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  1. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Ouch. That doesn't sound good. Zooming out with the framing button was one of my favourites with the SX50. I just notice that another "Canon PowerShot SX 70 HS - Zoom Test" video was published nine hours ago. (Of course there is no guarantee that this is the real thing, and not just someone...
  2. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    The 70-300mm lens which I presently use consists of 16 elements in 10 groups, weighs (camera + lens) 900g and is 230mm long, fully extended. So there is a chance that such a camera would be easier to handle than, say, the Sigma 150-600 Sports mounted via FT-1 adapter on a Nikon1 camera. But...
  3. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Sure, it's a long process from a patent to a new camera. Still, a mere chance for a 380mm lens planted on a sensor with a 5.62 crop factor is ... nice. :king: An equivalent focal length of 2135mm at f/7? The internal teleconverter would become almost irrelevant, I might prefer to shoot in RAW...
  4. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    I didn't notice the 100x / 150x inconsistency. You might be right. |:D| The video itself looks professional - zooming on a raptor, not on a sparrow. And the whole scenario: dry climate, to reduce atmospheric issues. Apparently Canon has patented a new Powershot 3.8-380mm f/2.3-7 zoom lens.
  5. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Could this video of a 150x zoom Canon SX70 HS be authentic? Or is it a fake?
  6. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Good luck with your test shots, I am looking forward to it. TC = teleconverter. According to the manual: I guess this answers my question, the 1.6 and 2.0 teleconverters are clearly a kind of digital zoom and can't be used if the camera is set to RAW. The dpreview chart-shot of the SX50 raw...
  7. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Many thanks for your efforts. I am still looking for alternatives to the SX50 and might buy an SX60 or a Nikon P900, if the price is right. In April I bought a Nikon V2 (mainly for birds in flight), but the SX50 is hard to beat for long distances and macro. What I learned from the V2 is that...
  8. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    The SX50 has a problem with clipping whites, too. When I meet a dipper, I dial in -2/3 for ev. Two days ago I thought I had nice pictures of the bird, but -2/3 wasn't enough - no detail in whites.
  9. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Exactly. Waiting for a Gold crest, suddenly you notice a falcon or hawk in the sky. Getting an image or not can be a matter of 2-3 seconds. The option to take a shot with the zoom retracted is pure gold in such a case.
  10. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    While I keep pressing the Frame Assist button of the SX50, waiting for a bird to re-appear from a bush, often another bird appears, and I can "fire" immediately. I found this feature useful, profiting from a shorter zoom position to get a first shot of a possibly shy bird. I don't have the SX60...
  11. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    The weight is a main factor for me. And the silence of a bridge camera. A third possible factor is the "intimidation" of shy birds caused by XXL cameras. ;)
  12. HermitIbis

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Is this the comparison test you are talking about? http://psnp.lightshedder.com/?p=267
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