Milsurp After Hours

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

I bet it will seem amazing because it is amazing what camera's can do now.

"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........

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 ?

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

Long lens........................