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How/whether to upgrade from SX50 to SX70

Started Jun 11, 2021 | Discussions thread
Sue Anne Rush
Sue Anne Rush Senior Member • Posts: 6,285
Re: How/whether to upgrade from SX50 to SX70
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Hello...

wb2trf wrote:

Sue Anne Rush wrote:

Hello...

wb2trf wrote:

I am an opportunistic bird and wildlife photographer. I try to be serious about landscape and portrait photography, but for birds and wildlife for me its just about fun and id'ing birds. I want to keep my telephoto equipment pretty small, so I doubt I'll ever buy the big tele lenses for my ILCs.

For this, I've been shooting SX50 for five years at least. Putting up with its shooting infelicities for the sake of its nice IQ. I had my eye on maybe upgrading to a Nikon P950, but, trying it out in a store, its AF speed didn't seem faster, maybe slower, than the SX50, and it's a lot bigger and heavier. Between those two factors, I'm thinking not to get it.

This has led me now to consider the SX70 (the SX60 seems not worth considering). I"m sure I'd like the much better viewfinder and operational advantages of the SX70.

IMHO buy the SX70.

I'm wondering if those here who made the switch from SX50 to SX70 felt as though their photos became better, all things considered, or not. A lot of jpgs of side by side I've seen suggest the SX50 is still better IQ, but some say that if you become skilled with RAW processing of the SX70, that doesn't have to be so. If I got nearly as good as SX50 with Jpg and could coax SX70 RAWs to be better, that plus the better operation might make me upgrade. If all jpgs are worse, probably not.

If you made the switch, what do you think about it? Better photos?

Thanks. Can you give me a bit more about your experience with them so I understand why you suggest this? Any help is appreciated.

I always think the SX70 is a better choice because it is newer.

I would go to your local Staples /Best Buy to see for yourself to get a feel of which you like better.  

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