About a year ago I was looking for a good, affordable camera, especially a simple one to use for I was (and still am) an amateur. I bought this camera because of this video. I don't regret it at all. Thanks a lot for the all the effort and attention to detail you put on your reviews. I'm sure they help a lot of people like me. :)

this is super old but his was by far the best review of a product ever

Gordon, Thanks so much for this review and all the work and time you put into it. After looking over and reading upwards of ten different reviews on the SX20, I found CameraLabs and your review. It was lightyears ahead of any other review I found and your knowledge and attention to detail made this review a homerun and this camera an easy buy for me. Keep up the great work and thanks again!

Thanks for your support Leo, it really helps!

@cameralabs Please don't stop these reviews, they are really helpfully and I truly appreciate them. Currently I have five of your video reviews to help me select my next camera, your videos help alot!

I just bought this camera a couple of months ago and i LOVE it. its Easy to use, picture quality and video quality are great...This is a great camera for beginners...its something between a fully compact and SLR...you will love it and four batteries will last you about 300 pics with flash and close to 450 to 500 with no flash...

Thank you for your tips. I bought this camera and am still learning how to use it. I appreciate the time you have put into these tutorials.

Thank you so much Gordon for your review on the Canon SX20 IS. This camera and your tutorials helped me take some of the best pictures ever in San Antonio Texas.

This is an awesome review! I watched it several times just to see how awesome this camera is. I will be purchasing it possibly today-thanks, Gordon!

I have the SX20IS and I cant figure out how to turn on the articulating monitor screen.

@cameralabs Please don't stop your reviews. I like your reviews the best. In fact, I have bought several cameras based on your reviews. I like the way you do each review while photograghing similar subjects. That makes comparisons more usefull to me. Thanks for the great sevice that you provide.

Sure thing, use video editing software on your computer to compress the file down to the required level. This video was actually edited in Premiere and compressed into a smaller Windows Media WMV file (still at 720p though) for easier uploading to YT and Vimeo. Thanks for supporting me!

Your videos are great!!! I was on the fence about buying the SX20 IS at first, but after watching your review I decided to go ahead and get it. Your review was very accurate and the video helped me get familiar with some of the features as well. Great work!!!!

Thank you for spending you time doing these reviews! I just bought this Camera, looks like a made a good choice! time to take some pictures!

I just got this camera and I decided to look for some info about it online. thank you for your clear instruction. I am learning a lot that I did not know that I already knew lol and a lot I dont .

cameralabs = the best, very useful and detailed reviews of the cameras on the web. you are making good job !

Gordon: Great review from cameralabs. I spend a lot of time reading about Canon SX20 and Panasonic FZ35. Finally I selected Canon. I bought nearly $1000 in Amazon trough your link to support the site. Thanks a lot from Chile, South America. Leo

Thanks for the excellent review. I've been looking at digital cameras for a while and ran across this @ Amazon. Excellent video quality. I'm definitely going to pick one of these up.

Thanks Gordon for clearing up some things for me on this camera and the FZ35. For me, the Canon is the one and I just put in an order for one on Amazon. 8:25 is a killer shot on your video. I wish it was me your were photographing there !!

Thanks for the great review. I ran out and grabbed the SX20 IS this morning.

@HarithHaziq It isa little, but only if you zoom all the way in, or do very close-up shots. See the SX20 and SX10 threads in the cameralabs forum.

I have to say what a phenomenol review. I've been doing some homework on this model in particular, and am trying to get all the knowledge I can about it, and then about maybe some other models I may consider buying. This just helped on my way to figuring everything out. I will be subbing and checking website ty much

Brilliant camera review videos. Extremely useful and helpful.

dude i just bought the sx20 is, and ITS AWESOME, dont wait any longer just go buy it, its amazing what u can do with this camera.

@TheAirplaneMaster The sound recorder only recorded audio, not video - so you could use it for notes, interviews etc. You could of course just record video as well now, but the files are obviously much bigger.

what a great review! i just got this camera and cant use it till christmas, cuz its my present, and i was hoping to find out more about it! this vid was perfect and now im even more excited to use it!! :D thanks for the great demenstrations and review!

