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any experience with canon sx500 is

Started Dec 15, 2012 | Questions thread
amhall Regular Member • Posts: 411
Re: any experience with canon sx500 is

Currently, I have the Canon SX50, G12, and S95 but kept wondering about the SX500 as a camera to keep in the car all the time. It is small, uses the same battery as the S95, has a decent zoom, and allows optical zoom during video (like the SX50).

When I was able to buy one for $200, I decided to give it a go, in spite of the CCD sensor with 16MP crammed on. However, between those specs and apparently not a great lens, I was sorely disappointed when it came to viewing the images at magnification and especially when examining prints.  It will not let you crop much and still yield a decent print even at 4x6. Also, I felt the video quality was not near that of the SX50.

In doing my standard test shots and prints, I found it to be of unacceptable quality. While I really wanted the SX500 to work out, I was forced to return it. Possibly, I had a bad copy, but I was not interested in pursuing it further.

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