Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12 1MP Digital Camera combines the best features of a high end professional camera with its sleek, small, compact and portable size. It has reigned supreme among its peers since its introduction in the mid-August this year.

SX20IS 12 1MP boasts of the excellence of an advanced still camera as well as the perfection of a superb movie maker. It allows you to shoot high definition videos of (1280 x 720 pixels) by using its optical zoom.  It comes with a small HDMI connector for a monitor. You can, therefore, watch still photos as well as 720p HD movies on your HDTV. Above all, you can experience the same excellence of stereo sound and visual signals that you enjoy on the HDTV.

The camera is fitted with a smart mechanism for automatically analyzing and selecting the suitable settings for your situation from its repertoire of 22 specially designed settings.

You only need to set it at its Smart Auto function before you start shooting and pay your attention only to your view without bothering yourself about any technical manipulation. Go ahead and shoot the memorable moods of your loved one, the views of roses in the spring or the violence of the oceanic waves.

It also possesses 24 preset advanced shooting modes that enable you to capture any situation or view that attracts your attention.

Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12 1MP Digital Camera is fitted with a large high resolution  2.5 inch LCD screen that gives, crisp, clear and large pictures whether you are taking photos, reviewing them or showing them to your friends. 

There is also a provision of Night Display function that allows you take photographs even in dim light. The electronic viewfinder helps to take sharp pictures in close up modes.  There is a lot more in this camera that may pleasantly surprise you.

Choosing the right camera requires a great amount of thought and research. People love to buy small cameras because of their compactness and portability. They forget that small cameras cannot be equipped with all the features that the large and bulky professional cameras have. Small cameras usually cannot take high quality pictures provided by high end cameras. This is where Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12 1MP Digital Camera comes in. It is small and portable. It measures only4.1″x1.5″x2.4″which means that it is just about larger than an average compact point-and-shoot camera.  But it is packed with all the advanced technology features of a   high end professional camera. It contains an ultra powerful zoom and a 12.1 megapixels of resolution which lends a dramatic depth to photographs.  You can edit by enlarging or cropping any section of a shot without affecting its quality. You get clear, crisp 13 x 19-inch pictures even if you want to print them.

You can create brilliant HD movies and magnificent photographs with its high-powered 20x wide-angle optical zoom, a big 2.5-inch Vari-Angle LCD, blink detection and several other features.

The optical zoom has a focal length of 5.0-100mm, which is indicated on the lens barrel. Its 28 mm lens enables you to shoot any scene from a wide or a small angle. It can correct any distortion that may occur in wide angle shots. You do not have to look for vantage points to capture more features in one shot.

Most cameras produce fuzzy or blurred shots primarily because of instability factors while the pictures are taken. Canon PowerShot SX20IS 12 1MP Digital Camera features red eye correction, blink detection and image stabilizer technology. 

It can automatically detect and rectify errors caused due to instability and blinking. It will let you know if a person blinked due to flash of light in any shot so that you can retake it if he is about to leave the scene.

You can, therefore, get steady, brilliant and crisp pictures with or without a flash even if you cannot keep your muscles under control while shooting.

You can also watch HD movies on your HDTV with a mini-HDMI connector without any affect on the image and audio quality.

Its large scratch-resistant 3″ LCD screen can automatically adjust brightness and contrast in any light conditions and provide optimum viewing.