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Canon sx710 new review

Started Jan 27, 2015 | Discussions thread
MarioV Veteran Member • Posts: 7,089
Re: Canon sx710 new review

DUTCH van Atlanta wrote:

4everAnoob wrote:

Personally, Im still not decided on HX50/HX60 vs SX700 as an upgrade over my SX230. I think any newer superzoom will probably have worse IQ than my SX230.

As the owner of an SX230HS and an SX700HS, I can tell you from first hand experience that the SX230HS has a better IQ. However, that 30X optical zoom is a very nice feature of the SC700HS.

At full zoom on the 230 and an equivalent zoom on the 700, there is a significantly better IQ with the 230 - especially when viewed at 100%. Disappointing.

A couple reasons. It's easier to manufacture a high quality short zoom than a high quality long zoom. Also, it's just another way for Canon to cut costs on it's consumer cameras where the average person doesn't check their photos at 100%.

Personally, I use the SX700 as a pocket video camera. It takes reasonable photos too.

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