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do you like big zooms and you cannot lie so much that the other brothers just can't deny then bust a move and get funky with my Canon Powershot SX 4ths review Mike Pearlman here for TechnoBuffalo reviewing the Canon Powershot SX 4ths a camera that is big it's bad and it's obscene and by obscene I mean a 35 X optical zoom lens with 24 millimeter wide angle capability this thing is a stalkers dream the Canon Powershot SX 4ths shares many of the same features with last year's SX 30 is but take note of that name change is to HS yes a new sensor is at play here it's a 12.1 megapixel CMOS sensor which allows this camera to have a max 3200 ISO which is a boost from last year 1600 that's pretty big also the Powershot SX 4 ths receives canons new digit 5 image processing meaning this camera is faster it can take up to 8 frames per second at full resolution in burst mode this camera also has better noise management and HD video has been boosted to 1080p at 24 frames per second I noticed a fairly significant upgrade in image quality I was able to shoot at higher ISO s and attain the same results that I was able to with last year's SX 30 is and it's CCD there was a noticeable improvement in low-light and high ISO quality 1080p videos were actually very impressive overall image quality definite improvement from last year's SX 34 a 1 over 2.3 and sensor this cameras about as good as you can get now let's talk about image stabilization one of the most important things for a camera like this you have a fixed lens 35 X optical zoom I will tell you that at full telephoto I was able to snap crisp sharp images with this camera thanks to the optical image stabilization this camera also has new intelligent is which selects from 6 different types of image stabilization depending on the scene and offers powered is for keeping the camera steady during recording videos I will say that it is a little harder to keep the camera steady while recording videos but for still images the image stabilization is fantastic you'll notice that the design of the SX for ths is relatively unchanged from last year we have the same flip-up flash giant chunky mode dial we've got a hot shoe on top an electronic viewfinder and we've got a circular controlled dial in the back also Canon retained the flip out very angle LCD it's a 2.7 inch with the 230,000 pixel display I have to say when you use the manual focus with the focus assist that magnifies the frame it's like trying to discern pixels out of a georges seurat painting so Canon definitely needs to improve the LCD resolution on next year's superzoom I enjoyed seeing my old friends again the ISO manual focus exposure compensation and self timer shortcut buttons located on the control dial and one thing to note about this camera is that its battery is twice the size as most power shot cameras so it lasted twice as long so stamina on this camera very good despite the fact that the sx40 HS has a lot of manual controls it's devoid of the super manual controls that you find on cameras like the s100 or g 12 for instance it doesn't have a histogram it also doesn't have a neutral density filter and the white balance settings are pretty basic aside from custom you could just do presets the sx40 HS also lacks HDR mode but we do get a digital light meter in manual mode which is very helpful the shutter speed on this camera can dip down to 15 seconds though Canon put a cap this year on the ISO anything after one second it defaults to ISO 81 you want a little more exposure say 400 or 600 and you're maxed out at 15 seconds with shutter speed autofocus was great on this camera it had flexi zone which allowed me to move the focus box around the frame I could also shoot with exposure bracketing we also had multiple aspect ratios to shoot in and of course creative filters like super vivid and toy camera overall the most prominent new feature on the sx40 HS is its improved image quality and the best thing about this camera is that it's price tag has remained the same at four hundred thirty dollars this camera offers better image quality 1080p HD video new intelligent image stabilization faster eight frames per second shooting and expanded ISO up to 3200 and the same killer-diller 35 X optical zoom lens with great image stabilization for the full review with image samples and videos go to TechnoBuffalo comm until next time I will see you guys later you