Die Canon PowerShot SX150 IS gehört einer aussterbenden Art an: Sie ist eine kompakte Megazoom-Kamera, die bei der Stromversorgung auf AA-Batterien setzt und Halbautomatiken sowie manuelle Aufnahmemodi bietet. Außerdem ist sie vergleichsweise günstig und bietet eine sehr gute Bildqualität. Allerdings ist die Kamera gnadenlos langsam und eignet sich damit nur für Fotografien, die in erster Linie Gebirgspanoramen und vergleichbar langsame und geduldige Motive ablichten.

If a long lens, AA batteries, and some creative control over your photos are what you're after, the Canon PowerShot SX150 IS is a good choice. That is, as long as you don't mind it being painfully slow.

The Canon Powershot SX150 IS performs very well indeed in good light. Photos are crisp, colours vibrant and pictures are bright. In fact the camera outperforms a lot of similarly priced cameras in those conditions. Lowlight is a challenge and in some tests it was hard for the camera to achieve absolute focus. If you see yourself mainly taking pictures in good light then this camera offers a very enticing combination of features and price.

The Canon PowerShot SX150IS features the kind of performance with which the PowerShot name has come to symbolise. The camera's shot to shot speed is generally good, and is supported by focusing speed and accuracy which is itself impressively prompt. One point of note is that the compact's battery life isn't as impressive as some of it's peers - this is no doubt due to the combination of the specification of a serious shooter along with the use of two AA batteries. ...