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Image stabilization	—	3.7	—	4.5	4.3	4.0
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display type	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD	LCD
display size	3 inches	3 inches	—	2.8 inches	—	2.7 inches
lens type	zoom	Macro	Wide Angle	Fisheye	—	Wide Angle
zoom type	Optical	Optical Zoom	Optical Zoom	Digital Zoom	Digital Zoom	Optical Zoom
shooting modes	Automatic	Movie, Auto, Manual	Easy	Automatic	Automatic	Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Automatic, Movie
connectivity tech	USB	Wi-Fi, Micro HDMI, Micro USB, Bluetooth	USB	Type C	USB	USB
video resolution	HD 720p	2160p	1080p	2K	1080p	1080p

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Discover how simple and easy it is to be creative and shoot memorable photos and videos of your favorite subjects with the PowerShot SX150 IS digital camera. Its compact size makes it convenient to carry around everywhere to capture those special moments that can happen anytime! Sporting a stylish design, it comes in two great colors: Black and Red. 14.1 Megapixels deliver stunning image detail and enable you to make beautiful large prints. 12x Optical Zoom lets you get close to distant subjects, while the 28mm wide-angle capability makes this camera great for photographing large groups of people and scenic landscapes. Advanced technologies, such as Intelligent IS and Smart AUTO, make it easy and effortless to capture gorgeous still images and HD video. It all makes the PowerShot SX150 IS the perfect camera to capture the good times, wherever you might be.

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Customers like the quality, ease of use, and value of the digital camera. For example, they mention that it produces great photos, has nice features, and is easy to use in auto mode. Some appreciate the portability. That said, opinions are mixed on battery life, flash, and size.

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72 customers mention62 positive10 negative

Customers like the image quality of the camera. They say it produces great photos, the pictures look clearer, and the difference in picture quality is immediately evident. They also say the camera delivers good, solid quality pictures. Customers also say that they have not had one blurry photo with this so far. They love the video and say it works well with the 12x zoom.

"...years I owned it ... small, convenient to carry in a pocket, produced great photos, and lots of capabilities (enlarge/crop/lighten/darken/etc)...." Read more

"Love this camera. Takes wonderful crisp and color accurate photos...." Read more

"I bought this to replace a 4MP camera, and the difference in picture quality is immediately evident. This camera takes really nice pictures!..." Read more

"...I'd love to give this camera a better review, because it looks pretty cool (c'mon, it's frigging RED) and has a lot of nice features...." Read more

54 customers mention46 positive8 negative

Customers like the quality of the digital camera. They say it has a lot of nice features, produces great photos, and has great capabilities. Some say it's perfect for their use and has unique, fun features. Overall, most are satisfied with the quality and functionality of the product.

"...convenient to carry in a pocket, produced great photos, and lots of capabilities (enlarge/crop/lighten/darken/etc)...." Read more

"...This is the LAST REMAINING, top quality, 2-AA battery, point-and-shoot camera left on the market, people...." Read more

"...On the "easy" setting, it's a very simple, very reliable point-and-shoot camera...." Read more

"...because it looks pretty cool (c'mon, it's frigging RED) and has a lot of nice features...." Read more

28 customers mention25 positive3 negative

Customers find the digital camera easy to use. They say it's light to carry, simple to understand, and easy to point and shoot. Some like the manual implementation and say it takes good pictures.

"...On the "easy" setting, it's a very simple, very reliable point-and-shoot camera...." Read more

"...I wanted a replacement camera that was easy to use, uses AA batteries, and ideally would be a Canon since I"m already familiar with how a simple..." Read more

"...On the plus side, it takes good photos and is very easy to use...." Read more

"I love this camera, especially since it is very intuitive for folks like me who don't know anything about picture taking...." Read more

26 customers mention23 positive3 negative

Customers like the value of the digital camera. They mention it's well worth the price, and happy with the indoor quality for the price. Some say it'll make a good mass purchase, and is easy to use.

"...I have not been disappointed. Great value; good price. I am still in learning process with all the many, many features. Photo quality is superb...." Read more

"...It has manual override and true zoom for a pretty sweet price. It looks like nothing could possibly go wrong with this camera! Right?..." Read more

"Seems like an excellent low-priced camera with two annoyances...." Read more

"...Except for these problems, I think it is an excellent camera for the price and takes photos that are as good as the ones from my husband's $800..." Read more

22 customers mention20 positive2 negative

Customers find the digital camera easy to carry and use. They say it's light and compact, making it easy to hold and handle. Some mention that the extra AA batteries are easy to find and carry. Overall, customers are satisfied with the portability of the camera.

