Wide-Angle Lens

Wide-Angle Lens

Canon PowerShot SX260 HS 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 20x Image Stabilized Zoom 25mm Wide-Angle Lens and 1080p Full-HD Video (Black)

Wide-Angle Lens

Wide-Angle Lens

• 12.1 effective megapixel, 1/2.3-inch high-sensitivity CMOS sensor
• 3-inch TFT color LCD with wide viewing angle
• 25mm wide-angle lens with optical image stabilizer
• 20x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom and 80x combined zoom
• Full 1080p HD video with stereo sound

Wide-Angle Lens

• Built-in Microphone
• Built-in Flash
• Image Stabilization
• Video Capability
• HD Compatible

Wide-Angle Lens

SX260 last Wednesday and have taken about 700 shots and a few quick 5 minute video. Without writing a novel, here are the high/low points of this unit. In addition to this unit, I also purchased a couple of aftermarket batteries (and after market A/C adapters for about $5.00 each) for about $5.00 each and the batteries work fine. With the battery (original and aftermarket) I was able to get over 300 shots (50% flash) with zooming and playback and the battery meter still showed about 25% charge remaining.

Wide-Angle Lens

Pro's
Zoom - very long for a subcompact camera 20x optical, total 81x combined (yes 81 times!)
Image Stabilizer - Excellent (far superior than the DSC-HX9V); Even at 81x the picture did not come out of focus, but of course not as sharp. I think it's still acceptable

Wide-Angle Lens

Scenes - A few scenes; I think the portrait, sepia, B/W works real well (the Portrait+ suppose to blur the picture a bit, but it's not to my liking) It has a few effects (fish eye, toy, miniature) that's very effective and can be fun for creative shots.

Auto Mode - was able to pick the correct type of scene almost all the time; it has an easy mode, and smart auto. Not sure why they have an easy mode, but the smart auto works great
Size/Weight - very compact and weigh's 8.2 oz. I would have prefer if the lens was flushed with the unit, but at 20x it may not have been possible

Wide-Angle Lens