As retirees, daily we take pics/videos of our home remodeling projects, scenery & wildlife viewed from our kayaks, our pets and of special events in our lives. Bought it for its 40x zoom and compact size, perfect for kayaking and dog park trips! Easy to use.

Quick easy to use camera. reasonable hand held images at 40x zoom. good travel camera when travelling light

Easy to use; Compact; Build quality; Battery life

so far, so good.

similar to other Canon products

Generally works OK and optically good. My previous one was a 280. The 720 has a longer zoom range but tends to focus more slowly. Macro is fine but using zoom for getting in to small objects close by isn't as good - on the 280 you could use full zoom at 1 metre, on the 720 you have to be 2 metres...

Newer model SX730 is out, with flip LCD screen, mode dial on top, but costs 3-4K more, so would be worth buying on good deals and as stocks last. Will update review with more usage, initial feedback Came with Lexar 8GB class 10 card included in box. Pouch is ok. No data cable.

Just bought this camera for my husband he loves it, the zoom on it is amazing, its compact and has so many different features, the video recording is great its an all round excellent camera

Excellent quality and easy to carry around.

Brought this camera for my daughter when she goes to New Zealand in February 2017. Got it early for her to try and to play around with it to get used to it. She loves it. The feel of it when holding. Not too big and bulky to hold. Photos are coming out really clean and crisp.

This is a nice camera and I just came back from a holiday where I took a lot of pictures. I love the zoom on this camera. I had some pictures not turn out so well but overall it did a really good job.

Light and easy to understand