Customer Ratings & Reviews

The zoom on this camera is amazing!! It handles high exposure pretty well. Great for a beginner at a good price. Great for selfies as well.

The SX740HS is a big step up over the older SX620, though it's twice as much. There are some manual settings if you want to get creative, but most users will rely on the presets to get decent pictures. The wider lens, the 40x zoom and the 20.3 MP sensor will be far superior to cell phone pictures.

Great camera. I carry it with me everywhere I go. Pictures are crisp. Easy to transfer between camera and phone.

I Wanted a Pocket Camera with Good Zoom Distance and this is It! Easy to Set Up and Get Started on Capturing what You Love. As You Get to Know this Camera Better it has Options for Manual Use that will Surprise and intrigue. If Manual is not Your Thing, All Automatic will do You just Fine. I Really like that I can Transfer Pictures Wirelessly to my Cell Phone, Tablet or Computer with the Canon Camera Connect App.

Read the online manual to use some of the special features...not that intuitive. Did I mention that the zoom (starts at 40x, then doubles to 80x, then digital zoom adds another 20x...so 100x zoom. What the...wow?

I’ve had this camera before it was stolen... I love it ! Hence why I bought it a second time and with COVID leaving few options!

Excellent camera with great out-of-the-box settings. Easy to use and great pictures my first outing in Alaska.

My son is just getting into photography. This has been a great first camera to explore different subjects from baseball to pictures of our dogs to beautiful vacation photos

I went on a Safari with my new Camera, the pixel quality, the Zoom, the easy setting are above my expections

Love love love this camera! Good quality and for a good price too! it’s literally the same thing as the other cameras!

I am enjoying the zoom on this camera. The camera is well made.

Extremely happy with purchase . . . Great Camera . . . Easy to use

Love it. Good picture quality. Let this picture show proof.

I am pleased with this camera, it takes good pictures with the Auto settings so far. I am still learning and familiarizing with the other features and settings of the camera. The 40x zoom is a great feature on this camera. No need to change lens to get such a powerful zoom. I had a coupon which made it very worth the price. After the pandemic situation improves, this is the camera I will bring along for traveling. Because the camera is a bit heavy, I bought a heavier-duty strap to replace the one that came with the camera. Other than that, I am happy with this camera.

Great pictures day and night. Video is crystal clear.

Good purchase best bargain on a blog camera and the best option is it records in 4k

I was nervous when I first made my purchase, but it was worth the investment.

This camera had completely exceeded my expectations. So easy to use and the quality is amazing. I'm in love. Excited to have a quicker option then my dslr.

The camera arrived fully charged and included a cable and a 20W charger. The included micro SD card is 16GB but that storage could go fast. Installation was difficult. You need to download the Canon Connect app and they give you a QR code to do so. I had to update the software as well. The Canon Connect app is very poor. You need to register the Pick to continue the process but the Pick isn’t in the device list. I tried several other models and still received the same error message, “Pairing is not supported.” I tried connecting via Bluetooth (recommended) or Wi-Fi. No luck. I uninstalled and reinstalled software – no luck. So I called Kevin at Canon support. BINGO – the QR code in my package had me download the wrong app. You need to download the Connect app for Mini PTZ. It immediately recognized my device but wouldn’t pair to my Google Pixel 6 phone. Kevin has the Google Pixel 5 so he uninstalled and went with the process with me. We both had trouble connecting. It was a lot of back and forth. Turning phone off/ on, removing Pick from Bluetooth and starting the pairing process again … and again … and again. It finally connected but just because I think I wore the device down and it gave up trying to keep me from connecting. My goal for the Pick was to have it take pictures and videos of my brother who has Alzheimer’s. I wanted natural shots and the pick is great for this. It even warns you of the lighting is too dark for optimal shots. BUT every time I opened the app and turned on the camera, I had to start the pairing process again. EVERY TIME. I also tried this with my husband’s Samsung phone and had the same issue. Then the lightbulb came on. I looked in the online manual and the transmission frequency is 2.4GHz. We have a 5GHz mesh system. While I can make it work, it does require 5-15 minutes every time I turn it on just to connect it. The camera does a nice job. Pictures are pretty clear close up and a little blurry at 15 feet. The battery has only been lasting about 2 ½ hours but some of that is used up because I have to keep reconnecting. The concept behind the Pick is good but they need more retooling. Even after updating the firmware, the Pick has issues. Make sure you save your box as you may need the SSID or PASS (on the inside flap) in the future.

