Canon PowerShot SX500 IS Digital Camera - Black (16.0 MP, 30x Optical Zoom) 3.0 inch LCD

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In the print menu, you can preset pictures that you want printing if you use the Pictbridge facility.

Editors' note: We recently updated our testing methodology to provide slightly more real-world performance information, so the results aren't necessarily comparable with previous testing.As mentioned on the previous page, one by-product of the camera’s diminutive body is that the 3in LCD screen takes up most of the back of the camera.

Despite the cameras lack of size we actually found the various buttons to be well spaced, which in turn allows for easy handling of the camera. As we climb through the sensitivity settings, colour noise takes a bit of a back seat for artefacts and salt and pepper noise to become more aggressive around ISO 400. The images below have been taken at rising ISO values from ISO 100 to ISO 1600 and then cropped at 100%. On the left of the lens barrel is a button with a square that has four arrows shooting out of each corner on it.These generally perform quite well offering fast focus speeds and a pleasing level of accuracy – the Tracking AF system is particularly impressive. While we could just about live with these limitations, there are certain to be many superzoom enthusiasts who cannot. You get a one-touch movie record button in addition to display, menu, and exposure compensation buttons above and below the navigational scroll wheel.