Advice sought on upgrading from Canon S90 and SX10

djedi wrote:

I think the first thing you need to decide is if you want a camera with that much zoom, especially since high zoom means smaller sensor and smaller apertures and lower high ISO quality. Sure, you can get a decent low light shot from an FZ200, but you will lose the micro contrast that you would get from a less complex lens. There the mirrorless Oly or Panny would be a better choice. BUT, then you would need more lenses which means more to switch around and more to carry around as a tradeoff.

Also what are you planning to do with these photos? If you wish to publish them in print, then don't even consider a superzoom as the number of really great shots you would get, especially from the start, would be few and far between, due to the tiny sensor.

I would think about what kind of photos you most likely will be shooting and see which cameras would give you the best chance of getting great shots in those situations. The last thing to consider then would be brand.

Wolfgang

Thanks, Wolfgang. I appreciate your advice. I only very rarely print any photos (I make an annual photo book of photos for my wife); most are shared via Picasaweb.

I don't envision myself lugging around a lot of lenses, though if there was a good mirrorless with a decent zoom lens that outperformed the FZ200, I might want to go that way. The SX50's price point is still very attractive ($200+) vs. FZ200 ($365 on Ebay) and it would still be an improvement for my SX10 that I hardly ever use indoors anymore.

I also still want a G7X (thanks, cb, for your comments), though a part of me wonders how much better its successor might be and whether it is worth stretching out my S90 till then...

Decisions, decisions...