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<\/p>\nIt was at the zoo last Monday that I got the opportunity to ‘test’ the 20x zoom performance of the Canon SX1 IS I bought recently. As usual, I was spending more time playing with Fitzand and only managed to squeeze in few shots.<\/p>\n
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Ain’t someone who pixel peep or fussy about details, so I’m pretty satisfied with the results. At least they seem better than those I took years ago using some el-cheapo tele lens on my DSLR.<\/p>\n
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Someone asked what was the deciding factor that I ended up with the SX1 IS. Hmm … perhaps the convenience of having a 28mm at widest focal length, a 20x zoom (though I don’t think I’ll really need it, since I ain’t got no intention to visit the zoo often or go birding … and I hate doing street shooting by hiding somewhere with a long tele) and of course the HD video capability. Eeeks! Talk about that … I’ve yet to edit the HD video clips I took of the New Year eve fireworks!<\/p>\n
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Don’t see many reviews of this camera yet, though there are like million of threads in forums discussing it and comparing it with some other recent cameras. I don’t think I’m qualified to do any review about this camera as I’m quite easily satisfied (what do you expect someone who loves the Diana camera?) but I can list a couple of things that I think can be improved.<\/p>\n
* Purple fringing can be see in some of those photos, especially at full tele. Happens under certain lighting condition.
\n* Supplied neck strap too damn short!
\n* No filter thread … though this ain’t too big a problem to me, since I hardly use filters … but at least I can screw in an UV filter to protect the front of the lens<\/p>\n
I ran auto level on these photos above and applied 15% sharp sharpen in Photoshop after resizing them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was at the zoo last Monday that I got the opportunity to ‘test’ the 20x zoom performance of the Canon SX1 IS I bought recently. As usual, I was spending more time playing with Fitzand and only managed to squeeze in few shots. Ain’t someone who pixel peep or … <\/p>\n