My crude test with the new Canon SX30 IS Ultrazoom camera

I am a purchaser rather than a reviewer, but I thought I'd share my unedited video taken with this camera, hand-held but with my elbows on a windowsill. The zoom is absolutely amazing, in my view, as is the optical image stabiliser. I am a bit disappointed by the fringing I have seen in some shots, and the high level of noise that is in evidence when zooming into the details on iPhoto. At £400, this is an expensive proposition for a PowerShot camera, approaching SLR prices, but I needed a zoom camera so this seemed the logical choice. Also with SLRs, one doesn't tend to get lenses with this range of focal lengths.

I also had a go at taking some stills while I was filming this. You'll easily spot where that was.

For some reasons, the starlings were going mad this morning. Hence this video is largely avian in nature. Also features a crow and a wood pigeon!

Do feel free to leave your comments on this product.

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Science & Technology

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• canon sx30 IS camera zoom
• starling
• wood pigeon
• crow

[pubwebmaster]

So far as I can see, there's no port for an external microphone. It may be possible to connect something to the AV sockets on the side.

[Lauzon12]

I just got one of these not too long ago do you know if you can you turn down the noise of it zooming and unzooming?

I hate that for when I want just the sounds of the nature around me no the zzzzzzoom lol?

[pubwebmaster]

@Lauzon12 I think that's just the sound of the motor, and is not therefore adjustable.

[Venom3761]

:O you can take photos while filming ??

[pubwebmaster]

@Venom3761 Yes, you can. When I did it, I got a freeze in the video, but I think, if one has a fast enough memory card, you can take photos without interrupting the flow. Photos taken when filming are in 16:9 aspect ratio.

[HostileHST]

Is there an optional mic jack? Perfect for listening to the crow on the directional antenna using a directional mic.

[maddierulesyay123]

Its the BIRDS!!!

[DigitalDarkless]

processor in the camera while recording the flow puts the still image in the video with shutter effect and a little time stops on the image you shooting, that's a feature but not a bug of the memory card writing performance.

[Photographygrrl]

wheres the photos you took? id love to see some samplles