As with the SX160, the back features a three-inch LCD, to the left of Record, Display, Play and settings like Macro, Flash and ISO.

ENGADGET: Canon PowerShot SX500 IS hands-on Hands-on

Despite the eroding macro landscape and the fact that default rates are up from the near-record lows of late 2011, managers are hardly channeling Chicken Little.

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