Canon 1073C014 PowerShot SX620 HS Digital Camera - Red

Ok, we have phones and iPads etc, but this is a camera and it does have more functions. How well it will perform for the money really depends on how much you want to explore and use those functions. I bought a hard case to protect this, a large storage disk or two and then off we go. I didn't like the download/on line main intruction manual. I like to sit with a book style manual and go through it. We went to Norway and did glimpse the Northern Lights. After modifying my settings, the camera took really quite unbelievable pictures, ones I could not see with my naked eye. All those with phones just couldn't make the images come through as the shutter speed adjustment seemed lacking on the phones. I also loved the creative function and the fact that movies give samples as photos as a matter of course. The camera has a lot of play and photographing in it for a single charge. The ability to be mounted on a tripod is useful and to be fair, wheat I would expect of any stand alone camera. The main reason we wanted this camera was the wifi function. This means I can remotely see the picture, set it to record from my phone or iPad etc, also I can download the photos without messing about with leads. For that function alone, the camera is great. I bought the white model and it is a lovely mix of steel/aluminium and white. The zoom does go to x50, but then you really do need a tripod or stand. In context, it zooms like a very decent pair of binoculars! Great little addition and much, much better than a phone!

Compact cameras now have serious competition from smart phones, so why should you carry one with you? The picture quality should be better with a bigger lens, and they also have a superior flash. This model immediately impressed me because it was heavy, not enough to weigh your pocket down, but indicates a solid build. To operate, charge the battery with the supplied charger, load a memory card (not supplied but these days very cheap) and press the button. The manual is very thick, but on inspection is a very short multilingual introduction; you have to download the full version that struggled like heck on my laptop. Fortunately, most functions are intuitive and you can work out most settings from the camera. I found the P mode was sufficient for most shots, like the EOS counterpart. For indoor shots, pressing the flash button releases the pop up flash. This is the only way they could fit a flash because the lens and surrounding mechanism takes up most of the front on what is in reality a very small camera. Two settings to consider are ISO, where I prefer the lowest, 80, as long as there is enough light; and the compression where I use the super fine image setting. This produces the best jpeg quality but with larger files. For 32 gig cards and above this will not be a problem, and you can always edit them before sharing. The zoom operates smoothly, and you can have both optical and digital as standard for compact cameras, the display is bright with a large screen, not touch, but the controls will allow you to navigate and manipulate the images. As a concession to the smartphone and tablet era, you can send pictures to your device using the downloaded app. For this you need to connect to your WiFi. So the most important aspect of any camera is picture quality. The few shots I have taken have been very impressive, giving my EOS 650D a run for its money. Indoor pictures with the flash are correctly exposed, and available light ones are good too given the higher ISO setting. This is all in a camera small enough to take on your travels when you don’t want to lug an SLR around.

This is a nice little camera and takes excellent pictures. I found that in shooting in bright daylight, the brightness of the screen needs to be at maximum to see what you are shooting. I brought it as I wanted something easy to carry - I have a large Fuji bridge camera which I find something of a beast to carry all the time. I'm 77 and the days of lugging a (D)SLR with a load of lenses are long gone! I would have liked a little more control such as aperture or shutter priority, but what can you expect at the price? I have two major criticisms however. One is that the small size makes setting any lettering are real pain. It took me half a dozen tries to get my router password in correctly. This isn't helped by the setting ring to be extremely sensitive and has to be touched in just the right position. My TiVo box is just the same. More importantly is the problems I've encountered with down loading. I installed the app on my smart phone, and that works fine. However, trying to transfer to my PC turned out to be a nightmare. I'd rather keep my pictures there and be able to edit them. First if all, I tried an html to USB cable. Nothing happened. Then I tried to download the connection software. There is a long 'how to do this' on the Canon site which are pretty useless, but no where does it appear to give an actual download button. Then I tried removing the card from the camera and using a card reader. My PC told me that the card needed formatting which, of course, would lead to the loss of all pictures and videos. Putting the card back in the camera resulted in a message that it was now corrupted. Having a corrupt 16 gig card was no good to me. The pictures I had taken were not so important that I could not loose them, so I decided to have the PC format it. The camera was then able to recognise it again. I then used a data recovery program which did find the jpegs, but had problems with the videos I'd taken. I suppose the work round is to transfer all pictures to the card in my phone, then put that into a reader and choose what to transfer. But what a faff! I guess the wifi connect to a phone is to satisfy the Instagram fraternity, but I must say that this gimmick my be one too far and for this old forget it's more of a case that the old systems weren't broke so why mend.

