd think for the X factor, unless you count the cropping of the digital zoom) * External flash pops up (a little awkwardly since it's where I hold the camera). Reasonably good coverage, though direct flash is never flattering for anything other than fill-flash. * Lots of modes and features, I've barely explored some of them. Like other recent cams, there's face-tracking to try to get snapshots "right" on the first try. * Heavy emphasis on connectivity options using wireless, canon online services, NFC, direct print to canon printers, etc. There's a camerawindow app for mobile devices. * Software options include overlapping Zoombrowser (classic) and Imagebrowser * The AF-assist lamp is now green If you haven't bought a compact Canon camera recently, the kit is very minimal these days. No USB or video cables, no CD or full manual. The included manual is largely about connection methods. Downloading software requires the serial number (single file download). The SX700 is a very good travel camera or second camera for the photo enthusiast. It won't hold up to pricier gear, but the quality is high enough to reduce any regretful moments of "I should have brought the SLR", while not worrying about ruining high-end kit. Recommended.

L'appareil a été livré rapidement et tel que décrit. Il est arrivé avec l'étui de transport, batterie, chargeur de batterie et le tout en excellente état.

received as expected

Great pictures from this camera. The only problem was the camera user guide that came with it, the writing and pictures were to small . I downloaded this user guide from the internet and the writing and pictures are very easy to see and understand.

Bon service, très belle caméra facile à utiliser

fonctionne bien et compact