Canon PowerShot SX520 16Digital Camera with 42x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom with 3-Inch LCD (Black)

Impressive camera for the price! Has many, many nice features and options! The only downside is that it doesn't have Wi-Fi connection.

Another great Canon camera and another great Amazon purchase. I saved $200 from the Target store price on this camera! Very straight forward user friendly camera. I also have a Canon Rebel and wanted this camera for everyday use at work. It is easy even for novice photographers. Nice user interface menu. Easy controls. Pick it up, point and shoot, really as simple as that. If you want to get into the manual features this camera affords you that capability as well. Auto focus is quick and sharp, even in low light conditions. Flash is not a pop-up, user has to pop it up, but for the price point a very minor "inconvenience". Date/Time stamp capability along with auto sequential file numbering is convenient. I am a police officer and will be using it to take field interview photographs so this feature is a necessity for this purpose. Nice to have a Canon rechargeable battery so as not to have to mess around with AA batteries being devoured by the camera. A fully charged battery gives you the ability to shoot for an extended period of time without having to worry about your camera taking a power dump. Another feature I like on this camera for my use is the "auto framing" button on the side of the lens housing. This button will activate auto framing of your subject from head to toe. Camera performs well in low light. Another great Amazon purchase.

I was a little disappointed that the f-stops only go to 8. I thought I was getting a better camera, but it is ok and does what it does well. It is hard to get close-ups...like flowers etc. And the lens is such that you have to point it at a broad field, and I like to shoot through holes in the wall, etc.But it has a fish eye lens in the menu, and you can do a number of things with your photos. Problem is: NO DIRECTIONS BOOK. I couldn't believe it. I am so glad to have a camera and it is better then my little 50 dollar one that died suddenly. Depends on your intention and level of professional intent. Cannon is a good camera. I just wanted more capabilities...

I recently purchased this Canon SX-520 HS digital camera to replace an older Nikon digital camera. I had an 2 older Canon SX-510 HS digital cameras last year & got a lot of good photos with those 2 digital cameras before they crapped out. Since this is a modestly upgraded/updated digital camera over the SX-510 HS & uses the same batteries, I figured that I would give this camera a try since the older & problematic Nikon digital camera I replaced & sold with this camera had the same size 42X optical zoom lens.Good points so far is: pretty easy to use, takes pretty good outdoor photos, menu is fairly simply to navigate, takes the same batteries the prior SX-510 HS took and has a nice 42X optical zoom lens....up from 30X with the older Canon SX-510 HS camera. Megapixels also increased a bit with this newer Canon camera also.Bad areas so far: flash slow to reload after taking each photo at night or low-light situations, questionable photo quality indoors or in low-light situations.This camera uses the easy to find SD cards for photo storage and overall, this Canon camera is a decent upgrade from the prior model from Canon. It's also slightly larger and the video control on the backside was moved slightly closer to the side....reducing the chances of me making a video my mistake [a big problem I had with the SX-510 HS Canon camera]. There is no optical viewfinder on this camera....only a decent-sized rear fixed LCD screen as a viewfinder.....which is fine for me. I know many like the swiveling/tilting rear LCD monitor for taking self photos or other photos...but for my purposes, the fixed into the camera rear LCD viewfinder works just fine. If I want self photos of me, I have a larger Canon digital camera that has the rear LCD screen that flips and swivels out. This digital camera does have a variety of manual settings possible as well. This camera is my "everyday" camera for scenic outdoor and other photos. I gave this camera 5 of 5 stars already because in the few days I have played around with this digital camera, it seems to work flawlessly and quick. Video quality is pretty decent for this camera also. It won't take DSLR quality photos, but if you need a decent super zoom digital camera without the hassles of changing lens, this camera should do the job fairly well. I may do an update to my review as time rolls one.

My wife wanted a point and shoot camera that had manual control, HD video, a decent wide-angle, and a good-sized grip. She decided on the SX520. I had to return the first one because it wouldn't focus and the flash constantly overexposed no matter the setting. The second camera worked well.Images were reasonably sharp for an entry-level camera. Exposure is consistent (if not perfect) from shot to shot, so the right amount of compensation fixes any over/underexposure. The extra features like auto-framing and creating auto mode are convenient, but seem more gimmicky than useful.There are issues, but they can be avoided by knowing the limits of the camera. The lens does equal a 1008mm at the long end, but even image stabilization and steady hand aren't going to prevent shakiness at this long focal length. A tripod is all but necessary. Shutter lag can cause some missed action shots, but shouldn't be a problem under most conditions. Another problem is purple fringing under high contrast conditions at longer focal lengths. High ISO images fall apart past ISO 800 and are nearly unusable at ISO 3200.All in all, this offers a lot of features and capability for an entry level camera. The multitude of settings, creative control and zoom range make it a winner for the price. Just keep in mind the limitations, and you should be happy with it.