Side by Side Comparison Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 vs. Canon PowerShot SX40 HS vs. Canon PowerShot SX50 HS vs. Fujifilm FinePix HS50 EXR vs. Nikon Coolpix P510 vs. Nikon Coolpix P520 vs. Nikon D5200: Digital Photography Review

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

Fujifilm FinePix HS50 EXR

Nikon Coolpix P510

Nikon Coolpix P520

Nikon D5200

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Check prices	Check prices	Check prices	Check prices	Check prices	Check prices	$698.00 - $1,040.00
		72% DPReview score Read review ... Jan 15, 2013		75% Silver Award Read review ... Jul 5, 2012		79% Silver Award Read review ... May 16, 2013
Feb 20, 2013	Sep 15, 2011	Sep 17, 2012	Jan 7, 2013	Feb 1, 2012	Jan 29, 2013	Nov 6, 2012

$499		$429	US: $549.95			With 18-55mm VR lens: Eu: €920 UK: £820

SLR-like (bridge)	SLR-like (bridge)	SLR-like (bridge)	SLR-like (bridge)	SLR-like (bridge)	SLR-like (bridge)	Compact SLR
		Composite

	4000 x 3000	4000 x 3000	4608 x 3456	4608 x 3456		6000 x 4000
	4000 x 2248, 4000 x 2664, 2992 x 2992, 2816 x 2112, 2816 x 1880, 2816 x 1584, 2112 x 2112, 1920 x 1080, 1600 x 1200, 1600 x 1064, 1200 x 1200, 640 x 480, 640 x 424, 640 x 360, 480 x 480	4000 x 3000, 4000 x 2248, 4000 x 2664, 2992 x 2992, 2816 x 2112, 2816 x 1880, 2816 x 1584, 2112 x 2112, 1920 x 1080, 1600 x 1200, 1600 x 1064, 1200 x 1200, 640 x 480, 640 x 424, 640 x 360, 480 x 480	4608 x 3072, 4608 x 2592, 3264 x 2448, 3264 x 1840, 2304 x 1728, 2304 x 1536, 1920 x 1080	4608 x 2592, 4608 x 3072, 3456 x 3456, 3264 x 2448, 1920 x 1080, 1600 X 1200, 640 x 480		4496 x 3000, 2992 x 2000
	1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9	1:1, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9	4:3, 3:2, 16:9	1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9		3:2
20 megapixels	12 megapixels	12 megapixels	16 megapixels	16 megapixels	18 megapixels	24 megapixels
				17 megapixels		25 megapixels
	1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)	1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)	1/2" (6.4 x 4.8 mm)	1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)		APS-C (23.5 x 15.6 mm)
BSI-CMOS	BSI-CMOS	BSI-CMOS	EXRCMOS	BSI-CMOS	BSI-CMOS	CMOS
		Digic 5	EXR Processor II	Expeed C2		Expeed 3
		sRGB				sRGB, Adobe RGB
		Primary Color Filter

	Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200	Auto, 80, 100, 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 4000, 5000, 6400		Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200	Auto,80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 2000, 3200	Auto, 100 - 6400 (25600 with boost)
				12800	6400	25600
	6	7		5		12
	Yes	Yes (2)	Yes	Yes		Yes (5)
Optical	Optical	Optical	Optical	Optical	Optical	No
Unknown	No	RAW	RAW	No	Unknown	RAW
		Fine, Normal		Fine, Normal, Basic		Fine, Normal, Basic
			JPEG (Exif Ver 2.3 ) RAW (RAF format) RAW+JPEG

24–1200 mm	24–840 mm	24–1200 mm	24–1000 mm	24–1000 mm	24–1000 mm
50×	35×	50×	41.7×	41.7×	41.7×
F2.8–6.3	F2.7–5.8	F3.4–6.5	F2.8–5.6	F3–5.9
	Contrast Detect (sensor) Multi-area Selective single-point Single Continuous Face Detection Live View	Contrast Detect (sensor) Multi-area Selective single-point Tracking Single Continuous Face Detection Live View	Phase Detect Multi-area Center Tracking Single Continuous Face Detection	Contrast Detect (sensor) Multi-area Center Tracking Face Detection	Contrast Detect (sensor)	Contrast Detect (sensor) Phase Detect Multi-area Selective single-point Tracking Single Continuous Face Detection Live View
		Yes				Yes
	Yes (4x)	Yes (4x)	Yes (20x)	Yes (2x)		No
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
				30 cm (11.81″)
	0 cm (0″)	0 cm (0″)	0 cm (0.15″)	2 cm (0.79″)
	9	9				39
						Nikon F
						1.5×

Unknown	Fully articulated	Fully articulated	Fully articulated	Tilting	Unknown	Fully articulated
3″	2.7″	2.8″	3″	3″	3.2″	3″
921,000	230,000	461,000	920,000	921,000		921,000
	No	No		No		No
	PureColor II VA TFT LCD			TFT-LCD with Anti-reflection coating	TFT-LCD with Anti-reflection coating	TFT LCD monitor
Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes (With contrast-detect AF, face detection and subject tracking)
Electronic	Electronic	Electronic	Electronic	Electronic	Electronic	Optical (pentamirror)
		100%				95%
						0.78× (0.52× 35mm equiv.)
		202,000	920,000

