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Advice sought on upgrading from Canon S90 and SX10

Started Jan 19, 2015 | Discussions thread
cberry Senior Member • Posts: 1,127
Re: Advice sought on upgrading from Canon S90 and SX10

Honestly, it depends on what your priorities are.

Even the G16 lets in a LOT more light than the S90 (f/2.8 at full zoom v f/5.6 is 4x the light)

The G7X gives you the same aperture AND a much larger sensor so your low-light performance will be far better as a result i.e. ISO 3200 will be acceptable if not good.

Other 1/1.7" sensors simply cannot compete.

Why this matters is not so much noise and low light but freezing motion, chasing moving targets and such.

The kicker for me is flash use - or bounce flash use. This turns a good p&s into a fantastic one.

cb

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