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DSLR Lens equivalent cost to match SX60HS.

Started Apr 11, 2015 | Discussions thread
patticake Senior Member • Posts: 1,308
Re: DSLR Lens equivalent cost to match SX60HS.
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grimlock361 wrote:

Actually TOTAL cost is about $4000-4500 for canon setup. Nikon with a D7200 would probably be about the same. Its very important to understand teleconverters don't to well on APSC bodies. The canon 7DMII and Nikon D7200 being the only exceptions I know of. The big quality gain would mostly be observed in low light and BIF. Wildlife that is stationary and in ample light is not as big of difference. Also, even though modern EVF have come along way they are still not the best for tracking BIF and the ones on the sx60 and sx50 are a little......well little. BIF are possible on superzoom cameras but just harder. If you really into wildlife photography a good DSLR is worth it but you can still make great photos on the sx60.

SX50HS

7DMII with 55-250 STM

those are absolutely gorgeous pictures, just wonderful!

that being said, a 300mm lens on an APSC sensor camera isn't going to have the zoom needed unless the birds are fairly close.  i ended up with a superzoom for this reason.

to the OP, you might want to play with your raw files on your canon - you may end up with the quality you feel like you're missing.

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