Canon SX20 IS returns to the Face-off

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Following the TZ7 last month, it's over to the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS to make its re-entry into the Face-off, under the new test procedure.

The SX20 IS was one of the best bridges in 2009, alongside the FZ38 and HX1. No surprise then that we've chosen to put it through our new test suite.

It joins the T27 in the club of those cameras who have been through our lab twice, once with the 2007 procedure and once with the 2010 procedure.

There will no doubt be others in the weeks to come. Once again, however, we can't announce any dates: priority goes to new cameras (tests for 19 compacts and 7 cameras with interchangeable lenses have been published since February, without counting the video recorders and the two duels...).

In the meantime you can compare the Canon SX20 IS to others tested in 2010.

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