Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

50x, f/3.4, 24 mm
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        Summary Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

        Prices Price
        Camera only $399 - $400
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        Score Snapsort rank
        Within its price range #1 of 39 Among similar cameras #1 of 48
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        Specifications Key specs
        Zoom Help 50x Screen size Help 2.8"
        Aperture Help f/3.4 Screen resolution Help 461k dots
        Wide angle Help 24 mm Movie format Help 1080p @ 24fps
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        Videos

        Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Zoom T...

        Canon SX50 HS Feature Tutorial...

        Canon PowerShot Pro-Tips - The...
        Canon PowerShot SX50 HS Zoom Test Moon HD
        • Sample video
        • Zoom
        		 Canon SX50 HS Feature Tutorial for Bird and Macro Pictures.
        • Tutorial
        • Exposure bracketing
        • White balance
        • Shooting video
        		 Canon PowerShot Pro-Tips - The Big Picture
        • Tutorial
        • Exposure bracketing
        • White balance
        • Shooting modes

        Pros

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        The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS vs other recent digicams

        Zoom Huge zoom Help
        50x
        Light sensitivity Good maximum light sensitivity Help
        6,400 ISO
        Continuous shooting Rapid fire Help
        13 fps
        Screen flips out Flip-out screen Help
        Great for movies
        Sensor type CMOS Sensor Help
        Better in low light
        Macro focus Good macro Help
        0 cm
        Supports RAW Shoots RAW Help
        Better editing
        High-speed framerate High speed movies Help
        240 fps
        Supports 24p 24p movies Help
        For that film look
        HDR In-camera HDR Help
        Combines multiple exposures
        Viewfinder Doesn't use battery, see more detail Help
        Digital
        External flash External flash Help
        Better lighting
        Popularity Very popular Help
        Among snapsort users

        Cons

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        The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS vs other recent digicams

        Aperture Slightly narrow aperture Help
        f/3.4
        Screen size Below average sized screen Help
        2.8"
        Dynamic range Narrower dynamic range Help
        11.2 EV
        Focus points Fewer focus points Help
        9
        3D Doesn't take 3D photos Help
        No 3d support
        Thickness Thick Help
        4.2"
        Lowest price Expensive Help
        $379.00
        Overall image quality Low overall image quality Help
        47.0
        Size Quite large Help
        Professional size 123x87x106 mm
        Color depth Less color depth Help
        20.3 bits
        Low light performance Noisy at high ISO Help
        179 ISO
        Announced Old Help
        September, 2012
        Weight Very heavy Help
        595 g
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        The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS vs other recent super zooms

        Panorama Lacks in-camera panoramas Help
        You could stitch photos in post
        Battery life Shorter battery life Help
        315 shots
        External mic jack Lacks an external mic jack Help
        Limited to the in-camera mic

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        Discussion

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        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
         
        Avatar for Rajiv 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.
         
        Avatar for mkecupcakequeen 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.
         
        Avatar for edbear 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
         
        Avatar for brolly321 brolly321 (11:44 PM, October 19, 2013)
        I can't believe they left off the GPS...
         
        Avatar for brolly321 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
         
        Avatar for abdullah abdulaziz 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)
        lkjlk
         
        Avatar for Rafael Nogueira Guimaraes 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!!
         
        Avatar for i-Man 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.
         
        Avatar for Aniket Kukade Aniket Kukade (9:46 AM, December 28, 2012)
        give me little detailed reviews about this camera, please
         
        Avatar for SH 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 :)