Canon SX30 IS for Carrying Everywhere

Is the Canon SX30 IS good for Carrying Everywhere?

$399.99

Canon SX30 IS Carrying Everywhere Score

AVERAGE

Canon SX30 IS has a score of 52 for Daily Photography which makes it an AVERAGE candidate for this type of photography. If Daily Photography is important for you, we recommend you to check the Alternative cameras at the bottom of this page.
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Canon SX30 IS Carrying Everywhere Detailed Analysis

35.0X Optical Zoom

35.0X Optical Zoom of Canon SX30 IS will give you a lot of flexibility considering this will be your only camera during the day.

Medium size Body

With relatively smaller body compared to DSLRs and better ergonomics compared to Compacts,Canon SX30 ISis a good compromise between size and functionality.

601g

Carrying this weight all day may not be very comfortable for you.

Body Thickness 108mm

With a thickness of 108mm,Canon SX30 IS is not a pocketable camera for sure.

Small 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor

Canon SX30 IS's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensor.

No RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

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Canon SX30 IS Alternatives in SLR-like (bridge) cameras for Carrying Everywhere

Panasonic FZ2500 Compare SX30 IS vs FZ2500	20 MP \| 1-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-480 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #98 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #1
	Imaging Features 93 Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G3 X Compare SX30 IS vs G3 X	20 MP \| 1-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-600 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #157 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #8
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Olympus 1 Compare SX30 IS vs 1	12 MP \| 1/1.7-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-300 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #281 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #16
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic FZ300 Compare SX30 IS vs FZ300	12 MP \| 1/2.3-inch CMOS Sensor 25-600 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #140 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #4
	Imaging Features 93 Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic FZ1000 II Compare SX30 IS vs FZ1000 II	20 MP \| 1-inch BSI-CMOS Sensor 25-400 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #128 Rank in Bridge Cameras: #2
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic FZ2500

Canon G3 X

Olympus 1

Panasonic FZ300

Panasonic FZ1000 II