Canon PowerShot SX60 HS Pro Reviews

The Canon Powershot SX60 HS lays claim to one of the largest optical zoom lenses in any ultra zoom bridge camera. With a 65x optical zoom lens, the camera offers an almost ridiculous level of optical zoom starting at an ultra-wide 21mm zooming to 1365mm equivalent. However, it's worth noting that other cameras do offer a longer telephoto reach, albeit with a less wide-angle lens. The screen has very good viewing angles, and the camera feels good in the hand with a generous rubber hand grip. Built in Wi-Fi makes sharing images quick and easy, as well as giving the option to remotely control the camera or add GPS information to images. Full manual controls, as well as RAW shooting means you should be able to get the best out of the camera if you want to try more creative shooting, or process your own raw files. A flash hot-shoe, microphone socket, and tilting screen give the camera additional expandability, meaning this should be a camera that does not limit you in any way. Perhaps the biggest drawback to this camera is the price, which is noticeably higher than the competition, however for those that want the bragging rights of having the biggest zoom lens, then the 65x optical zoom lens of the Canon Powershot SX60 certainly delivers an abundance of features.

Another great performer by Canon which is kept from perfection by a few small, but significant, niggles. If you're mainly interested in a camera that you're going to use in good light but you still want to maintain control over every aspect of shooting, this is a good option, while the incredible zoom gives you lots of scope for flexibility.

The Canon PowerShot SX60 HS has a lens that covers an extreme zoom range, and even though it's on the pricey side, it earns our Editors' Choice award.