does what it does very well
355682
This is yet another one of the compact ultra zoom IS cameras. Canon seems to have played a delicate balancing game with this one -and hit upon a winning strategy. The camera's big points are great image quality at ISO 200 or less, IS for steady images all the way extended, a usable high ISO (not great, but usable - especially if you have something like noise ninja), light weight, AA batteries, and a video mode. Another bonus is a general Canon bonus, they do very little in the way of image processing in camera so the higher iso photos, while not as good as the lower, respond better to post processing than cameras that do a large amount of in camera noise reduction. The facial focusing is really a nice feature and the auto focus is lightening fast - I was quite impressed.

If you know the Canon UI, the SX100 is simply a wonderful refinement of it. Setting anything is almost completely intuitive. now if you do have big hands, the scroll wheel may be a problem, but that's about the only flaw that I could see - and for me, that wasn't even an issue

The downsides would be that there isn't RAW processing - but for a cheap camera, this isn't unexpected. The video doesn't let you zoom as its shooting - for that you'd need the S5, the wide end isn't all that wide, and higher iso isn't all that great (but better than other point and shoots (if you want quality here, you are looking at dSLRs) - and really those are the main downsides - all trade-offs I was willing to make.

At the end of the day, if the iso is less than 200, you'll get great photos. IS makes it easier to take tele photo images that aren't blurred due to camera shake - and it works well. If you are looking for a cheap, good, light point and shoot this may be the one.
3679866
Had one of these before and it performed very well. So I bought another. Does what it is supposed to do.
626476
As the title says it does everything it is supposed to and without issue . It was also very easy to clean . Great product .
3903979
Very happy with the performance of this unit. Seems to work very well and build quality is very good.
3064191
And it does exactly what it's supposed to do
922514
I have used this for about a year. It does what it is suppose to do and I like it a lot.
4241098
It does just what it's supposed to, and is very easy to use.
155553
Does everything I expected it to do. I like it very much and would recommend it.
4369185
This product does a very good job at what it's intended to do. We would definitely buy it again. The reason I didn't give five stars is because it's a bit pricey.
4832157
Works well and haven't had any issues with it.
2021301
It does well all of the tasks that I want it to do.

It is extremely easy to use.

I have not found one thing that bothers me or anything about it that I do not like.
4104147
Love it, works great. Does what it's supposed to do b
4816571
Not much to say about it.  It does what it is designed for and does it well.
507278
Excellent product with great features. It does its job precisely and as expected.
3817060
Does what it is supposed to do very well! Thank you for a great product!
2246178
good quality works very well. liked it so much I ordered another one
4677265
Does the job and does it well. No complaints here - it works great!