"...'d used and loved for all the years I owned it ... small, convenient to carry in a pocket, produced great photos, and lots of capabilities..." Read more

"...It is also very light weight and compact. It will not fit in your shirt pocket, but it is not supposed to...." Read more

"...But extra AA batteries are easy to carry, and even small remote towns usually have them in stores.I'm VERY pleased with my new camera." Read more

"...Very small for the features it has. You can carry it in your purse or small camera bag. Other reviews complain about batteries. That is nonsense!..." Read more

40 customers mention13 positive27 negative

Customers are mixed about the battery life of the digital camera. Some mention that it takes AA batteries and rechargeable batteries, and that the batteries seem to last a long time. Others say that it uses up batteries fast and has malfunction reading battery life.

"...Fall while on a trip, the camera quit - shutter problem and staying charged problem...." Read more

"...I wanted a replacement camera that was easy to use, uses AA batteries, and ideally would be a Canon since I"m already familiar with how a simple..." Read more

"...That is a LOT of battery use for one set of AA batteries. The batteries finally ran out early the next day as I was testing some of the features on..." Read more

"...Also, it EATS batteries. I haven't had a pair of AAs last longer than two sessions of about 20 pictures each and maybe a 1 minute video...." Read more

23 customers mention7 positive16 negative

Customers are mixed about the flash of the camera. Some mention that it works much better in low light conditions, while others say that it takes time to charge and react.

"...The two drawbacks of this camera are the slow flash and the battery life...." Read more

"...Secondly, the camera takes awhile to power up - which annoyed me right off the bat. Once on, the menus are not very intuitive...." Read more

"...Since then I have used them very, very successfully in this camera...." Read more

"...Only drawback I have noticed is that the flash can take time to charge...." Read more

19 customers mention10 positive9 negative

Customers are mixed about the size of the camera. Some mention that the size is perfect, with an adequate screen size. They also say that it is convenient to carry in a purse or small camera bag. However, others say that the camera is too large to fit in their pocket and bulky to use as their main camera for claims.

"...The size of the camera is perfect. Very small for the features it has. You can carry it in your purse or small camera bag...." Read more

"...Photo quality is superb. Negatives for me: Camera is too large to fit in my pocket, and I purchased a camera case that turned out to be too small..." Read more

"...SX 150 IS is very easy to use, comes with great features and an array of photo sizes...." Read more

"...It is also very light weight and compact. It will not fit in your shirt pocket, but it is not supposed to...." Read more

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Katherine

Awesome Camera

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2012

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Wow. This Canon PowerShot SX150IS is great. I had a Kodak Easy Share V705 practially from the day it hit the market, which I'd used and loved for all the years I owned it ... small, convenient to carry in a pocket, produced great photos, and lots of capabilities (enlarge/crop/lighten/darken/etc). Then one day last Fall while on a trip, the camera quit - shutter problem and staying charged problem. All comments I read indicated other owners of same camera with same problem had virtually no luck correcting the problem, short of sending it to the company for "costly" repair. So .... I went hunting for a new camera instead. I researched User comments, quality write-ups, etc. and decided on the Canon PowerShot SX150IS, which I purchased from Amazon. I have not been disappointed. Great value; good price. I am still in learning process with all the many, many features. Photo quality is superb. Negatives for me: Camera is too large to fit in my pocket, and I purchased a camera case that turned out to be too small - don't know if Amazon would exchange the case for a larger one; I did not notify Amazon. Regardless of that mistake, I am happy with the camera.

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John Sturgeon

The best AA battery field use point-and-shoot available anywhere.

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2011

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The new Canon SX 150 camera should probably be subtitled, "Possibly The Best All-Around, Point-And-Shoot, Off-Road-Adventure Camera - Affordable - for the Average Person Today."

I recently bought this camera, the SX 150 HS, and I also have owned/used the earlier models in this same line for several years now - the SX 110, SX 120, and SX 130 - so I have several years experience with it, all of it very positive. Yes, it runs on AA batteries, but that is the GOOD NEWS! If you don't like that, then buy one of the 100 other cameras available that don't use them. Use some form of proprietary lithium-ion battery instead which will set you back $25 to $75 apiece for each spare battery, and it will not even last two functioning years. You will also need several of those batteries for any extended trip, and when you buy your next camera they won't fit it, so you can then just throw away that extra $100 to $200 in useless, expensive, non-interchangeable batteries.

