Canon sx100 and S5 review

These camera are really similar in terms of Image quality, even if I think the edge is going slightly for the sx100 in low light situation.

Concerning this one, it's 10 zoom (36-360mm), with total manual control and habituals scene mode. The stabilisation is quite good and the face detection is ok. Filming is very good when you consider that it is not a camrecorder. You can record at a rate frame of 30 img/s in a 640/480, big enough for TV screen.With an aperture of 2,8 and 4,2 at full teleporto, the lens is light. And that's really the strong point of the sx100. The zoom quality plus the total control on the camera, iso, white balance, aperture, speed, focus, and the stabilised function.
+: good overall image quality, stabilised and 10 zoom, good video, good macro
-: bad high iso performance, keep it between 80 og 400 iso, purple fringing, no viewfinder, no wide angle

Canon S5is is probably the best compact on the market in terms of video. Stereo sound, still image during filming, focus control. Like its little brother, the image quality is good but forget about taking picture above 400 iso. Purple fringing is present as well as noise in the shadow even at low iso setting. But the S5 is a versatile camera with a 12zoom (36-432mn), exceptional video with zoom available, a hot shoe for external flash, good macro, and all the bracketing options for HDR pictures, and add lenses also in options. That's a huge package who misses the wide angle and good iso picture quality.
+: good overall image quality, exceptional video, manual control, great zoom and stabilisation.
-: bad image quality at high iso (keep it at 200 iso max), artefacts at all iso setting, purple fringing, no wide angle, no manual zoom ring.

These two camera are really good with good lights but don't try them in a nightclub, parties, inside sports like basketball or snowboarding at night . If you forget the long zoom and the S5 video quality. It's better to invest in the canon a720 who has better iso i.q and save buckets. Unfortunately I have both of them, but I prefer the Sx 100 for his edge at high iso. That's the reason one why I'm looking in vain for a fuji f31fd.