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SX50 vs. SX60 - My thoughts (pics, too)

Started Sep 6, 2019 | Discussions thread
John McCormack
John McCormack Veteran Member • Posts: 7,101
Tom Verrinder Re: SX50 vs. SX60 - My thoughts. What About SX70 Thoughts?

Tom Verrinder wrote:

I shot 50,000 images with my SX 50, and have so far shot about 2000 on the SX 70 over two weekends (we are birders, so IQ is all important).

My summary so far: the SX 70 is by far the better camera to shoot, with a far better autofocus, continuous drive, and buffering (among other bells and whistles). It just leads to a much smoother shooting experience.

However, the RAW images from the SX 70 processed as best I can using DPP are often worse in terms of IQ than the S00C JPEGs that the SX 50 could produce. With a little bit of postprocessing, the SX 50 JPEGs can be exceptional. I have produced exactly one truly good picture of a bird with the SX 70. I have even resorted to shooting videos of birds in 4K and taking still captures from the videos, which often turn out better than the still pictures the same camera produces.

Needless to say, I am very disappointed with the newer camera.

Wow. Are you sure you didn't get a bad copy of the SX70? We see so many good images from posters in this thread it makes me suspicious of the build quality of your particular camera. Have you done targeting tests at various apertures and focal lengths?

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