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Which camera is better? :-)

Started Jul 3, 2017 | Photos thread
I2K4
I2K4 Senior Member • Posts: 1,441
Re: Which camera is better? :-)

The best camera is always in the hands of the best photographer, but my big shock owning the S5 and then buying a "sunny day zoomer" in the SX10 (which can only blush before the ultimate sunny day SX50) was how the aperture slams shut as you increase the focal distance. Here is a homemade side by side for my cameras:

Canon TELEPHOTO Av limits
Focal S5is SX10is Ix300
28mm n/a f/2.7 f/2.0
35mm f/2.7 f/3.2 f/2.8
40mm f/2.8 f/3.2 f/3.2
50mm f/3.2 f/3.5 f/4.0
70mm f/3.2 f/4.0 f/4.5
80mm f/3.5 f/4.0 f/5.0
100mm f/3.5 f/4.5 f/5.6
180mm f/3.5 f/5.0 n/a
432mm f/3.5 f/5.0 n/a
480mm n/a f/5.7 n/a
560mm n/a f/5.7 n/a

At 180mm to 432mm the S5 can expose at f3.5 and the SX10 at f/5.0. Handheld walkabout on an overcast day (no shadows on the ground) give me the S3 for the faster telephoto, so I don't have to carry a tripod and shoot 1/30 sec, blurry because the bird keeps breathing. (I'll grant the SX50 can shoot at higher ISO, but not as much higher as it brags.)

I don't bird, but have shot pets, small animals and kids - they just vibrate with life and if you don't have shutter speed you get a blur.

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