Customer Reviews
Happy with my camera 
2008-11-18
Works excellent, is no easy like others, but you can make more versus a light user's cameras. It's perfect for my job, I can control the camera and store the pictures directly on my PC.
Only one desire, the size, its no easy for travel, but no big deal
Excellent budget superzoom 2008-11-15
I've had the SX110 for about a month, and I highly recommend it. It's a bit bulky, but makes up for it with the 10x zoom. While not an SLR, the camera does feature a full manual mode where you can set focus, aperture, and exposure time. The digital image stabilization does a great job of keeping your photos blur-free too.
The only downside is that the CCD is a bit noisy. You can't crank the ISO up above 400 without suffering serious image quality losses.
I've posted some sample pictures taken with the SX110 here: http://digicamtech.blogspot.com/
The Jury is still out 2008-11-12
I previously had a Canon S2 IS as I wanted the 10x optical zoom. I was incredibly disappointed that after 2 years, the lens jammed. Called an error 18. Upon doing research I learned it is a common problem with the Canon lens. Customer service was less than acceptable. I still wanted a zoom lens and shopped around for price point, size, optical zoom. I was a little gun shy with Canon and compared the camera to its competitor which I believe is the Lumix. I ended up getting Canon's new version of the 10x zoom. It increased the mp to 9 which is good. This camera is much smaller which is great. The pictures are good and so far I don't have any complaints. I am still learning about the camera and have not yet played with all the features. My concern is the shelf life with regard to this lens as I do use the camera frequently. If this lens tanks on me I will no longer be a Canon Camera owner. So, at this point I would recommend the camera with re: to size, picture quality, optical zoom options and image stabilization. The price point is very reasonable.
Good camera 2008-11-12
This is my first camera from cannon, i was having Casio Exlim (bought 4 years back!!). To my perspective this is a very good camera. The Macro mode is AWESOME.
The most camera you can get for this price. 
2008-11-11
I'm a fairly serious hobby photographer and have used the previous model Canon SX100 in addition to the latest SX110. Everything about it is slightly better than the older model, so all the past reviews on the SX100 and praises still apply. The SX110 is like the cheaper version of the Canon G10 (minus RAW, wide angle, flash hotshoe, and build quality), but the CHDK mod could close the gap even more with advanced features. Here's my summary of likes and dislikes:
Likes:
- Superb image quality for a compact camera, lens corner to corner sharpness, minimum color fringing, and detail vs noise tradeoff are all better than other cameras in its class.
- Manual controls (PASM), exposure compensation, contrast/saturation/sharpness adjustments, custom white balance, flash intensity are all adjustable.
- 3" LCD screen with 230k resolution, average specs for new generation cameras today. Viewable from a wide angle, and visible in bright sunny conditions.
- 9 Megapixels is good for most large prints, more megapixels would've meant more noise without much improved detail due to physical light diffraction limits.
- Good 10x zoom all the way to 360mm equiv.
- Macro mode focuses all the way close to 1cm (less than half an inch).
- Fast lens, meaning the aperture doesn't get too small as you zoom in so a fast shutter speed can still be used to freeze action far away or in dim conditions.
- Optical image stabilization works well giving about 2 stops advantage.
- AA batteries are great, get the pre-charged (aka hybrid) NiMH and you can get consistently 400-500 shots per recharge. Also don't have to worry about lost charger on a trip. Better for the environment long-term than proprietary batteries that only fit one camera.
Dislikes:
- Wide angle not wide enough (28mm would've been better than 36mm)
- Minor barrel distortion at the wide angle, only noticeable when there are straight edges in the frame, they look curved.
- The zoom setting is not displayed, it only pops up briefly when you change the zoom, and it's not exact. A better solution would've been to always display the 35mm equiv value. Also a zoom resume or preset would be nice, so when camera is powered off and on, it resumes the zoom it was in before. This does happen when the camera powers off to save battery, but not all settings are restored in that situation, such as the drive mode or macro focus settings.
- No optical zoom during video recording and HD video, only 640x480 30 fps highest quality.
