Canon PowerShot SX400 Digital Camera with 30x Optical Zoom Black

Love the camera but it didn't come with a cord to connect to the pc and get things off. Everything looks great on the camera itself but unsure of how things will look once I can get them off.

For a compact camera is a good choice. I like the night shots with out flash. very easy to use, I didn't have to read manual yet ;-) The size is the only problem but if you want a real photo you need lens. For a compact I do recommend it.

La mejor decisión para alguien que no es el mejor en fotografía y busco la tecnología al alcance para crear memorias, y adentrarse al mundo de la fotografía. Llego perfecto el paquete

It was Mother’s Day when I found out that I needed a new camera. My husband owns a Sony Cybershot camera which is around 6 or maybe 7 years old. I used to used that a lot and I was happy with it but Mother’s Day when I was trying to take a picture of the food I ordered in the restaurant where my husband and my son took me, I found out the camera needs a new replacement. I tried to take a picture of my son eating his food and the picture was grainy and dark despite me changing the settings and trying to shoot with the flash on. So I looked and I found this camera by Canon Powershot SX400 IS, well I figured i wanted a nice camera, and it was on sale as well. I check the reviews and although there are some 1 review out there saying it was difficult to use, I took my chance, I’m not exactly new to digital, so I resigned myself to learning once the camera is delivered. And I found out that just like any other digital camera, it is quite easy to use. It came with a manual that I am not really sure where I put, but I downloaded their digital manual as well, and tried to learn as much. I know I will need a little bit of getting used to if I want to use all the features of the camera. You can set it to fisheye, monochrome, miniature, landscape, portrait, toy camera, poster, night or long shutter, fireworks, snow, vivid or live settings, you can even fix your own colors. I didn't mess with that, since I'm not familiar with those, maybe someday. But there’s also automatic settings if you just want a much simpler shot. This came with a battery, a charger, the camera itself which is in a frustration free packaging, a lens protector and a wrist strap. I don't like the wrist strap because they are just the standard ones, I bought one that I can put in my neck. There's also a much better wrist strap there that you can use to stabilize your pictures. I bought a 32 GB SD card to use, they are not included, I have an 8 GB that I can use but i figured to get something bigger for a much higher storage. The battery took about 2 hours to charge before I was able to use and play with the camera. It doesn't come with a cord for your camera to TV or your computer. I take the SD card to put the pictures in my computer. The moment I opened it, it asked me to set the time and date and my time zone. It doesn’t have my actual time zone but I put it in the nearest time zone. The monitor looks a little bit grainy but when I took my first picture and check it out on my computer after I transfered it, the quality of the picture is quite great. It also takes great video. I also like the way my hand curls unto it. Makes holding the camera easy and more stable. At the bottom you can also set it up to be out in a tripod. I am quite happy with the purchase and it was well worth the money I paid for. I am not a professional photographer and at most times my hands are shaky but I added a few pictures that I have taken with this camera.

Loving this little p.a.s. so far. Performs well. Zoom is nice. Images pretty sharp and clear. The one complaint I have would be that the shutter release is a bit sticky...sometimes fails to shot and must be retriggered.

I'm not a student of cameras by any means. I use them for work and for me, it's all about function, ease of use and quality of pictures, particularly when using the zoom. For the money, I couldn't be more pleased with this camera. The pictures are sharp, even when maxing out the zoom lens, it's not a battery pig allowing me many days of use before I even think to charge it, and it's quick and easy to use in Auto. If I have one complaint, it's the location of the video record button. Because I generally shoot one handed, my thumb tends to come to rest on the top right corner of any camera I use to stabilize it for the shot, and that just happens to be where the video record button is. It's happened on more than one occasion where an attempted picture failed because I was video recording my subject unintentionally. Whether it's me or the phone design, I can't say because perhaps my natural tendency to place my thumb there is my own idiosyncrasy and won't happen to others.