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Canon SX60HS in Action (3 Viewers)
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birdboybowley
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Ah, cheers for the update.
Be interesting to see a) what they do to it and, more importantly, b) whether it makes a difference to the IQ!!
Be interesting to see a) what they do to it and, more importantly, b) whether it makes a difference to the IQ!!
kawwauser
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i was out on Monday and we had good light for a change,i bumped up the shutter speed (800/)on the robin and stone chat pics but ended up with some noise in the background,all 5 pics taken at a very considerable distance,quality wise I cant see much difference from my sx 40 but now I have a lot more zoom (which is what I wanted)and a great video capability
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Bet those shots were taken at a greater zoom than the 40 could manage or even the 50.
What zoom length was being used.
Thought the Deer, Bully and Buzzard were quite decent.
What zoom length was being used.
Thought the Deer, Bully and Buzzard were quite decent.
WooHoo!!! Can't wait til you get it back, will be eagerly awaiting the results of your first shoot.
Thanks for taking the time and trouble and keeping us informed!
Having a look around, the SX50 optical unit costs £149, presumably the SX60 version is more expensive than that, then there's labour and shipping. They didn't do very well out of selling me a camera. I'll see what it's like next week, but I still don't understand why so many 'bad' examples got out there and even into the hands of people like Imaging Resource - you'd have thought Canon would make sure good, tested copies got to these influential sites.
Sounds similar to the problem they had with the early 1D Mark III's, had to send a lot of them back to the repair facility for focusing problems.
birdboybowley
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Cheers Marco - interesting.....hope to see some pics with the new unit.....
What does the optical unit actually do anyway??
birdboybowley
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Pleased with this one...I love Black Reds, esp the males
crazyfingers
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The entire lens assembly and motors. The heart of the device. The only thing that makes the camera something other than a $100 pocket camera..... if I got that right...
crazyfingers
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What were you experiencing again? Was it a focus issue or the jumpy IS issue?
crazyfingers
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Interesting. I'll be interested to hear how it performs when you get it back.
Or maybe I don't want to know... My new backup SX50 arrived in the mail today.
crazyfingers
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And may I say you are a night owl? Jeebers it's 2:30am in the UK.
crazyfingers
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Tomorrow is Saturday for birding. So far north don't you only have something like 4 hours of good daylight this time of year?
CalvinFold
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Took the plunge, should have an SX60 in about 2 weeks. Getting the lens hood too, pretty much a necessity in my experience.
Then it's a matter of decent weather. I've been photographing tougher-to-shoot birds with my digiscoping gear in a new location the last two times out, so I have some benchmarks on conditions (overcast and poor), distances (50-100m), and quality to pit the SX60 against. I'll also try to go out to my usual spot and catch the white-tailed kites I usually photograph (good test of white clipping). Been using my digiscoping rig for about a year, so well aware of the limitations I'm stuck with. Should be a very fair comparison...the SX60 just has to appreciably beat my current capabilities.
Birds here move more (ducks and other marshland birds), so I'll also get a chance to try shooting moving birds (which I more or less can't now) as well as using with and without a tripod (though I hope to get a monopod for the SX60 instead, or a much lighter tripod).
Stay tuned...
Then it's a matter of decent weather. I've been photographing tougher-to-shoot birds with my digiscoping gear in a new location the last two times out, so I have some benchmarks on conditions (overcast and poor), distances (50-100m), and quality to pit the SX60 against. I'll also try to go out to my usual spot and catch the white-tailed kites I usually photograph (good test of white clipping). Been using my digiscoping rig for about a year, so well aware of the limitations I'm stuck with. Should be a very fair comparison...the SX60 just has to appreciably beat my current capabilities.
Birds here move more (ducks and other marshland birds), so I'll also get a chance to try shooting moving birds (which I more or less can't now) as well as using with and without a tripod (though I hope to get a monopod for the SX60 instead, or a much lighter tripod).
Stay tuned...
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