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SX70 - A few quibbles ?

Started Apr 8, 2019 | Discussions thread
Stephen McDonald
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Re: SX70 - A few quibbles ?

DonA2 wrote:

(1) The USB cable is a new type where the old SX60/50/40 cable can't be used to connect to a computer? No new cable supplied. Hard to comprehend.! BT wireless uploading? Pull the card each time with an add-on reader? Not for me. Not for many.

(2) A new battery required. What was the problem with the well proven SX60/50/40 battery?

(3) With the SX60 proven to be a zoom too far why another run? Why not the proven 50x lens with a little boost from Digic 8? Too retro?

(4) No hot shoe? A real bummer. But why not?

(5) 20 mp on a tiny sensor? More marketing hype?

Alright, I'm sure to get shot full of holes from the 70 loyalists who actually are happy with this latest iteration and some have shown real promise. But seriously, there are a few open questions with no answers. So take a shot.

I never hook up a camera using a USB cord nor do I use a card-reader. I always put the memory card into my computer's card-slot. So this is a non-issue with me. Don't most computers have card-slots? I've also used a Sony camera for 5 years, that has the same sensor specs as the SX70. It produces photos and videos that look plenty good to me. The processors and firmware that different cameras use, seem to vary a lot and that makes quite an impact on image quality. I'd solve the missing shoe on the SX70 by simply gluing a non-electronic shoe onto it, to handle one of my wired mikes.

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