The new Canon PowerShot ELPH 520 HS will carry Canon’s fast new processor. If you want a new point-and-shoot, now might be the time to upgrade.
The PowerShot S90 is our long-standing favourite point-and-shoot, and one of its few shortcomings was that it couldn’t do HD video. The updated S95 shoots 720p video and gets a slightly slimmer body.
Canon just pulled the sheet off three new PowerShots: the S95, a 720p-shooting update of our good old friend the S90; the SX130 IS, a $US250 ultra zoom; and the SD4500, a 1080p capable point-and-shoot with 10x optical zoom.
Sure, basic stereoscopic images can be created using software to merge two slightly offset photos, but that only works for stationary subjects. For moving targets, there’s Fuji’s Finepix Real 3D W1, or this $US20 hack using two Canon PowerShot cameras.
Canon’s got a bajillion cameras laying around, but this little guy, the Power SD780, is the one that most of the Canon reps said they want to stick in their pants and take home.
Most point-and-shoots have extremely similar feature sets now, whoever they’re from—smile, booger and blink detection; image stabilisation and other boingos you never use. So Canon’s choice to focus on look-and-feel stands out—and pays off.
Aesthetically speaking, Canon’s SX200 pro point-and-shoot is my second favourite camera of the bunch, after the shockproof Cold-War-and-candy inspired D10. It just looks so classy, and it’s got a 12x zoom, 28mm wide-angle lens.
