I took out the cannon SX540 for a recent weekend and and some intresting reasult.The SX540 camera with a nice design and looks lie an SLR camera with the protruding grip and zoom lens l.The optics was incredable especially during the day when there was enouhh light. I like that there arent lots of buttons and menu options for simplicity.Unfortunately, the lcd screen doesnt tilt , and the creative effects werent anything to praise.