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Just got another SX50

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AdamT
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Re: SX50

I only need that zoom for recreational shooting of amateur activities that for the most part are outdoors with lots of natural light so the image noise can be kept down.

same here - my day to day work is mainly with a 24-70

I don't have to deliver a print worthy shot to anyone in those situations. It's mostly the noise that drove me to upgrade. I'm not into the minutiae of image quality but it became one of those things that once I examined it, I can't NOT see it. With lots of sunlight, or flash or a continuous light it improves a lot.

at base ISO in RAW, sky and shadow noise is no worse than a G7X or G5X Mk2 (I`d say maybe a touch better as those cams have a high base ISO noise floor and a base ISO of 125) and that`s no mean feat especially as I use the cam fixed at ISO80 unless desperate .

It goes through those batteries in no time and the amount left really nose dives. I was caught out too many times so for planned indoor shooting I got a dummy battery AC adapter.

I`ve found the SX50 superb on batteries like the G1X Mk1 was, currently up to 228 shots on an old G1X Mk1 battery I`ve had for 10 years and still full bars - the G5X Mk2 however , wow that chewed the things and those NB13Ls  cost the earth

Funny thing is that when I sold the first SX50 I vowed stick to larger sensors (Micro 4/3 and the pan 14-140 etc) but always missed the reach - nowadays with Phones being the standard by which small cameras are judged (and not DSLRs like back then) , the SX50 stands up,  in JPG or RAW (Compared it to the main cam on my Iphone 11 both in RAW) and the lens pixelpeeps well even at the edges at 24mm which nearly all mirrorless suprzooms don`t (DSLR ones were dreadful for that) .

Also as Social media is now overall the main target for leisure photography , the SX50 is more than up to the task making the camera far more relevant than it ever was when it was in production . funny how things change.

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