Canon Cameras US PowerShot SX720 HS Black

Canon Cameras US PowerShot SX720 HS Black

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• Powerful 40x Optical Zoom with Intelligent IS helps optimize image stabilization for virtually shake-free images.
• Built-in Wi-Fi * and NFC** allows for easy sharing and transferring of images and videos.
• 20.3 Megapixel*** CMOS sensor with DIGIC 6 Image Processor helps deliver stunning image quality even in low light.
• Capture spectacular 1080p Full HD video at 60p with stereo sound.
• Large 3.0-inch LCD (approx. 922,000 dots) allows easy viewing even from a wide angle.

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Brand : Canon
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.2
Review Count : 536

Canon Cameras US PowerShot SX720 HS Black

• Update 6/30/2017 - While the Canon SX720 has been a good camera for travel, I miss having a viewfinder and RAW format. I bought a Panasonic DMC ZS60 which has both and will try that.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Update: I\'ve had the camera for while now and it\'s grown on me. The missing panoramic function is still a problem for me. Although I can stitch pictures together for a panoramic image in PhotoShop, it\'s extra work. I really miss that function on this camera.I found that I can overcome the slow shutter speed in \"Auto\" by using the T function and setting the shutter speed - but most of the time, \"auto\" does the job for me. The camera turns on fast and there\'s little shutter lag. Color is good under almost all conditions.The battery can be charged in the camera by connecting the camera to a wall wart that has a USB connector. Charges just fine.I don\'t use the WiFi to move pictures from the camera to my PC. I just hook up a USB cable and download them. It\'s easy and foolproof.Overall, I like the camera. I upgraded it one star (from 3 to 4) but the fifth star is missing because of the missing panoramic function.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I haven\'t had this camera too long yet but I do have some first impressions. The camera seems to be well made. It turns on quickly, the zoom works quickly and it has a long zoom. Very little shutter lag. Image quality seems to be good. The camera physical size is what I want, which is to fit into my pocket. While my iPhone takes very good pictures, I wanted a zoom lens to get in closer to my subjects.Operation is similar to other compact digital cameras so it\'s easy to learn. Layout of the knobs and buttons is good and intuitive. It does NOT have a touch screen like my previous camera and that\'s good. It\'s too easy to touch the screen by accident and bring up some function that you don\'t want. The menus are easy to get to and easy to set the various functions.A few things I don\'t like. The first is that there\'s no panoramic function. I can stitch photos together in Photoshop Elements but it would be nicer to have the panoramic function in the camera. Second, there\'s a number of functions to modify the look of photos. I guess some people might do that in the camera, but most would do it in their photo editing software. When I look at the \"useful\" functions, it\'s Auto and the various priority modes, plus manual.In auto mode, the camera seems to favor a slow shutter speed and a smaller aperture. Maybe that\'s to get more depth of field. But the problem is that if your subject is moving, you get a blurred picture. There should be a way of telling the auto function to prioritize to fast shutter speeds. I\'d give up depth of field to get pictures that were not blurred by motion. [Update] I now use the T function instead of Auto and set the shutter speed to 1/125 second. Everything seems to work fine with that setting, similar to Auto, but with a faster shutter speed.The WiFi function was difficult to set up. Maybe I had trouble with the directions, but I had to call in to get help setting it up. It does do what I want it to do, which is copy the pictures on the camera to a directory on my PC. The way it names the directory is a bit different from what I do, but I can rename the directory.Another thing I don\'t like is that if you leave the camera connected to your PC with a USB cable, and you shut the PC off, the camera is not smart enough to shut itself off when it detects that the power is gone from the USB cable - so the camera battery is dead when you get back to it. It also seems that they expect you to remove the battery from the camera and charge it in the charger provided. That\'s a good approach if you use multiple batteries, but if you only use one battery, it would be much nicer to charge the battery from a plug with a USB cable. While you can do that with this camera, it\'s not nearly as easy as it was with my previous compact camera. It appears that you have to have the camera \"on\" to charge the battery. There\'s no reason why you shouldn\'t be able to charge the battery with the camera in the \"off\" state.So, all-in-all it\'s a straightforward compact digital camera with a long zoom. Too bad they didn\'t include a panoramic function in the camera. Overall, I\'m somewhat disappointed in the camera.
• When my Nikon S9700 committed suicide by jumping off the counter, I did a lot of looking for a replacement. I chose the Canon Powershot SX 720 HS. I am really glad that I did. If not for the WIFI, I would have called it a 5 star camera..My main use is taking snaps of the grandkids. The 40X zoom gets a close up head shot even when I am sitting on the first base line and he is in left field, deep left field of a little league ball field.The antivibration feature really work well. The problem with the 40X turns out not to be the vibration, but finding a moving subject in the field of view. There is a special button for that..The attached pic was taken as a snapshot, not planned, and freehand, no tripod or even a rest on anything like a post. If you figure the plane was at about 30,000 feet??, then this was taken of a plane about 8 miles away . No, it isn’t the greatest quality, but it sure does say something about the antivib and 40X. I would point out that to the naked eye, the plane was a silvery speck at the end of the contrails.As evening falls, and it is hard to see the players well, the light sensitivity is so good that the pics and videos look like they were taken on a bright day. Awesome.. The controls are intuitive for the most part. The pic trigger and video trigger are where I would want them. Autofocus is great unless you start straying off the beaten path. Some of the options will cause the focus to get a little weird.I was surprised that the image size didn’t jump way up from the 5 meg I was used to on the Nikon. Compression in the jpg format??The one thing I really didn’t like was the WIFI upload option. I downloaded the drivers, and was able to get the camera to talk with the network. Even when I can see that the router has the connection, the program to upload doesn’t pop up reliably. When it does load and start to run, in looks like it is shipping the files into the Comcast backbone according to the Netgear Genie program. It ties up most of the 30 mbps that Comcast gives me. I don’t understand why it would be touching the internet, and by the way, it was extremely slow uploading.The attached pic show what Netgear Genie thinks the load on the internet is while loading pics from the camera to the laptop. I really don\'t know why it even touches the internet, maybe that isn\'t what Genie is telling me?I called Canon tech support and they told me that I could hardwire with a USB2 to mini-B cable. I ordered it, and it didn’t fit.Another call to Tech support, and no, it wasn’t the mini-B, it was the micro-b cable.I ordered it, and after tuning the software options, it works. Every time, and a bunch faster. My recommendation is that you get the hard wire USB micro-B cable.One more comment about Wifi. The camera is designed with a thicker section on the right hand side while holding it. It is natural to use this thicker section to pull the camera from it’s case and put it back. The location of the wifi button is right where you would hold it to put it away. Twice, I have had a dead battery because I accidentally hit the wifi button when storing it, and it drained the battery.Given a choice, I would have it removed…All told, I am EXTREMELY pleased with it. Focus, speed. Light sensitivity, small size, 40X zoom, 1080P video, large memory options, what looks like accurate colors, and a good path to upload to my laptop. What more can you want??An addition, After some quality time on a \"great Adventure\" with the grandkids. The Pic review button does the same thing the Wifi button does. Both drained the battery when pushed thru the soft case. I have yet to find the right hardcase that the camera will fit in. I intend to make a cover for those buttons and tape it in place. Really a pain when the battery is dead when you want to take that magic pic!! Too bad there isn\'t a firmware option to disable them. Canon PowerShot SX720 HS (Black)

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