Excellent review Gordon! I compared the verdicts of both the SX10 and SX20 and saw that they're both the same. I personally am glad I chose the SX10 over the SX20 because ultimately I need sound recording over video. Nice to see that the SX20 doesn't have as bad Image Quality as I previously thought!

Man, your so lucky to get all this stuff from these companies. Though your reviews are so informative I can certainly see why!

I bought this camera many years ago and forgot how to use it! I watched your video for a refresher course, so thank you! I cannot seem to figure out how to view past photos on this though.

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Happy to help! You may also be able to download the user manual from the support pages of Canon's website - just search for the model.

The best ´Go Through´Video on youtube.

this is the best review i've watched. so thorough! i love how you zoomed in and out and focused while recording; very helpful. a question though, just to clarify, 22 min of video for a 4Gb mem card? or can you just add a 32Gb mem card for longer video? also, review is at oct 2009, is there a newer model now that it's aug 2010?

Thanks Gordon for the amazing reviews.

Thank you sir , for your informative reviews. Your videos do justice to the word "review", unlike many other videos.

I have a question,my old Canon A 430 take 2.3 pictures per second,The Canon SX20 is only once per second?I can get more shots?I try to register but camera labs vip code request?On my site can see my work

cool cam, im glad they added the HD

The k-x is a DSLR, so you have to decide if you want a DSLR or a super-zoom compact. Go to the best buys section at cameralabs . com and click on the article about whether to buy a DSLR.

Very useful review. I just picked up an SX20IS as my first learner camera. I'm enjoying it a great deal. Appreciate all of the insight!

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Lamin Turay What is the max resolution of the camera?

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(For video)

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720p

Yes it focuses when filming.

It's Queenstown, New Zealand - I always enter it in the Stats and Data tab!

I will have a Sony h20 review at cameralabs . com soon, but there won't be a video here.

Excellent Review. Thank you.

I think you are the best reviewer (by far) for digital cameras! That's why your website camera labs dot com is saved in my bookmarks as a favorite!

You're very welcome! Don't forget this is my full-time job and I only get paid when people shop (for anything) through my partner stores page at cameralabs . com - so please consider using it to support me!

@cursedreject what do you mean by color accent? Like Black and White option, Grey option? If yes - then FZ does have it.

Excellent review Gordon - many thanks!

Family has Had this camera for years and I always thought it sucked but it's actually pretty darn good

@ShoxaAmerican I didn't know there were mountains in Florida - apart from Space Mountain anyway! Nope, it was filmed in New Zealand. Hang on, didn't I mention the location in a comment above?

Very good review, the written part as well

Hi Gordan, firstly thankyou very much for all the reviews that you have made. I have read many reviews on your website also but i was wondering if you could tell me basically, in regards to image quality, which camera is better, the Powershot Sx20is or Panasonic FZ35. Thankyou in advance!

Thanks! The fact is there's few poor cameras being released by the majors right now, and most have something to recommend them. Indeed there's rarely a definite leader, with the choice boiling down to deciding which features are more important to you. For example, here I can't say whether RAW, better IS and longer movies are preferrable to a flip-out screen and flash hotshoe. I can point out the differences, but it's up to the reader to then work out which will be best for them.

Thanks for this great review. However... can you please help me with one dilemma? Which camera is better Canon Powershot SX20 or Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 in your opinion?

I recommend you check out the results and gallery pages of both reviews at cameralabs . com - you can compare the image quality there. And sadly no, there's no way to exceed the 4GB size here, but if you need longer recording times, consider the Panasonic FZ35 / FZ38 which can keep creating new files as the 4Gb limit is reached.

I just bought one and I am so excited to mess with it tomorrow!!! thanks for the review!

