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Just joined the SX50 club (+ small rant)

Started Feb 22, 2016 | Discussions thread
kalpesh5777
kalpesh5777 Regular Member • Posts: 143
Re: Just joined the SX50 club (+ small rant)

DonA2 wrote:

DanMcG wrote:

Question for you SX50 owners-

I had an SX10 for years and liked it. I took it every summer to Canada for an F1 race and got decent results. I ended up selling it a couple of years ago.

I'm going to the race again this summer, and I've been thinking about picking up an SX50 when they are available as refurbs for $150 again. Are there any other cameras out there under ~$250 that have 25x or greater zoom, comparable image quality, and good results with autofocus tracking on fast-moving subjects?

I just want to make sure I'm making the right choice. I asked this in the buying advice forum but didn't receive any replies.

I too had (and still do) the SX10. A very good zoomer. I presently use a SX50 which I picked up as a referb from Canon. I certainly recommend the 50 but the referb supply is now hard to come by. I also owned the SX60 for a couple of months then sold it. It had many good features but that extra zoom range was not one of them. Looking forward to the 70, perhaps.

Many People are not happy with SX60 but find SX50 is better than it.

Till date, there are very few new cameras that give as good quality photos as SX50.

I sold my SX50 thinking that I will find better IQ from other Models such as Nikon p510, Fuji HS30EXR etc but returned to roots of SX50 again. I was lucky enough to have SX50 in less than $200 refurbished and I am back to work now.

I also got a used FZ-200 in $75 and I will test them against each other soon.

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