orked great for three months. Took it to France for vacation and took some amazing photos and videos. Then for some reason the LCD screen decided to wash out and you could not review the images. I sent it back to Canon and they are sending a replacement.
I know this review is about the camera not Canon's customer service but when you pay many dollars for a product its good to know if things go wrong the company will support you.
Back to the camera. Best digital I have ever owned. Great images, tremendous zoom and impressive video.
got this camera before the summer wedding season so I could have something of good quality, yet somewhat discreet so I didn't look like I was the official photographer. The SX260 HS met my expectations. The quality of the wedding photographs is nearly as good as what I saw from the professional photographers.
Good:
- Picture quality is just a notch below DSLR. I've gotten a lot of compliments on the photos from this camera.
- Fairly compact, though not as small as some PowerShot models.
- Image stability is quite good, even with high zooms. I tried some outside scenic shots that came out very crisp even with no tripod at high zooms.
- Very extensive feature set.
Bad:
- As others noted, the flash pops up where I like to put my finger.
Overall I am very pleased with this purchase.
About my need and what I do with my camera: I am an average Joe photographer. 90% of my pics and videos are of my 2 years old daughter. I don't/can't go in explicit technical details of a shot, all I can tell about a picture is weather I like it or not!
I bought this camera due to my prior very good experience with other Canon Cameras. I had developed almost blind faith in Canon quality. I have/had Canon SD1100IS, SD1300IS, and SX200IS. I have been most happy with SX200IS with very good picture/ Video quality and it being a mega zoom camera.
I thought, and had hoped for, that SX260HS would be equal or better than SX200IS. At least, all the technical specs are better. However, I think Canon tried to bite too much this time, got ahead of theirselves. They didn't need to try besting theirselves if technology couldn't support it. I am unhappy with this camera from day one, and honestly, can't wait to go back and get another SX200IS. (my daughter smashed it :( ) Here are the reasons why:
1. Slow response time, at least compare to SX200IS. I can't give you exact details, but I can't seem to capture quick moments of my 2 years old daughter that I was able to with SX200IS.
2. Distorted, wavey pictures often. (it is called Barrel effect I think.) Faces and objects look distorted as you go away from the center.
3. HD Video zoom - didn't keep the focus while changing zoom. I got blurry, lost focus, videos often, to the point where I don't use zoom at all during video. Just a second or two of blurry focus makes the whole clip pain to watch for the rest of your life.
3. HD Video - 1080P videos look choppy. Not sure if 24FPS has anything to do with it or not, bu I have hours of 720P HD video from SX200IS and it is buttry smooth. I think 720P is good for SX260HS too, but upgraded specs of 1080P aren't good for me.
4. I am finding more and more blurry, lost focused pictures. I took about 10 pics outside in low lights, and 8 of them turned out to be blurry. I am Mad. I am done with this camera. I will also seriously consider buying locally to so that I can return POS like this easily, even if it costs a little bit more.
There might be other reasons, but just the fact that I am not anxious to take pictures with this camera like other Canon camera's I had before makes me rate this 1 Star.
edit 11/13/12: Added #4, and corrected a couple of typos.
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