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SX730 zoom range is crazy! Sample photos inside

Started Apr 13, 2018 | Discussions thread
OP saaber1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,164
Re: SX730 zoom range is crazy! Sample photos inside
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geepondy wrote:

Pretty cool for sure. Canon must be selling them because they keep updating them. Surprised they don't do raw support though...

Yes raw would sure be nice. I would guess it's related to market segmentation. I.e. if a person wants raw plus "X" features they have to get a g3x/g5xII/g7xII etc. CHDK will undoubtedly come out with a build for it that will include RAW at some point.

But for the price it is an amazingly good way to achieve very long zoom. The JPEG image quality is surprisingly good. And it is pocketable (a bit smaller than g7xII). I'm using g7xII and sx730 as a combo. A couple more from today:

Focus point is streetlight in the center - unzoomed

Focus point is streetlight in the center - fully zoomed

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