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Ok thanks. I think the choice is the sony hx9v, canon sd95 or olympus zx-1. I think leaning towards the sony for the longer zoom range. The canon sx230 seems reasonable also. I realize that the sx230 and sony hx9v are super zoom with super small sensor and the olympus zx-1 and sd95 have larger sensors but shorter lenses. The olympus seems esp interesting with the super fast lens (2 stop faster than the sd95) but it is not really pocket-able and didn't feel right in my hands. The sd95 just didn't do it for me when I played with it at the store (very slow response). Unfortunately neither the canon sx230 or sony hx9v had power at the store but after a dozen reviews it seems like trade off aplenty between the two. The fuji 550exr (from reviews) had more issues that would bother myself than the sony or sz230.



Popo are you happy with the output from the sony? The biggest negative towards the sony is the output is overprocessed but after looking at a lot of images from the sx230 and sony for the most part it seemed an issue but not a deal breaker.

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This is one of the better reviews I found with lots of comparative pictures:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/sony-vs-canon-vs-panasonic-vs-fujifilm-gps-zoom-cameras-16660

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There is also this review that is fairly good:



http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/comparisons/2011-compact-gps-ultra-zoom-cameras

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I think the problem is that I want the sony performance/video with the canon image quality.



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What was not clear to me from the review is if you could reduce the over processing of the sony to give images closer to the canon. It does look pretty clear that canon has better images at the pixel level (and either higher resolution or better pixel processing). The sony has better performance. Hum. decision decision.