I bought this to replace my old Fuji S5800 and I was not disappointed... very compact, light and pretty foolproof. New vs Old:- 20MP v 8MP; 25xzoom v 10xzoom; CMOS v CCD retina; 3" v 2.5" display; 180 v 310gm; WiFi; HDMI; fits in pocket. I rarely use flash, so I was interested to see how it handled low-light conditions - it performs much better than my 10-year-old Fuji, with great colour balance, good depth of field and excellent focus where you need it. A nice feature is the auto-select of macro for close-up pictures. Very impressed!

We bought this as a present for our 10 year old Grand daughter after she enjoyed using my Canon G7 X mark 2. I am impressed by the feel of the camera in hand, the ease and speed of operation and the image quality. I am not 'sold' on the zoom length as I feel it is too long to work successfully and there are going to be compromises in performance. There are very few cameras in this price and performance bracket now as people get better cameras in their phones but I do think this camera will out perform most phones. I have already recommended this camera to a friend who is looking to replace an old Fuji F31.

I always have a camera in my pocket. For several years I have used models from the Panasonic Lumix range but when my most recent Lumix, just like all the others I have had, went for two years before suffering all the faults for which they are famed (shutter cover stopped working, dust got in the lens and the viewfinder faded) I thought “this is getting ridiculously expensive, time for a change”. The Canon SX620 looked to be a good bet and was on a big discount, so I went for it. Plus points It is lightweight, seems pretty robust (but it's not not weatherproof) and fits in my pocket nicely. The quality of images produced is reasonable (up to a point...) The telephoto lens has a huge magnification range and the results are reasonable (up to a point) Not so sure points I don’t find the menu system particularly intuitive, partly because the settings I change most often aren’t grouped together, resulting in rather too much fiddling about looking for them. Why anyone would want a camera mode that will produce a short movie of the day from still images you take, or even odder a mode that will take a shot and automatically apply six different effects to produce six different images is beyond me. In the same way I’m sure some people will get a buzz out of using effects like “resembling miniature model”, “toy camera” and “fish eye lens”, but I ain’t one of them. The battery life is average, so nothing special there. Minus points There is no manual mode, so you can’t set your own desired combination of ISO, aperture and shutter speed The performance of the camera in low light is not very good at all and even the manual admits “when you use a tripod for evening scenes shooting in auto mode, not the shooting evening scenes mode, will give better results”. You cannot possibly hand hold this camera and use the telephoto lens at an extended range without getting extreme blurring. It has to be rested on something solid and held there in a vice like grip because the slightest movement of the camera will result in a rubbish image. For enthusiasts, this camera will not produce RAW images So there you go. I wanted something to keep in my pocket to use daily and for the price I paid I think I’ve got a bargain really. If I’d paid anything like the full price I’d be returning it as a mis-buy and stumping up the extra for something better. But I’ll just keep it in my pocket, use it for daytime shots, not demand (or expect) too much of it, push what it produces through Photoshop and I think it will just about suit me.

The quality of the photos was amazing and the zoom incredible. It could be used for spying! We noticed a little building stuck out onto the water about 1 km from us. Was it a boat shed, a little house or what? I took a photo, putting the camera on a table, zooming 1/2 way and then again. When I put the picture on the big screen we could have seen people inside the windows if anyone had been at home. Incredible. Amazing wildlife photos too. Highly recommend. If I had a criticism it would be that it should be USB chargeable like a phone. Having to take a battery charger when travelling is a pain, but this is an issue with most cameras.

A handy and competent small camera. I liked the fact that the view screen has enough strength to see the object being shot to be clear in the viewfinder handy in that there is not a dedicated optical viewfinder as with my old canon ixus. The downloads on to my computer are quick and easy to manage. All in all it handles and works well enough for my needs for a reasonable price.

Ok pour multiple type de circumstances. Peut mieux faires pour objects en movement (rapide). Zoom ok. Pour grand angle regrets mon SX700.

Venía todo en perfectas condiciones

una buona fotocamera, per qualità di immagine ed opzioni di scatto, leggera e di dimensioni molto contenute, quindi comodissima da portare.

Para el precio que tiene,no tiene calidad las fotos,se ven muy mal.No la compreis

La máquina es demasiado sencilla. No las conocia. Creo que por las prestaciones que tiene el precio es excesivo. Vino sin instruccines, funda ni correa. Inicié el proceso de devolución. Hace 12 días que envila cámara y ahí estamos. No hay forma de recuperar mi dinero a pesar de que la devolución está aceptada y ellos han recibido la cámara hace 11 días.