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My experience using a Canon SX730HS for four years

Started Jun 6, 2021 | User reviews thread
Jack Tingle
Jack Tingle Senior Member • Posts: 1,526
Re: My experience using a Canon SX70HS for four years
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lorenzo wrote:

5. Which photo mode are you in? I've been having my best luck with in Time Value (shutter) — setting it to 1/320 given that birds are speedy little things! Adjust exposure compensation from there.

This is good advice for any camera of any type. I've occasionally gotten good bird photos slower, but not reliably.

6. Many of the cameras with built-in GPS suffer from lags, too, and, worse, eat up batteries. So, unless you're traveling a lot, and need it, having GPS can be more a negative than a positive.

Never, ever buy a Canon with GPS. The SX280HS, which I really liked, burned through batteries like a yuppie's baby eating Cheerios when GPS was on. It had some other problems as well. The 720 is the 280 perfected.

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