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Need to buy a camera under 300$. SX230 HS or SX260 HS

Started Mar 3, 2013 | Discussions thread
JJ Rodin Senior Member • Posts: 1,096
Re: Need to buy a camera under 300$. SX230 HS or SX260 HS

The sx230 has by default more sharpening, so when you compare to sx260 remember that, but that said the sx230 lens is slightly better/sharper at most lengths.

But the sx230 widest is 28mm equiv, the sx260 is 25mm, which can make a diff in city areas or landscapes. The 20x is nice on sx260, but slow.

Continuous mode shooting on sx260 is nice, about 9fps, so a moving target can be caught usually, I 'think' the sx230 has this but ?

Video: The canon are only 'ok', the slower 24/25fps is not great, but ok for many types of video, here Sony and others are superior!!

Sony/Nikon P&S have too many mp's in their sensors, but the Sony's are nice looking pictures & one could argue that their 18mp sensor has about 12mp resolution so it is of/near equality of the arguably best 12mp sensor Canon uses.

Thos Sony's are nice cams, just expensive and too many mp's!!

I think the longer zoom will server you best, city or general pictures, GOOD Luck, and enjoy your stay in super city London!!

PS: Remember that CHDK can be put on either camera and it gives you RAW and scripts amongst many other great features!!

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