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I'd like a lighter weight zoom camera than my SX60 HS (includes photos)

Started Jun 21, 2019 | Discussions thread
saaber1 Senior Member • Posts: 2,164
Re: I'd like a lighter weight zoom camera than my SX60 HS (includes photos)
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RE planets, I've had good luck using manual focus and around 1/25th shutter speed or so. I assume the same will work for sx60?

If you expose for Jupiter you can see bands and maybe the eye if you are lucky but moons will be too dark. If you expose a little higher you will see the moons but not jupiter's bands. Fun stuff to play around with. Those were shot in a fairly big city with massive light pollution and not very clear skies so in a remote place the sx730 would do much better. I need to try to get the space station with the sx730. That would be a fun challenge!

Re angle screen the sx730 unfortunately only tilts upwards and doesn't articulate like g5x or similar (probably mostly for selfies was the sx730 design intent). I use sx730 for travel paired with g7xII. It's really good in that complimentary role. I wouldn't use it as the only camera one has. g7xII is for most shots 24-100mm and sx730 will stretch out to get most anything far away in that travel role combo.

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