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Canon PowerShot SX230 HS - Great for Low-light Photography?

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Low-light shot taken without flash to demo the Canon HS system The question I set out to answer here is 'Does the Canon HS System really take good (usable) low-light photographs with minimum noise?' Over the past almost 10 months that I have used the Canon PowerShot SX 230HS I have been very happy with it's overall performance, from it's amazing X14 zoom (and relatively wide starting point of 28mm), it's miniature toy mode, Also it's stitch assistant has helped my panoramic cravings and of course let's not forget the many manual control options not just of ISO and WB but Aperture and Shutter priority modes in particular which I have found invaluable when taking macro shots where control of depth of field is essential, others who take portraitures will no doubt find these useful too. However the stand out feature most trumpeted by Canon of this camera is it's High Sensitivity (HS) after all it is included in the name of the camera itself. From what I hav...