Now if you are an average person who doesn't HAVE an extra $100 to $200 to throw away every couple of years on proprietary batteries that only fit one camera, then please read on.

This is the LAST REMAINING, top quality, 2-AA battery, point-and-shoot camera left on the market, people. There are some very good economical reasons to PREFER that choice. Anywhere you travel, you can ALWAYS buy - or borrow - AA batteries to keep it going. The AA batteries are about as universal an item as exists on the planet, so you can still keep shooting this camera almost anywhere you go. But you absolutely should use rechargeable AAs whenever you can to save money - a LOT of money. And they last much longer on each charge. I get about 350 large JPEG photos per charged set, and since I sometimes shoot a lot of photos in one place, I always carry at least two pairs of backup batteries to swap out.

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UPDATE EDIT: In Dec. 2011, I bought my first few sets of Sanyo eneloop AA rechargeable batteries. Since then I have used them very, very successfully in this camera. On a recent field trip to the local mountains near Monterey, CA, I set out with a fully-charged pair of eneloop AA batteries in the SX150, and I carried a backup pair of eneloop AAs just in case. I did a full day of shooting with 425 full-sized JPEGs and 8 minutes of HD video, and I used a lot of zoom and frequently turned the camera off and on too. That is a LOT of battery use for one set of AA batteries. The batteries finally ran out early the next day as I was testing some of the features on the camera. It is my understanding that it costs less than 1 cent apiece in household current to recharge them each time, and that they are guaranteed to recharge at least 1500 times. And they are also supposed to hold about 70% of their full charge even after three years just sitting on a shelf! (Unlike the older style of rechargeable AA batteries that lost their charge fairly quickly.) Since they last at least 2 to 3 times as long as standard alkaline batteries on each charge, that would represent a total savings of at least $1500 (fifteen hundred dollars) over the cost of buying 3000 alkaline batteries on sale at only 50 cents apiece FOR EACH PAIR OF AA ENELOOP BATTERIES that you would use on any other household devices in your own home. Don't think of them as just being for use in a camera. They work in everything requiring AA batteries. Flashlights, computer mice, remotes (they make them in AAA too), children's toys, shop tools, wall clocks or anything else you might use them for in your home. They sell for about $20 on Amazon for an 8-pack of them. That represents a savings of about $6000 over the 1500 cycle lifetime of each 8-pack of eneloop batteries you buy and use instead of regular alkaline batteries. Do the math yourself and you will be astounded by how many thousands of dollars they can save you around your home over a period of 5, 10 or even 20 years.
BTW - As a special note. The "low battery" light comes on in the SX150 camera long before the batteries are actually dead. That is because the SX150 is calibrated for 1.5 volt alkaline AA batteries. The Sanyo eneloop AA rechargeable batteries only recharge to about 1.2 volts or 1.3 volts at most. The camera "thinks" they are low because it looks for a low voltage to decide that. Some cameras do have a menu item to change the battery check away from alkaline batteries (at 1.5 volts) to rechargeable batteries (at 1.2 or 1.3 volts), but I don't think the SX150 gives you that option. Just keep using them until they actually do run out and you will be surprised at how long they really do last.
Best wishes to all, - John
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Regular alkaline batteries don't last long, and are obviously WAY too expensive to use in any AA battery camera for more than very occasional shooting. That is printed right in the instruction manual. Honestly, you are just supposed to know that fact ahead of time.

You only use alkaline batteries in emergencies when you simply run out of the extra recharged ones you are carrying with you and you find yourself in a tight spot. Later on when you buy your next camera, you can transfer those same AA batteries to it without spending a dime buying a single new, proprietary lithium-ion battery in the whole process. Rechargeable AA batteries are unbelievably cheaper in the long run - and much better for the environment - if you add up all of the costs and waste involved in going through one new set of proprietary lithium-ion batteries after another as the years go by.

That is probably this camera's best, preferred, long-term feature, but by no means its only good feature. It is also very light weight and compact. It will not fit in your shirt pocket, but it is not supposed to. Your shirt pocket is where your cell phone goes with its own built-in camera. The slightly larger and heavier (and much better image quality) Canon SX 130 or SX 150 will fit easily into your coat pocket, travel bag, or purse, which is where it belongs, anyway.

Should you buy the new SX 150 if you already have an SX 130? That depends on you, but especially on whether you want a backup camera with you when you go out on a photo shoot. On my most recent trip I took my older SX 120 camera with me as a backup. I don't want to be out in the wilderness with no backup camera, and the best backup camera is the one closest to my current camera as possible. On my next trip I will take my SX 150 and my SX 130 will become my new backup camera.

