I started this forum for any collecting hobby and it turned into my camera collecting and using forum. I use it mostly to keep a record of my photo adventures. Nobody but me seems to have photo adventures that visit here....but however. I have so many cameras now that I forget which is which and which ones work and which ones don't. If you have cameras and adventures you would be welcome to post here.
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by DuncaninFrance » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:08 am
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product ... ification4
As I continue to suffer problems with my right arm and shoulder it is becoming more and more difficult to use my DSLR Canon EOD D60 . With the 18-270 mm Tamron lens it weighs about 1.3 kg - Soooooooooooo, I decided to see if the Canon SX50 HS would help to make things easy after seeing the results on Roberts camera.
I discovered that the new version of this camera - the SX60 HR had 16.1 mpixels and an amazing 130 X zoom lens and pretty well all the bells and whistles that I need plus it only weighs in at 650 grams.
IF it does satisfy the requirements then I shall have to consider selling the DSLR which would be a pity but necessary
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by Niner » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:29 pm
I bet it will seem amazing because it is amazing what camera's can do now.
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by Niner Delta » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:46 pm
"IF it does satisfy the requirements then I shall have to consider selling the DSLR which would be a pity but necessary"
I would hope you're not saying that you don't expect your arm and shoulder to ever heal enough to hold the camera,
as that would not be good........
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by DuncaninFrance » Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:46 am
From the current position it doesn't look that good to be honest. The next 10 weeks of physio may give me a better idea.
This is the main reason I have revised my interest in guns to British Military Rifles of the victorian era - I can bench rest shoot them and not get too much recoil
Aint life as bitch ?
Duncan
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by DuncaninFrance » Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:03 am
I decided to compare the lenses of my Canon 60D and my new SX 60 HR which I received yesterday. The SX 60 was straight out of the box and set to AUTO - the 60D was set to P.
The two photographs are of the same place opposite the house
I am amazed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Duncan
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by Niner » Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:06 am
At 1365 mm most images are going to come out like an Impressionist painting. However, the built in stability control is amazing. My Model 50HR can take a really good photo now and again. I like the image lock feature and sometimes you have to half depress the shutter button to get it to come to the best focus at a distance. Sometimes it won't know what object in the distance you are aiming at.
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by DuncaninFrance » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:39 pm
Long lens........................
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