@mourajini I do, it's at cameralabs . com.

thankyou very much! you've helped make my decision alot easier. i can't wait to go to vietnam with this camera!

love watching you're reviews. I did alot of studying on which camera to buy, this def was1 of my favs..every now and then i wish it was more compact but for what this camera does with its pics is worth the lugging around..battery power hold's well &the video is HD clear. what i didnt like was on auto mode it sometimes looked like it was tryin to fix flaws in ppls skin tones &the skintone would come out orangy. maybe its something im doing wrong when i set the settings on my own its perfect

want this, thanks soooo much i needed a camera exactly like this and all its feature

Scroll to the bottom of the features page to the movie section.

that place is beautiful this camera is awesome im a beginner and just got this camera for christmas

one thing i've always liked about Canon poweshot cameras is the user interface is so easy to work with.

Thanks for posting the video. I've learned quite a bit. I just purchased this camera also just a couple of days ago & been having issues AF when zooming while filming. I've tried the action setting but wasn't sure about the I use the continious stabilizer. I'm just going to have to get some more practice with it.

Thanks Gordon i did see the Panasonic FZ38 / FZ35 but i noticed that it's image quality is lower than the sx20 is so i'm going to canon .. thanks again for your help & for the great reviews .

Yep, it's Queenstown, New Zealand!

I think the problem is you don't have enough light, so the camera has to select a slower shutter speed to compensate. If you choose faster shutter speed, you'll either need more brighter light or a higher ISO, which in turn will reduce the quality. Getting closer to the subject will make it brighter though, so that always helps...

great review. i wanna go in that boat near the end!

This is a Fantastic Review! Thank You! I already own this Camera and I love it! However I am having issues with the videos here on youtube. They do not upload the way that this video is. I have big black borders around the video. I use the adobe premier elements 7 editor and i tried to get rid of the borders but the video would take 10 hours to upload on youtube. And then still the upload failed. Do you know how I can resolve this? How did you upload this video? Thank You so much!!!

Yup, I have this camera. It's excellent!

@xShawn1991x I always take the test photos in the same locations so people can compare the quality on my cameralabs website.

Canon should be paying you because you did a great great tutorial on their camera and you give great great videos on all the manufacturers Sony Nikon you're very good really appreciate it and thank you I know it's an old video but if you read my text here I think you're really great thank you so much 🖐️👍🇺🇸

I use this camera and its very good but with one exception. There is about a half second delay built in delay between pressing the button and it taking the picture. This makes it next to useless for action photography. My much older Olympus OM10 has no delay which makes it streets ahead for this purpose. However for everything else the canon is brilliant.

Great review. Checked this out in the store today. Very impressed with the IS, video zooming and video macro.I've always purchased canon and this camera is the answer to almost every upgrade I've imagined for my old Pro-1 (except geo-tagging in the exif file). I think my Rebel is going to get jealous ;-)

I will do my best to support you.Once again thanks for the video it's very well done!!!! p.s you would make a great narrator

@cameralabs Thanks a lot for your reply. Yes, I saw that. And indeed I do have Panasonic Lumix DMC FX35. But we are not satisfied with that camera and thinking about changing it to Canon PowerShot SX20. For that reason, I would like to hear your opinion - will you recommend to switch or not. Thanks in advance.

Hi Gordon. I cannot tell you how many time Ive compared this review to the other megazooms out there, and I keep coming back to the 6:15 mark of the video with the example of the HD video shooting. What keeps standing out to me here (and other sample videos on the web) is the superior quality of the sound from the stereo microphones. In your experience, is there any other camera that has had standout sound recording as this SX20 has?

have bought one today after watching this, ta for the help

I think the RCA jack would output a letterboxed image (with black bars above and below), but you'd have to check with Canon. I can tell you if you want to see the video in HD though, you will need an HDMI cable (and an HDTV!)

You're very welcome! Did you buy through the NewEgg link in the support us section at cameralabs? If so, you've really helped me, thanks! If not, please consider doing so in the future! It's the only way I get paid.

Im gettin this camera I cant wait!!

