A:AnswerYes it can, however I would strongly suggest a tri-pod for long zoom shots. Beyond 35x zoom it becomes nearly impossible to hold the camera still enough to focus. When I'm using this camera for long range zoom I always have a Monopod which helps a great deal and is much easier to carry arround than a tri-pod.
A:Answer64GB should be an ample amount of storage for casual use as you listed. We do a lot of touring and birding as you mentioned. We use two cameras. One is the SX60 and the other is a Canon T3i. The SX60 is probably used 2-3 times as much as the T3i. Some weeks we may take as many as 2,000+ pics. We use two different "Scandisk" cards. One is an 80mb/sec and the other is a 48mb/sec 32GB. We have used these cards for 6 months or so in both cameras and haven't encountered any problems.
There was a high speed card available but our Best Buy associate said he didn't recommend it with our cameras.
Hope this helps.
A:AnswerCharging - Remove the battery and use the supplied charger.
Upload to a Windows PC.
You can use the WI-FI connectivity, or
You can take the memory card out or
You can use a standard USB to USB Mini cable. (not supplied)
Instructions are in the manual available for download from Canon
A:AnswerYes, the SX60 will take photos at 640 x 480 (0.3 MP) resolution, along with 19 other switchable sizes ranging from 4608 x 3456 (15.9 MP) down to 384 x 480 (0.2 MP).
A:AnswerYes. It depends on your purpose of recording. If you are recording it for personal purposes, then you can do it with what you have in this camera. If you are doing it for professional purposes, you should use external mic for better audio recording.
A:AnswerDigital zoom is basically the computer in the camera zooming in. You lose a lot of quality. This cam has a 65x or 1350mm lens. You don't need the digital zoom. I bought the camera and immediately disabled the digital.
A:Answerunfortunately no....once you start video taping and hit the shutter button it will take a picture, but also it will stop the recording at that point.
A:AnswerI have never used manual settings with this camera. This is my second one. I do outdoor nature photography and hardly ever have time to set the camera manually. There are clear instructions should you want to use manual settings. The low light photos I have taken have mostly been of full Moons and were taken on auto focus. With this cameras telephoto capacities and it's focusing abilities I've gotten some great shots! This is a great camera!
A:AnswerNo, it does not. You can switch either by using menu wheel or by turning the LCD screen inward and closing it. Not sure I phrased this well, but the short answer is no,
A:AnswerYes it does. You can also connect an external mic using a 3.5mm diameter pin. If you use the external mic it will automatically disconnect the camera's internal mic.