I’ve Set My Mind On Canon PowerShot SX1 IS

October 2, 2008

Unless someone advises me otherwise, and suggests a better alternative, I’m going to buy the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS as soon as it is available in my place, sometime in December. The Olympus SP565-UZ and Casio Exilim EX-FH20 seem to be strong contenders of the SX1 IS — especially the EX-FH20 — for the point-and-click camera I have in mind.

However, brand recognition and the SX1 IS’s ability to shoot at 4fps at full resolution and 30fps 1080 high definition video does make it stand above the rest, in my eyes at least, in the 20x optical zoom segment.

I think I’m willing to forgo the EX-FH20’s ability to shoot at 40fps for the SX1 IS’s 4fps, but I still have two-solid month to decide. Until then, and until someone tells me otherwise, the SX1 IS is a done deal.

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