Photo Club

CNET reviews the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS and gives it a rating of 7.3 out of 10. They write – “What the camera sacrifices in speed, however, it makes up for in photo quality. Perhaps it’s just the result of an extra few months of tweaking since the S5 shipped, but the SX100′s photo quality, especially at higher ISO sensitivity settings, clearly improves upon its siblings. At ISO 800, for example, there’s far less of a mottled look in the SX100′s shots, but with no increased loss of detail. The new lens has better distortion characteristics–less distortion and more symmetry–and photos look sharp without looking oversharpened. While there’s a bit of magenta, yellow, and purple fringing, it’s not nearly as severe in the SX100′s photos as those of the S5 (or S3). Plus, the good aspects of those models’ images–predominantly excellent exposure and color–highlight the SX100′s photos, as well.”