Great camera for making pictures outside

Author's Rating:

Pros: - fast
- great quality video
- excellent optical zoom
- easy to use

Cons: - poor quality of night pictures
- poor quality of moving objects

The Bottom Line: 
It's a good camera for personal use by family but not for professional pictures

Author's Review
2 years ago I was looking for not expensive camera with video recording option and good zoom. Finally I decided to buy Cannon sx200. It's little too big size for a pocket camera and it has a little rough design. But it make amazing pictures even while you are using 10-12 X zoom. I use the camera 2-5 times a week so for 2 years it has been used a lot. You have to remember when you are making pictures using zoom and the objects are moving the quality will not be good.  The body is made of good quality materials that is not easy to brake, scratch etc. I don't like that popping up flash (sometimes I forget to make sure my fingers are not blocking the flash door). Also I think Cannon made it too complicated to play video- you have to dig in the menu befor you can actually watch the video you recorded. The screen is not a touch screen like many modern cameras have now but the contrast and colors are good and If you zoom in made before picture it changes the size instantly. For 2 years of using Cannon SX200 it's never been glitching or having any other kind of problems. And it is very easy to use.