Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Video Sample

Part of the inherent popularity of a “pocket zoom” camera like the Canon SX200 IS is that it does a little bit of everything. It takes pretty good pictures, has a versatile 12x zoom lens, and also shoots a little bit of video on the side, all in a (near) pocket-sized form factor. In the case of the SX200 IS, video is of the 720p variety (1280×720 @30 fps) and the video quality is quite good too, provided you can accept:

• mono sound only
• no optical zoom while filming (though digital zoom is possible)
• battery life diminishes substantially

Given that, you can expect to bring useful video home with the SX200 IS. Below we’ve include a sample to give you an idea of what the SX200 IS is capable of. I recommend clicking through to the Vimeo site to view the larger version for a more accurate experience.

Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Video Sample from neutralday on Vimeo.

I’m hoping to get some more image samples up after the weekend, with a full review of the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS coming soon.

In addition we’ve got more exciting stuff coming, more software reviews, we’ll start testing Nikon’s D90 and their new 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX lens along with it, and even more good stuff after that. So keep checking in for updates, with additional field notes on twitter.

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   Michael says:

   July 18, 2009 at 5:05 am

   Nice video sample for the Canon SX200 IS.
   How did you get the video so smoothly?
   My video that I played on Quicktime comes out jerky even when it was shot from a tripod.

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     Patrick says:

     July 19, 2009 at 9:31 am

     Do you mean playback is “skippy” or there’s actual physical movement of the camera? I did use a tripod for some of the footage, but I did get some jumpiness when looking at the original files. I think the conversion (via imovie to upload to vimeo) helps smooth things out.

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     Rach says:

     April 1, 2010 at 5:29 pm

     Hey,

     I bought this camera earlier this year in the hope of putting videos onto YouTube.
     However, when i load them into my video editing software – Roxio Creator 2009- the audio is fine, put the actual image is jumpy and slow? It is the same in windows player as well.
     Do you know how this can be fixed?

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