I can't diagnose here, but feel free to ask in the SX20 IS official thread in the cameralabs . com forums - and be sure to tell us how it looks bad, or better still, link to a clip you've uploaded at YT or vimeo.

Thank you Camera Labs for the tip to download VLC. The video movies from the camera is a lot better to view in VLC instead of Quicktime Player.

I got one of these very inexpensively on eBay to record my son flying his RC airplanes. The iPhone 8+ did a fair job, but I want better zoom functions. Thanks for the review!

Thank you very much for this review! This camera is available at my local Wal-Mart for $388, and I wasn't sure if it was worth it. I plan to use it to make KZread videos, and clearly it's well worth the price!

As usual one of the best camera reviews on the internet. Yet I can nor decide which one to get SX20 IS or SXI IS mmmm??

Hi Gordan, I got this camera as an intermidiate step between the 'usual' pocket size point and shoot and a 550D, which i am dying to get. So far, i absolutely love this camera. HD video, however, is choppy when played back on my PC. I have both a Class 2 and Class 4 SDHC; regardless of which one i use, 720p video does no play smoothly on my PC. Do i need a higher class SD card or am i missing something? Thanks for your great work!!!

No it stops and you have to start it again. This is an advantage of the FZ35 which automatically starts a new file and keeps recording uninterrupted. Please see the Features page of my SX20 IS review at cameralabs for full details...

Help Gordon! I am very interested in the Sx20 mainly because of its uses as a video camera (HD footage, rotating LCD screen, etc). I was wondering about one thing though: can I still achieve a very shallow depth of field even though I can't change to a lens made specifically to give that effect? Thanks!

Great review!!! Thanks alot. I had a question - do you know if you can fit an external microphone onto this camera? Thanks alot!

Your review helped me tons, thanks!

@thihathetka you have it set on the viewfinder. You need to press the Disp. Button on the back bottom right of your camera and click it twice. the first time you click it will make the lines appear in the screen the brackets that help you center your picture and the 2nd time you press the (disp.) button it should set you back to you're LED screen. try it again and the 2nd time will take you back to the Viewfinder at mark 5:05 Gordon explains how you did that.

love this camera but how do you make the shutter speed faster? and how to make the flash faster? i do alot of concerts and it takes great pics but the speed is to slow..

Great review!! This is a great camera for people is that don't want to be bothered with external lenses, just wish it came with remote and rechargeable battery

After you reach the 4GB limit for video, does it automatically start a new clip without interruption like you said the FZ35 does? Or does it stop recording and ask you if what you want to do?

hello there,i currently have the canon sx20-is,i was just wondering if you know any program's that edit .move file format for video?becouse i cant seem to find any program's that do.please help me!

@maksymv It's best that you ask on the cameralabs forum, and be sure to explain in what respects you are dissatisifed with the FZ35, as the SX210 IS may not actually solve your problems. One of us will try and help you there.

@scom86 It really depends on your preference. For me, the panasonic dmc fz35 has a huge advantage over this one in that it has lithium batteries instead of the AA's. Although AA's can be found almost anywhere, they are rather unwieldy (especially when dealing with four) as well as heavier. However, the argument about AA's being more readily available than the lithium batteries is negotiable, because you can charge a lithium battery anywhere that has electricity anyway so you don't need more!

Gordon please could you recommend one for me between the sx20 and the sx1 i want a better photo quality and i don't know if the cmos sensor is better than the ccd ? and also i wanted to ask you is there away to get behind the file size limit of 4gb on the video recording & thank you for the great review

I have a Powershot sx20is, getting ready to go on vacation...tried to turn the camera on, the light turns on for maybe a second then goes off. Camera won't power on, tried changing batteries several time with the same results.. any suggestions?

i order it, i was wondering do you manual have to life the flash or it pop ups? cuz i have to lift it up to take flash

@cameralabs. Hi Gordon, thank you very much for the response. That's really very kind of u, will definitely check with the faster card........:-)

Thanks for the great reviews. I have, what may be, a stupid question. On the can either the SX20 or the FZ35/38 take still photos while recording video??