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SX50..vs. SX60..vs...Part 2

Started Sep 10, 2019 | Discussions thread
DonA2
DonA2 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,720
Re: SX50..vs. SX60..vs...Part 2

GeraldW wrote:

Those three lizard shots are absolutely telling. Canon did a great job in the internal processing on the SX50HS. I compared my first SX50 to the FZ200 I had at the time. It was an indoor shot and light levels were low. ISO 1600 on the SX50 was cleaner looking than the FZ200 at ISO 800. I had to drop to ISO 400 to show an improvement over the SX50, and that ate up most of the F# advantage of the FZ200.

Yes. my referb sx50 kept well up to a friends FZ200 for IQ.  Even my old SX40 still produces good images.

My second SX50HS was a factory refurb and not as good; and a later FZ200 was better than the first one, so they tied. But I kept the FZ200 and got rid of that SX50. My first SX50 went to my daughter.

They all seem to suffer with the manufacturers liberal quality specifications.  Luck of the draw for sure.

Back in 2014, when Imaging Resource did a shoot out of superzooms, the SX50 was included and soundly defeated the SX60 they had. Later, DPReview compared several superzooms and the SX60 looked pretty good, so there does seem to be some sample to sample variation in the SX60. Several of us who frequented the Panasonic Compact Forum noted quite a lot of sample variation in the FZ200 over the first year of production.

Sold my new SX60 in favor of the Canon  referb SX50 with no regrets.  After many comparative shots my new SX70 may go on the block as well.  Very good ergonomics  (except for that missing hot shoe) but the software and lens didn't keep pace.  Also the menu is overly complex compared to the intuitive SX50.  I won't be waiting for the SX80.  

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Canon PowerShot S2 IS Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Canon PowerShot S100 Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Canon PowerShot SX50 HS +2 more
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