- The software interface is outdated and unintuitive sometimes. Turning auto ISO shift on should AUTOMATICALLY shift the ISO (like older SX100), not requiring the press of the "print" button after half pressing the shutter. Some of the features require a lot of button presses. Also auto-power off mode only has option of off or 3 mins, and lens retract in playback is either immediate or 1 min, there should be values in between.
- Image noise is noticeable at ISO 800 & higher, not unexpected for a small sensor camera. Maybe if Canon used a slightly bigger sensor like 1/1.6" instead of 1/2.3"...
- No live histogram. For a serious camera with manual controls, live histogram should be an option instead of only available after the image is taken.
- The command wheel is only good for scrolling through a long list, but I would've preferred a less finicky button interface. Sometimes it's easy to accidentally scroll a value when you meant to press the button or vice versa.
- Flash recycle can take 7-10 seconds after a full power discharge, but not a big deal since I don't use the on-camera flash much (I use natural lighting with higher ISO sensitivities, or an external slave flash triggered by the camera's flash). It's one of the tradeoffs of using AA batteries.
I admit the dislikes are very nit-picky, overall this is a great camera, but I'm writing them here so that either Canon or one if its competitors can pick up on these issues and improve on them in future models.
Excellent lightweight lot's of functionality 2008-11-11
From a 10x optical zoom lens to advanced Canon technology that automatically gives you the best shot,the 9.0-megapixel PowerShot SX110 IS packs impressive value. Advanced Face Detection Technologyautomatically sets focus, exposure, flash and white balance for beautiful portraits and group shots. Sharp,steady close-ups are easy with the powerful zoom and Canons Optical Image Stabilizer Technology. Theslim and modern-looking SX110 IS is sized to go everywhere, and youll never miss a detail with the big,bright LCD screen.
miss some features 
2008-11-11
Camera is ok.. compact, lightweight, but miss some features. it dows not have a viewfinder (you have only the huge lcd screen to see the subject), and i couldn't find where to shoot multiple shots with different EV
Another winner from Canon.... 2008-11-07
This Canon SX110IS is as great as all the other reviewers say it is so I won't bore you by repeating all it's great features. I will only bring up a couple of minor things about this camera.
Wish List....
1. The SD card slot was not in the battery compartment.
2. It would be nice to able to "dedicate" the print button (top left on back of camera) to video start and video stop like the Canon ELPH SD1000 is able to do. Turning the wheel to video is inconvenient when you want to start filming instantly.
3. Although I don't dislike having AA batteries powering the camera, I would like a solid long lasting rechargeable battery like my SD1000 has. I am suspicious of this 400 shot capability with 2 AA's.
The above are minor items and in no way take away the quality this camera has. This camera has nice to have features and not a bunch of silly never used features. I love the automatic lens cap, ability to review shots without turning on the whole camera. I love the solid feel and look of this camera, it's well built and small enough to carry around in your pocket or purse. The pictures it takes are Canon quality pictures and to me that means first rate just like my Canon Rebel XT. I've tried other cameras and they are good but to me Canon is the best.
Phenomenal pictures, easy to use 2008-11-04
Ordered this as a gift for my folks. Clear crisp pictures. Autoshoot mode is great. Image stabilizer works like a charm. Took a picture at a fairly long distance of an AV-8B Harrier hovering over a runway. No blur whatsoever. Great camera.
Great camera with lots of goodies 2008-11-03
Got this camera to my wife for her art works. This camera has very nice features; high zoom, image stabilization, I was able to get very good images in almost darkness with max zoom and flash from 25'. The regular batteries are a real confidance for me, not to get stuck without batteries just when I need more power, I was going to by the Ricoh R8 which is a great product as well, but because it has a Li-ion custom battery, I have chosen to stick to normal, easy to get batteries, which can be also rechargable if I want. be sure to have on hand some extra batteries if you are going to places which might "make" you take many photos. Even with automatic settings, my wife gets beautiful photos, not to mention the manual settings which can give much more control on the result. I would like if the camera had rubber where the hand grips it like in the Ricoh R8, but this is a minor thing.
I would buy the same one for my self as well.