Now I will sell my older SX 120, which still works fine after three years, to somebody else who understands the reliable and cost-effective value of having a good 2-AA point-and-shoot camera. That has been my experience with the whole Canon SX 100+ Power Shot line over the last several years now, and it has all been very positive. I hope this review may help others who may not have seen some of this economical, common sense information discussed in this way before. Best wishes and good photo results to all.

UPDATE: There is at least one other important option with the SX 150 that I have not really described here in my original post, but since it is a generally affordable one it deserves some serious consideration. It is the option my wife and I personally chose and have used with wonderful success together through the SX120, SX130 and now the SX150 model cameras. You can buy 2 - Canon SX150s, for the price of 1 - Canon SX40. (We do actually own an SX40, too, but we have found we rarely use it except for super-long 35X telephoto shots. It is just too cumbersome for us to carry around with us most of the time in it's separate camera bag.) My wife carries one SX150 with her, I carry the other. (She chose a black one, I wanted a red one!) At least one of us ALWAYS has at least one of those two SX150 cameras with us at all times. Together we get more good shots that way and under a wider variety of circumstances than either of us would separately. And we teach each other new techniques with the camera. If I figure out a new manual setting, I teach it to her. She may discover a new camera angle that had not occurred to me to try. We have found that when we shoot the very same field trip together we shoot different things because we zero in on different things. We complement each other's photography, and that has been an even more fulfilling experience for us personally to share together.

Again best wishes, John

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Eugene Artemyeff

Great camera but...

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018

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Love this camera. Takes wonderful crisp and color accurate photos. But, somehow, dust has found it's way into the inside of the lens (although the camera is handled carefully and kept in a case when not in use). Contacted Canon to find out if the camera can be sent in for cleaning and was told that they don't do that. Canon will be happy to give me a certain amount of credit for an upgrade to a better camera, but they don't find it cost effective to take the time to clean the insides of this model. It infuriates me to think of how wasteful this company is because here I am now stuck with a perfectly functional camera that I love to use and cannot use because it's not "worth" it to them to clean it. Absolutely ridiculous!!! I'm pretty handy, but viewing the online video of how to take this camera apart for service is waaaaaay too complicated even for me. Besides, taking a piece of optical equipment apart in anything but a totally dust free environment would only make the problem worse. It needs professional service and that service is unavailable.

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Great features in theory but impossible to use.

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2011

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I almost gave it two stars, but if you cannot use a camera and send it back (and have said "I hate this camera" several times), then it only gets one star. Batteries (brand new rechargeable eneloop batteries) got chewed up with moderate use. Really, if you went somewhere you might take a lot of pictures over a full day, you might need two sets of backup batteries. Half the time when you want to snap a picture at night, the camera isn't ready because it says "flash charging." My other cameras never did that -- and two of them have been Cannons. Also the camera was way too bulky. And, if you use any mode other than "Auto," it will not give you the option of any auto-review of the picture you just took. You have to manually call it up. Maybe there was a way to change this setting (it was dimmed in my options), but I never found it, and I didn't try very hard when I decided the rest of the issues made the camera not for me.

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hugejay44

Great pictures, slow flash, battery eater!

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2012

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I bought this to replace a 4MP camera, and the difference in picture quality is immediately evident. This camera takes really nice pictures! On the "easy" setting, it's a very simple, very reliable point-and-shoot camera. The two drawbacks of this camera are the slow flash and the battery life. The flash needs to "charge," which sometimes takes as long as 5-6 seconds. Try catching your kids playing with a 5 second delay--pretty difficult! Also, it EATS batteries. I haven't had a pair of AAs last longer than two sessions of about 20 pictures each and maybe a 1 minute video. I haven't tried rechargeable batteries yet, but at this rate, they're probably worth it. I like the camera, and I can live with the drawbacks. Just be aware--especially for the delayed pictures in low light.

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Compatible Mountings	Canon EF
Aspect Ratio	4:3
Photo Sensor Technology	CCD
Supported File Format	RAW, JPEG
Image Stabilization	Optical
Maximum Focal Length	336 Millimeters
Optical Zoom	12 x
Maximum Aperture	5.6 f
Expanded ISO Minimum	80
Metering Description	Multi, Center-weighted, Spot

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Canon PowerShot SX150 IS 14.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom with 3.0-Inch LCD (Red) (OLD MODEL)

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