Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've been buying Canon PowerShot digital cameras since the first Powershot Digital ELPH (S100) came out in May 2000. I've always placed a very high premium on small, light cameras that allow me to take photos while I travel without making me feel like a working photographer out on assignment. So when I was looking to upgrade my 4 year old PowerShot ELPH 310 HS Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS 12.1 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 8x Wide-Angle Optical Zoom Lens and Full 1080p HD Video (Purple), I narrowed my choices between the PowerShot ELPH 360 HS Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS (Black) with 12x Optical Zoom and Built-In Wi-Fi and this new megazoom camera (Powershot SX720 HS). The ELPH 360 is nearly the same size and weight as my old ELPH 310, but has the advantage of a 12x zoom vs a 8x zoom. Initially, I thought that anything more than 15x or 20x would be overkill because I thought it would be impossible to hold the camera steady enough for a clear photo or video that would not be shaking all over the place. But now that cell phone cameras are so good, I thought it was time to see what these megazooms can do with their image stabilization. And all I can say is "wow"! The attached video was shot hand-held and zooms in all the way to 40x. NOTE: Amazon has horrible degraded the picture quality of this video, but you can still see how steady the picture is even when zoomed in all the way. (I was leaning against a wall to help steady my shot.) The attached pics show the new SX720 compared to the old ELPH 310 (which is very similiar in size to the ELPH 360).