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Thinking about Buying the SX40 HS

Started Oct 3, 2012 | Discussions thread
OpticsEngineer Veteran Member • Posts: 7,823
Low light response

The last low light shot I tried with my SX40 was a black widow spider hanging on its web in a garden shed showing its bright red hourglass marking.  Bright sunshine outside so some decent light was bouncing off the wall of the house into the shed.  I tried everything I could think of but I could not get the SX40 to focus on the spider.  Finally I gave up and got my Sony HX20V and got a good shot right away.

I am glad to hear the SX50 may be better at this kind of thing.

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