Canon PowerShot SX270 HS Pro Reviews

The Canon Powershot SX270 HS offers a lot of optical zoom in a compact camera body and has a number of features that the traveller will find appealing, but lacks GPS and Wi-Fi, which is found on the SX280 HS. If these features aren't important to you, then you could keep an eye out for the price of the SX270 HS dropping as we did see it available for nearer £150 while we were conducting this review. Image quality is very good with excellent colours and good levels of detail. The 14 fps high speed shooting mode will also appeal, although it would be nice if it was available in all of the modes, and could have been used for an automatic HDR mode. It would have also been nice to see an auto-stitching panoramic mode built in. One of the biggest issues with the SX270 is the short battery life. However, if you are looking for excellent image quality in a compact camera, with a lot of zoom, the Canon Powershot SX270 HS doesn't disappoint, but you may as well purchase the SX280 HS.

Only available in the UK, buying the Canon PowerShot SX270 HS only saves you £20, which we think would be better spent on the GPS and wi-fi connectivity of the SX280 HS model.