The Canon PowerShot Pick PTZ camera is an interesting idea. The Pick offers the ability to photograph your gatherings/events/social interactions without breaking out your phone or camera. The idea is the Pick becomes your own personal photographer that can capture candid moments. Some basic specs on the Pick. It has an effective pixel count of 11.7MP, 2-5 hours of battery life depending on shooting frequency, 1080p 60fps recording, and 3X optical zoom. The PTZ aspect of the camera allows it to rotate ±170° horizontally, and -20 to +90° vertically. This gives the Pick plenty of flexibility to shoot all around the room from any given location. The Pick comes bundled with a USB C charge cable, an Anker PowerPort PD Nano charger, and a SanDisk Ultra 16GB UHS-1 microSD card. It also has a threaded mount hole to pair with a tripod. Setup of the Pick is pretty straightforward and follows a familiar routine of downloading the app (MiniPTZ) – I already had the Canon Camera Connect app, so I was sad it was going to be a separate utility. Once you power on the Pick you should be able to find it with the app – it uses a local Wi-Fi connection. From there you can setup camera shot frequency, auto tracking, photo/video mode, manual mode, etc. You can also configure it to use as a wireless webcam for your PC. I took the Pick around to try out in a couple of different settings – family game night, dinner party, the gym, and driving range. Family game night was in a well-lit room with 5 kids and 2 adults sitting around. Dinner Party was lower light with 5 couples at a friend’s house. Last was at the gym with bright overhead lights that I recorded some video at. For all events I set the camera to auto-track, and to shoot registered persons more. In messing around with it prior to the events I was able to get myself and my partner to be registered subjects. At family game night the Pick took a couple dozen shots of our group over 2 hours. The shots were pretty good and the images looked nice. Every shot was a candid shot, so it worked out great. I also did some manual shots and video. The video was pretty good and it was interesting to see it track different faces. At the dinner party things didn’t go as planned. After 45 minutes I think it had taken 1 picture of my partner and I, and that was it. I asked pick (via the voice command) to scan around for other subjects to shoot. It took pictures of the wall behind it – opposite from where we were all sitting. In 2 hours I got 3 pictures of people and 7 of the wall and other nearby objects that were not people. If not for the manual control being available, I wouldn’t have gotten hardly any pics. It made me wonder if Pick has a difficult time with lower light conditions and finding subjects to shoot. I tested this out in my living room at home (lower light conditions like the dinner party) with my partner while we watched a movie. It didn’t take any pictures of us (10 ft. away and near the light), but it did take pictures of objects near to Pick like a headset and a movie case over the course of 20 minutes. I figured I would give Pick another try at the gym, which is very well lit. I shot video and some images. While I did deadlifts I had a video record with tracking on. It worked great and followed me up and down through my reps. I stayed centered and it kept my whole body in frame. I switched it over to picture mode and it took 2 pics during the next 2 sets. When I switched to a circuit workout with a lot of movement I managed to get more engagement with Pick. I got a few more pictures out of it there, and it also snapped a pic of a random gym goer nearby (deleted it once I saw it). Video tracking was again great, and I had it in a side profile. The driving range was well lit (daytime), but some shadows were starting to creep. I setup Pick to use as sort of a swing monitor for footage I could review later. I turned off auto-tracking so the image frame wouldn’t move around. The movie footage looked great and was pretty clear. The 60FPS comes in handy when looking at a golf swing. I had Pick on the ground and on my little travel tripod – both worked for what I wanted to see. I didn’t have it take any pics in this setting since I was mostly focused on video performance. Image quality across all of these events varied. The well lit events look pretty good, but low light really turns the photos grainy. Across all images though I felt my phone camera (3.5 year old LG V40) produces as good, if not better images. This was somewhat disappointing as I figured the image processing would be a lot better coming from Canon even with the reduced pixel count. The images are still good though, and the optical zoom brings in another layer of usefulness. I do have some things that should be better. The registered subjects were very difficult to get setup. There is no rhyme or reason why a person gets registered. I wish there was a manual way to take a headshot for the person you want to register. The most frustrating thing about the Pick is the app connection. I honestly have never been so confused by a connection link before. Your phone connects to the Pick via a local wireless link. However, the link dies the moment your screen shuts off, or if you toggle to one of your other apps. It will then have to re-establish the connection. So if you want to use it in manual mode then you need to configure your phone screen to never turn off, and also not use any other apps. I can’t fathom why it doesn’t maintain a persistent connection other than preserving battery life. I would rather accidently drain the battery by not disconnecting than have to repeatedly reconnect. Also, the manual controls are both too sensitive and not sensitive enough. If you use the arrows to move around it takes forever to pan and the movement is choppy – bigger movements are easy but fine adjustments are an exercise in frustration. You can also drag around on the screen to move, but doing so sends the camera flying past whatever you were trying to frame in. The last thing I would like is for the voice commands to be simpler. The “Hello Pick, snap a picture” breaks the flow of things, and it would be great if a picture could be taken with a simpler phrase like “Cheese.” My thoughts on the Pick are still that I think it’s a really cool idea. The personal event photographer that you can just plop down in a corner or on a table is a great idea. However, it seems as though my expectations exceed its abilities as of right now. I thought Pick would be snapping pictures fairly often and constantly scanning the room to capture the event. It’s just not there yet unfortunately. I will say that it can likely be improved by firmware to an extent. I found that light conditions really affect how well Pick determines a subject is photo-worthy. Lower light conditions resulted in Pick just spinning around looking for a subject. The video mode is honestly pretty good and the auto-tracking is fun for keeping a subject in frame. For me I think its most useful for candid videography – the tracking is well done, and the video stream looks good.