Shine on you crazy sun!!!
by Soumyadip Mukherjee

One of the helpers of our Dhow( traditional aradic sailing vessel) stands by the edge, and lets the almighty shine upon his already tanned complexion...

Stairway to somewhere...
by Soumyadip Mukherjee

Stair way to an island, during our cruise around Musandam...Geographically, the Musandam Peninsula juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula. The Musandam peninsula is an exclave of Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates. Its location gives Oman partial control, shared with Iran, of the strategic strait...

Moods of luxury...
by Soumyadip Mukherjee


International symbol of dubai, the Burj Al Arab also known as the Arab sail, worlds most luxurious hotel stands tall radiating the different moods of luxury, too bad i could not stay around long enough to capture all of it's moods...

The moon not very far
by Soumyadip Mukherjee

The Burj Khalifa the insignia of dubai's economic prosperity, a mega structure that defines dubai's shore line, stands tall shining brighter than the moon...it is said by calculating the winds it face, that it deflects an average of almost 8 meters at its peak...

As busy as a bee!!!
by Soumyadip Mukherjee

It is said that a honey bee flap it's wings an amazing 180 times per second...in this pic the wings of the flying honey bee is nowhere to be seen...

Indian Sadhus
by Soumyadip Mukherjee

The Sanskrit terms sādhu ("good man") and sādhvī ("good woman") refer to renouncers who have chosen to live a life apart from or on the edges of society in order to focus on their own spiritual practice. Here we find some sadhus gathered up waiting for the "BHOJ" organised by the kedarnath temple committee...

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After reading a lot of negatives, I still bought the camera as it has one of the longest zooms on the market and a lot of manual controls not available on other cameras. Thus, if you know what you are doing, you can control image quality BUT you need to read the manual first as a lot of the controls are not in the same place as previous Power Shots and there are some new features which aren't immedaiatley clear.
Battery life - I charged the battery each day before I went out (Dubai for 6 days) and never had any problems. It never even showed less than 100% the whole time and I use a lot of fill in flash.
Flash location. Nobody has really explained that when the flash pops up, there is a cover flap that also raises and you need to take your finger off that flap when powering down. BUT when you see it, understand it, you avoid it. I don not have very large hands and none of the issues reported in some other reviews affected me.
Size/weight - it never bothered me. At the same time and the weight difference is marginal and the size is not that big and you are getting a 12 X zoom.
I do think a tripod is going to be useful in low light and I do appreciate the ISO 1600 and settings avaialble so you can avoid flash.

CNET UK judgement:
On paper, the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS looks great. In the flesh, it's a disappointment. It's bulky, has annoying design and control issues, and the picture quality is variable. It's still a versatile camera that can be used to take great pictures, but it promises much more than it delivers

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