Flash housed within the body of the camera
Like the SX230 HS, the brand have added a 3-inch display at the back and it too features a resolution of approximately 430k dots. The right side of the display is where all the buttons lie and featured here are controls for video recording, playback, display, menu, a multifunctional jog dial, a set button and a mode dial. The build quality of the buttons at the back are good but the mode dial feels a bit rigid and it takes some effort to change the mode. The power button for the camera is located in a slight depression on the top and alongside it is the shutter release button and zoom rocker. A neat design feature here is that the GPS unit is not housed under a hump at the top. This feature did tend to take away the look of the SX230 HS. The pop up flash is also located in the body of the camera and there is no button to physically deploy it. Instead one needs to go into the menu to activate the flash.

Connectivity options for the camera are located to the side and connectors here include a mini HDMI port along with a mini USB port. As is the case with most cameras, the battery bay is located at the bottom. To open it one needs to push and slide. The bay houses the memory card as well and the flap for it is sturdy. Canon has a knack of building products that are visually as well as aesthetically pleasing and the SX260HS is no different. As for the overall build quality, the camera can be accidentally dropped a few times and still come out on top. It is slightly on the heavier side though and weighs more than the SX230 HS at 231g. However, due to its compact form factor, it is easily pocketable.

Features
The main feature of this camera is undoubtedly the 20x optical zoom in a compact body. The lens covers a focal length of 25 – 500mm in respect to a 35mm equivalent. The fact that Canon have managed to fit such a large lens on such a compact body is a huge feat. This feature dwarfs the optical zoom on the SX230 HS which was 14x. Where Canon have added to the zoom capability, they have not added to the pixel count with it featuring a similar 12.1MP CMOS sensor. However, they have changed their processing engine here and added their latest DIGIC 5 processor. With this processor, there are a fair amount of improvements such as the ability to capture images at a full resolution at a rate of 10.3fps in High-Speed Burst HQ. The camera can record images at a resolution of 4000 x 2248 which is fairly sufficient for most audiences.

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