Canon SX50 HS

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	Camera only $389
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	Key specs

	Zoom 50x Screen size 2.8"
	Aperture f/3.4 Screen resolution 461k dots
	Wide angle 24 mm Movie format 1080p @ 24fps
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The Canon SX50 HS vs other recent digicams

	Huge zoom
	50x

	24p movies
	For that film look

	In-camera HDR
	Combines multiple exposures

	External flash
	Better lighting

	High speed movies
	240 fps

	Flip-out screen
	Great for movies

	Shoots RAW
	Better editing

	Doesn't use battery, see more detail
	Digital

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The Canon SX50 HS vs other recent super zooms

	Inexpensive
	$389.40

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The Canon SX50 HS vs other recent digicams

	Slightly narrow aperture
	f/3.4

	Slightly large
	Professional size (123×87×106 mm)

	Slow continuous shooting
	2.2 fps

	Poor maximum light sensitivity
	6,400 ISO

	No touch screen
	More buttons

	Fewer focus points
	9

	Old
	September 2012

	Heavy
	595 g

	Very low overall image quality
	47.0

	Little color depth
	20.3 bits

	Very narrow dynamic range
	11.2 EV

	Very noisy at high ISO
	179 ISO

	Lower true resolution
	9.7 MP

	Lacks in-camera panoramas
	You could stitch photos in post

	Thick
	4.2"

	Not so popular
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The Canon SX50 HS vs other recent super zooms

	Full HD
	1080p @ 24fps

	Very small screen
	2.8"

	Slightly smaller than average sensor
	1/2.3" 6.17x4.55mm

	Short exposures
	15 seconds

	Low resolution screen
	461k dots

	Lacks an external mic jack
	Limited to the in-camera mic

	Slow shutter speed
	1/2000 of a second

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Stock Advisor

(9:23 PM, November 16, 2015)

use ur smart phone for that ..... use it as remote and get all facilities of high end models using qdaslrdashbaorad

Stock Advisor

(9:21 PM, November 16, 2015)

dont need more than that for a Point-and-shoot ..... reasons ..... 1....sensor is small so must maintain reasonable pixel size ..... 2.....one can do a lot in Photoshop because you got raw shot ..... 3.... the camera sells because it shoots raw has hotshoe for external flash and viewfinder and the best digic5 processor is bonus..... check out these features and then decide ...... it is simply superb camera ..... I got one of course to supplement my dslr cameras and back up as zoom lens

patrick

(4:23 AM, December 23, 2014)

thats f***ed up

a yousef

(0:13 PM, October 28, 2014)

is there a nice night + sport setting ??

fakhir abrar

(7:13 PM, October 25, 2014)

mega picsal improve picture quality ...more mp mean mpre pic quality .. in less mp when u zoom the picsel and pic show uuclear the small sapot appear on pic ..so for pic quality mp should be high

sarah

(11:17 AM, August 23, 2014)

so what is better than canon sx50 hs at 2014 ??? with allover high quality images and in low light , HD video and the other great important features????
I need camera for long term with high features and not in big size ! :)

achilles

(11:33 PM, July 19, 2014)

I'm planning an African safari, need to find a good camera to get as much as possible at all different lights

Rajiv

(11:34 AM, May 15, 2014)

Can any body suggest me which camera I should choose
Nikon coolpix 600 or canon sx 50 HS where canon has no wi fi and nikon picture quality in night mod is not satisfactory. ....what to do.

mkecupcakequeen

(2:40 PM, April 08, 2014)

I just got this camera yesterday. I am heading to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony this week. Looking to shoot at the stage. Any tips on settings for such an environment?

john nyc

(3:59 PM, April 06, 2014)

Snapsort has done a very good job of the pros. Here are some of the cons.
Low light issues: Very grainy in low light, color rendition in low light is poor. The best WB was AWB even in tungsten lighting. What you see in the screen and viewfinder are not what you get. Saturation, brightness and hues are very noticeable different. Saved images, even in raw are noticeable grainier than the screen.
Long exposures are only possible in ISO 80 which is good and bad. Bad because with a 30 sec limit means effectively high I so shooting is very limited and good because at 80 iso processing images are less noisy.
Daylight shooting: DOF focus issues fine detail missing, visible moire patterning.

These all point to the tiny CMOS....however a larger sensor would mean a bigger lenses, weight etc.Otherwise its probably the best bang for your buck in this category of bridge camera.

edbear

(4:58 PM, December 18, 2013)

On the stats both in pcworld and here it says 0cm for macro photography, but I found it need more like 2cm for a good focus

brolly321

(11:44 PM, October 19, 2013)

I can't believe they left off the GPS...

brolly321

(11:30 PM, October 19, 2013)

interesting, when you are limited as to what to do with the pictures. http://www.answering-islam.org/Muhammad/pictures.html

abdullah abdulaziz

(9:04 AM, October 17, 2013)

It is a great camera even the 12mp is awesome and its very cheap I recommend every one to buy it

eret

(0:43 PM, August 16, 2013)

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Rafael Nogueira Guimaraes

(11:56 PM, August 03, 2013)

12.1Mp is bad to this cam?

trikster2

(0:03 AM, July 22, 2013)

I'm using snapsort to compare the latest superzooms and I suddenly realized that all of your SX50 comparisons are total BS.

To every SX50 score you add 100 points just because it's popular and for a new camera you add almost nothing for popularity.

So snapsort's advice boils down to: Just buy whatever everyone else is buying.

Thanks for nothing....

Jspider

(5:18 PM, May 17, 2013)

Soooo...how is its macro? Can it do macro photography at 5-10 cm? Or is it only super close range?

eli

(8:29 PM, April 28, 2013)

it's not a DSLR camera, it has a permenant lens that cannot be replaced

as

(2:34 PM, April 18, 2013)

small sensor, less mp - less noise.

Lizzy O.

(3:16 AM, April 15, 2013)

So when it says "Camera Only = 429-450" does it mean ONLY the camera and nothing else? It doesn't come with a lens too? Help me out here!!

i-Man

(5:37 PM, March 28, 2013)

why is it 12 mp ?! consider it a disadvantage ?

Owen K.

(2:42 PM, February 14, 2013)

It has an awesome zoom! You would think that at 50x the pics would be horrible but they're not, they're quite usable. I'm even able to get close up shots of the moon - showing the craters etc. Impressive!!
The image quality is also very good, probably the best in its class in ideal conditions. It does have a weakness though, the low light performance is not great. But I don't expect a single camera to do it all so I will forgive one weakness.
Otherwise its a superb camera.
I'm glad I got it.

Aniket Kukade

(9:46 AM, December 28, 2012)

give me little detailed reviews about this camera, please

SH

(5:14 AM, October 09, 2012)

dear snapsort this cam canon sx50 has 13fps fast burst mode,it also has an HDR scene mode option,so pls check it n update it soon :)

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