Canon PowerShot SX230 HS

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 26 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

18
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros:

GPS built-in.
Full HD video with stereo sound and optical zoom.
Compact with an excellent 14x optical zoom lens.

Cons:

Slight corner softening.
Noticeable chromatic aberration.

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Last revision on February 18, 2013

Reviewers Liked

GPS built-in
Full HD video with stereo sound and optical zoom
Compact with an excellent 14x optical zoom lens
Good image quality
Built in optical image stabilization
Low noise up to ISO1600
Images look great
Manual exposure and focus controls
Good high speed shooting performance
Good low-light photo quality for its class
Excellent color
Shooting options that encourage experimentation

Reviewers Didn't Like

Slight corner softening
Noticeable chromatic aberration
Slight blooming of bright subjects
Flash pops up with each power-up
GPS stays on between shots
Draining battery
GPS missing mapping function seen on Casio H20G
Slight vignetting at full optical zoom
Some purple fringing in extreme conditions
Mediocre macro mode
Overall design could be improved

Expert reviews and ratings

The Canon PowerShot SX230 HS might be the perfect addition to your family if you’re looking for a slightly cheaper but just as powerful version to the SX260. This camera provides equal image and video quality and has many of the features present...

By Buy-n-Shoot on May 23, 2012

100

Impeccable image quality and quick, comprehensive controls more than make up for the relatively modest zoom range...

By Expert Reviews on October 27, 2011

100

Review date: 05 October, 2011. Review by: Martyn Clayden Digital camera technology doesn't just race by - it zooms. Only a year ago we were admiring Canon's PowerShot SX210 IS, and now before you can say 'travel zoom' the company has...

By itreviews.com on October 05, 2011

The Canon PowerShot SX230HS is priced slightly higher than most compact cameras found in the market. However, it provides the user with a wide array of features that really made this camera stand out amongst other compacts. We were hard pressed to...

By Tech2 on August 20, 2011

Cameras with built-in GPS receivers once seemed frivolous and gimmicky to me. Now that I’m facing a long overseas trip, I’m having second thoughts about the value of mapping all my shots, so the timing of this review is just...

By PCWorld New Zealand on June 22, 2011

Provided you don't need a bucket-load of features and can live with its odd ergonomics, the SX230 HS will tick most of the boxes for a travel zoom...

By CNET Australia on June 21, 2011

The Canon Powershot SX220 HS is a very good camera, the SX230 HS adds GPS and some additional body colours, however compared to other pocket zoom cameras with GPS, the SX230 has slower continuous shooting, and there is less difference between the...

By ePHOTOzine on June 06, 2011

The SX30 is an easy-to-use and well-specified travel compact that delivers excellent image quality. While we would have liked the ability to record lossless Raw files and a proper finger grip, there is little else to fault with the camera. We...

By Trusted Reviews on June 02, 2011

Scanning the specifications for Canon's latest high-zoom travel compact, it certainly looks as if the new PowerShot SX230 HS leaves very little to be desired. Replacing the older SX210 IS, the SX230 HS offers an array of upgraded features that bring...

By TechRadar on May 27, 2011

Canon consistently makes some of the best-performing point-and-shoot cameras in our tests, and the PowerShot SX230 HS is no exception. Its image quality puts it among the top tier of 2011's pocket-megazoom class, and the camera can be as easy to use...

By PC Advisor on May 03, 2011

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