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Canon SX70 vs SX50 — big differences?

Started Mar 25, 2019 | Questions thread
DonA2
DonA2 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,720
Re: Canon SX70 vs SX50 — big differences?

whakapu wrote:

what do I think about those photos? I think they were taken at 800 ISO and look similar to SX70 shots taken at lower ISO.

Not the best examples for sure.  Very little EXIF data to determine ISO #s .

I should clarify what I mean by "usable". Everything is usable for social media. I want to upload to Flickr at a resolution at least 2000px on the long dimension and look clean, and I like to imagine that one day I will buy printer consumables and do A3 or A4 prints of some of my favourite shots and for those to reward close examination.

Powershots are basically used for social media and personal photography.  If a photo fills a monitor screen and looks reasonably sharp it's performing its intended purpose.  Any thing more requires a step up in gear.  Tiny sensor cameras allow extra long zoom range.  That's life as we know it.

Point taken that we shouldn't stop others enjoying their new cameras however I welcome anyone stopping me buying a new camera on the assumption that it will be better in every way. For example I'm grateful to Michael the Maven for exposing some dastardliness Canon has done with the SL3. They removed the hotshoe centre pin to prevent 3rd party flashes working on it. I'd hate to have discovered that after upgrading from my SL1.

Canon does those little tricky removals with the hope no one will notice.  Well they do notice.  The hot shoe removal from the SX70 is a big deal.  It's inexcusable.  

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