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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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NextShowForSure wrote:

saaber1 wrote:

You may want to consider the sx730is, it's is very cheap at $200ish for a refurb and fits in your pocket.

Where in the UK would he get a refurb? I only ever see them on the Canon US web site and do they post to the UK and would they guarantee them overseas?...

Dunno about uk refurbs. Maybe call Canon and see what they do with their refurbs? If you buy from USA from a non-canon place do they charge some tariff or taxes if mailed to U.K.?

Canon had a sale last year where they had refurb sx730is plus a printer (small one) plus ink refills plus paper plus 16GB sd card for $200. I couldn't pass it up so I bought 3 of them! So now I have 3 extra printers etc. gathering dust ha ha. I turned one of the sx730is into a night vision camera by removing IR filter and coupled it with infrared only flashlight. Only problem is range of camera is virtually unlimited but range of IR light is limited. Maybe I need to try some type of laser or something and try to take night vision shots of something a mile away or something. Whats cool is it works when there is zero ambient light. It's not a light gathering type night vision, it is monochrome IR. I've also been experimenting with putting it on a rifle scope which works just o.k. so far. Real night vision scopes are like $3k or more.

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