Yes! HD Video Zooming and Refocusing can be done with SX200 IS. My "Mississippi State University 2010" movie provides all kinds of photo/video made using SX200 IS. Read descriptions and find out how to enable optical video zooming and much more!!! (DIGIC 4 Processor inside!)
WHY DIDNT HE MENTION COLOR ACCENT/ EXCELLENT DIGITAL MACRO/ COLOR SWAP/ ZOOM DURING VIDEO!
How can cNet give these kinds of reviews when they don't even have the camera features down. This guy obviously didnt have enough time to really get to know the camera. I rely more on owners' reviews rather than critics.
I KNOW!!! they never talk about the color accent feature. I was between this one and the SD970 because someone stole my SD880 at a soccer game, and I decided to go with this one. The 970 is gorgeous, but i wanted this because it had the zoom, the mp, and the color swap / accent feature
if you want to film with optical zoom you need a hacked firmware...i've got one and I can even autofocus while filming...which is great...look at my video and be amazed:P
the optical zoom is locked. the zooming you see is digital zoom and thats not as good since you get less resolution the more you zoom in. it is a bit confusing. the flash always pops up and can't be put down!! why would they do that?
the opitcal zoom is not locked on filming on this camera , you can zoom in and out when recording, and it will play back , and i think that this cannon , is the only maker that has ( colour accent) as this one has its a nice tool . for playing around with black and white shots, but he dont tell you that ,,,,,,