	15 sec	15 sec				30 sec
	1/3200 sec	1/2000 sec				1/4000 sec
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
		Smart Auto Program AE Shutter priority AE Aperture priority AE Manual Custom Scene Creative Filters Movie Digest Movie	Programmed AE Aperture Priority Shutter Priority AE Manual			Programmed auto with flexible program (P) Shutter-priority (S) Aperture priority (A) Manual (M)
		Portrait Smooth Skin Smart Shutter (Smile, Wink Self-Timer, FaceSelf- Timer) High-speed Burst HQ Handheld Night Scene Underwater Snow Fireworks Stitch Assist				Auto Portrait Child Close up Night Portrait Party/indoor Pet Portrait Color Sketch
Yes (Pop-up)	Yes (Pop-up)	Yes	Yes (Pop-up)	Yes (Pop-up)		Yes (Pop-up)
	7.00 m	5.50 m				12.00 m (at ISO 100)
	Yes (Hot-shoe)	Yes (Hot-shoe)	Yes (via Hot-shoe)	No		Yes (Hot-shoe)
	Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Slow Sync, Fill-in	Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Slow Sync, Second Curtain		Auto, On, Off, Red-Eye, Slow-sync		Auto, On, Off, Red-eye, Slow sync, Rear curtain
						1/200 sec
		Single Continuous Continuous with AF Self-Timer	Single Continuous Self-timer			Single frame Continuous Self-timer 2s Delayed remote Quick-response remote Quiet shutter release
	10.3 fps	2.2 fps	11.0 fps			5.0 fps
	Yes (2 or 10 sec, Custom)	Yes (2 or 10 sec, Custom)	Yes	Yes		Yes (2, 5, 10 or 20 sec)
	Multi Center-weighted Spot	Multi Center-weighted Spot	Multi Average Spot	Multi Center-weighted Spot Spot AF-area		Multi Center-weighted Spot
	±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)	±3 (at 1/3 EV steps)		±2 (at 1/3 EV steps)		±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
		(at 1/3 EV steps)				±2 (3 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
	No			No		Yes (3 frames in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis)

1920 x 1080 (60, 50 fps)	1920 x 1080 (24fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps) 640 x 480 (30, 120 fps), 320 x 240 (30, 240 fps)	1920 x 1080 (24 fps), 1280 x 720 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)	1920 x 1080 (60 fps)	1920 x 1080 (15, 30fps), 1280 x 720p (60, 30 fps), 640 x 480 (120, 30fps)	1920 x 1080	1920 x 1080 (60, 50, 30, 25, 24 fps), 1280 x 720 (60, 50 fps), 640 x 424 (30, 25 fps)
	MPEG-4, H.264	H.264	MPEG-4, H.264	MPEG-4, H.264		MPEG-4, H.264
		Miniature Effect (HD, L) 6fps, 3fps, 1.5 fps				1920 x 1080, 60i (59.94 fields/s)/ 50i (50 fields/s), high/normal 1920 x 1080, 30 p (progressive)/25p/24p, high/normal
Stereo	Stereo	Stereo	Stereo	Stereo	Stereo	Stereo
Mono	None	Mono	Mono	Mono	Mono	Mono

	SD/SDHC/SDXC	SD/SDHC/SDXC	SD/SDHC/SDXC	SD/SDHC/SDXC	SD/SDHC/SDXC	SD/SDHC/SDXC
					15 MB

USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)	USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)	USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)		USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)		USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
	Yes	Yes (Mini)	Yes (mini)	Yes (Mini Connector)		Yes (Mini Type C)
						Yes
						No
	Eye-Fi Connected			Eye-Fi Connected	Optional	Optional
					WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter
	No	Yes (RS60E3)	Yes	No		Yes (Optional ML-L3 or WR-R10)

	No	No		No		No
Battery Pack	Battery Pack	Battery Pack	Battery Pack	Battery Pack	Battery Pack	Battery Pack
	Lithium-Ion NB-10L rechargeable battery & charger	Lithium-Ion NB-10L rechargeable battery & charger		Nikon EN-EL5 Lithium-Ion battery	Nikon EN-EL5 Lithium-Ion battery	Lithium-Ion EN-EL14 rechargeable battery & charger
	380	315	500	200	200
	600 g (1.32 lb / 21.16 oz)	595 g (1.31 lb / 20.99 oz)		555 g (1.22 lb / 19.58 oz)	550 g (1.21 lb / 19.40 oz)	555 g (1.22 lb / 19.58 oz)
	123 x 92 x 108 mm (4.84 x 3.62 x 4.25″)	123 x 87 x 106 mm (4.84 x 3.43 x 4.17″)		120 x 83 x 102 mm (4.72 x 3.27 x 4.02″)	125 x 84 x 102 mm (4.92 x 3.31 x 4.02″)	129 x 98 x 78 mm (5.08 x 3.86 x 3.07″)

	Yes	Yes		No		Yes
	No	No		Yes		Yes
None	None	None	None	Built-in	Built-in	Optional
						GP-1