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61 reviews
It's a good basic digital camera
A good basic camera if you understand its limitations. It goes through batteries like it's water but for a good reason. This camera has a fairly large LCD size for its class, a 3" LCD. This coupled with the fact that it has no viewfinder, largely attributes for its voracious appetite for the batteries.
Then again, if you never owned a Canon camera, there is a learning curve. Takes time and patience but doable.
This camera like many others of different brands, has a plastic exterior. The plastic contributes to the battery door malfunction in which case you won't be able to take pictures until fixed. The fixes are available on the internet; all of them are temporary. The permanent one is to replace the battery door that requires some skills and the part costs about $26 and up. I would rather not bother but buy a new (used) camera for about the same amount of money. This however is not unique to SX130 IS. Nearly all point-and-shoot cameras are susceptible to it. The tripod port is located very close to said door that no doubt contributes to the door going broken.
Overall like I said, a good beginning digital camera with a good optical zoom and great features. Not very good for the low light shots though. Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: emplatz
Good Functional Camera-That Eats Batteries for Lunch!
This is my second SX130 - which is a good Second Camera in my Collection - Good and Easy Picture Taking Quality - But 1.) a Battery System that Had to be designed by a Fool - It requires a change in Batteries every other day and 2.) A shell engineered and designed by the same fool - I have seen hundreds of this Camera advertised on e-bay " for parts " where the camera has become useless because of the poor quality of the "plastic" used to make the shell (i.e. -the hatch on the battery/sd card compartment, on my first SX130, cracked and made the camera unusable and un-fixable - Thus I purchased my next SX130 USED at a price that makes sense for the product (under &50.00)Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: garymi6
Vlery happy with this Canon camera
This is my 3rd Canon camera and I am very pleased with the easy features it has and the quality of the pictures. They have a real sharpness about them and I always get comments about the colorful picture that I take with the camera. I have bought this same camera for two of my family because of my happiness with this camera.Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: nebraskatreasure
An excellent camera loaded with features that you may use...or not.
This is not the first, but the second Canon SX 130 IS I have bought. I love the camera. I normally keep the camera on my belt in a hard camera case so that it would be less likely to get damaged if it fell. However, for a while, I switched to putting the original camera in a small, soft case. This was a mistake because I accidentally must have pushed the "on" button, and, inside the case, the lens had insufficient room to pop out, so this eventually damaged the lens cover mechanism. That's the reason I bought the second camera.
I bought the same model camera as I was very happy with the way it works and generally with the quality of the photos it takes. It's amazing how many different things this camera can do. I only use a small fraction of its capacities and modes, and, for example, I don't even use the video function at all. I started with basic functions that I would have need of, and have learned more "tricks" over time, referring to the instruction manual on the CD provided. So don't be scared by how complicated the camera seems; you needn't learn everything at once, and some things, never.
The camera has 12.1 megapixels and usually produces images that are quite sharp. It has a 12X optical zoom lens (and way beyond that digitally). I find 12x sufficient for me, as beyond that, you probably couldn't hold the camera steady enough to take a good picture without a tripod, and while I carry the camera with me everywhere, I'm not about to lug a tripod, too.
I usually keep the camera in "Program" (P) mode, sometimes switching to "Aperture" (Av) mode, and sometimes employing Macro (MF)for extreme close-ups, and sometimes opening the flash, as needed.
After taking a number of photos, I remove the memory card, stick it into the SD port of my printer (or computer) and use Picasa or other photo enhancement programs to improve contrast, brightness, saturation, etc. if necessary, or for special effects.
I use rechargeable platinum AA batteries which give me many more shots than do the plain alkalines before recharging. But I carry a pair of alkalines with me, also, as back-up.
As I said, I love the Canon PowerShot SX 130 IS.Read full review...
Easy to use with great picture quality.
This is an older model Canon of course, but the ease of use and picture quality still stands up.
Of course you should use rechargeable AA batteries in this camera. I recommend Sanyo Eneloop.
Even the 720p videos look good also.Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: leewardind
A Canon Camera
Just a good and easy to use camera. Actually I have two of these...keep one in the car....If I wanted another camera, I would buy the same.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: marketplacefun
Battery Eater
This camera is nice. Easy to use and the pics are great considering the 12.1 mp limit. It's good though because it's easy to use. No complicated settings or issues. Manual Pop up flash is nice too....one less automatic setting to have to worry over. BUT...this thing eats batteries like a starving dog! For this reason I can't recommend it. I spent an additional 40+ bucks on a rechargeable kit direct from Canon but even then those batteries run dry after just a few pix. Waste of money all the way. Sorry Canon but his one is a dog!Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: jamo246
Good and not high priced.
This camera was great for our 12 year old daughter. She has taken great scenery shots and even pictures of the moon. She has it alone on family trips and zoo visits, etc. And the picture quality is great considering what we paid for the SX130 Canan.Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: antbis57
Replaced an old friend
I bought this model about 10 years ago, so when the battery compartment door broke, and I shopped for a replacement, I realized that this same model was what I wanted, because of features and familiarity, and was happy to find a replacement at a good price.Read full review...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: 585collectibles...
Compact, Awesome Telephoto, & Great Pictures
I love, love, love the telephoto - you can see the face of a football player on the field! Same with video. I also love all the settings like: beach, fireworks, low light, vivid photos, etc. I owned this camera, the door that holds the batteries in place broke, I had it taped for years and finally decided to look for the same camera online. So glad I found it! It is also compact enough to fit in a purse, it is my 'go to' travel camera. Pictures turn out great!Read full review...