Canon PowerShot SX280 HS

20x, f/3.5, 25 mm
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        Summary Canon SX280 HS

        Prices Price
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        $234
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        Score Snapsort rank
        Within its price range
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        Specifications Key specs
        Zoom
        Help 20x
        Screen size
        Help 3"
        Aperture
        Help f/3.5
        Screen resolution
        Help 461k dots
        Wide angle
        Help 25 mm
        Movie format
        Help 1080p @ 60fps
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        Pros

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        The Canon SX280 HS vs other recent compacts

        Built-in flash Built-in flash Help
        Usually standard
        Image stabilization Image stabilization Help
        1. Lens
        Screen size Above average sized screen Help
        3"
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        The Canon SX280 HS vs other recent travel zooms

        GPS Built-in GPS Help
        Great for travel
        Thickness Thin Help
        1.3"
        Lowest price Very inexpensive Help
        $234.04
        Size Quite small Help
        Compact (106×63×33 mm)
        Weight Light Help
        233 g
        Fastest shutter speed Fast shutter speed Help
        1/3200 of a second

        Cons

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        The Canon SX280 HS vs other recent compacts

        Size Slightly large Help
        Compact (106×63×33 mm)
        Weight Heavy Help
        233 g
        External mic jack Lacks an external mic jack Help
        Limited to the in-camera mic
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        The Canon SX280 HS vs other recent travel zooms

        Wide angle Poor wide angle lens Help
        25 mm
        Screen resolution Very low resolution screen Help
        461k dots
        Touch screen No touch screen Help
        More buttons
        Screen flips out Fixed screen Help
        Less flexible
        Sensor size Slightly smaller than average sensor Help
        1/2.3" 6.17x4.55mm
        Viewfinder Can only preview photos on the screen Help
        None
        Popularity Not so popular Help
        Among snapsort users
        Zoom Below average zoom Help
        20x
        Light sensitivity Very poor maximum light sensitivity Help
        6,400 ISO
        True resolution Lower true resolution Help
        9.7 MP
        Battery life Very short battery life Help
        210 shots
        Announced Old Help
        March 2013
        Longest exposure Short exposures Help
        15 seconds

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        Discussion

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        Avatar for Sassan Sassan (4:54 AM, May 15, 2015)
        This is a very good travelzoom with possibility for manual controls: ISO, Tv, Av, full manual time and aperture and even focus control and manual white balance. With carryspeed magfilter polfilter its nearly Perfect for any situation. Image stabilisation and good lowlight are more highlights.
        Charging over USB like Nikon has would be a big advance. For longer travel I allways carry a set of 2-4 batteries - still lighter than many other cameras. (The battery management is only partly solved by firmwareupdate)
        An update is overdue.
         
        Avatar for Finlay Macrae Finlay Macrae (3:25 PM, October 15, 2014)
        I tried to upgrade the firmware but still has horrendous battery life. We carry 3 batteries and our old 260 as backup. So disappointed with this and customer service team were no help.
         
        johnd (10:02 PM, December 19, 2013)
        Canan made an update which resolved this on my camera. Basically, I like the camera very much. It has a great zoom and a good image stablizator. What I do not like is the strong luminance noise at 160 ASA and higher. There is not much details at 500ASA
         
        Cruzmann (3:54 PM, August 29, 2013)
        The battery management system on the camera is a deal breaker. Besides taking only a few photos on a charge (less than 200) it almost always flashes red if you have taken 50 or more photos and try to take a short video. When the battery runs out on snapshots it goes from full to zero in only a few shots. Canon needs to fix this. It is a defect that cannot be overlooked.
         
        Avatar for Ricardo Consonni Ricardo Consonni (9:12 PM, April 22, 2013)
        I have the SX260 HS, and their specs are very, very similar (the only big difference is the DIGIC 6 processor). Since its price has dropped a lot as the SX280 has launched, it's an even better value now. I recommend buying the SX260 now, and waiting for the next model to come out to see if it's worth upgrading at all.