Canon SX50 Specs (1 Viewer)

[ColinSev]

Cheers

Excellent!

Thanks Crazy - The light conditions were terrible too - luckily the Little Owl was just happy staring straight at me and didnt move.
Thanks for some of your suggestions for camera settings (and everyone else) on this thread. This saved me so much time in testing.

 

[Vipers]

And me to replace my Panasonic DMC-FZ38, also ordered spare battery and memory card.
I was told on here that the Camera comes without a card is there anything else not supplied.

Mike

Mine came without a USB cable. Luckily I had one that fitted so not too much of a drama.

 

[Neil]

Managed a few shots of this Oriental Pratincole with the SX50 today as it made a quick visit to our helideck for a breather,not sure if they migrate or not,this is the first one i have seen .Location off the Mayasian coast,had a bit of a problem getting camera to auto focus on the bird and only managed about three decent shots out of about 30 taken but still a super bird to brighten up anyones day,weather dull with heavy rain showers about.
Shots taken in A mode,auto ISO set to 500 max,camo pic taken with 1.5 x tc on.

Nice Bob. We had about 20 hawking around for insects here this week too.
Neil
Hong Kong,China.

 

[Mike Beer]

Mine also arrived without a USB cable. The one from my Panasonic does not seem to want to fit so got to find the correct USB now bit of a pain.

Mike

 

[Roy C]

Mine also arrived without a USB cable. The one from my Panasonic does not seem to want to fit so got to find the correct USB now bit of a pain.

Mike

Why do you want a USB cable Mike? If its for downloading the images then surely a card reader is far better than having to connect the camera. Besides which card readers are cheap as chips these day - I picked a SDHC card reader for less than a fiver when I got my SX40.

 

[miketaylor]

Why do you want a USB cable Mike? If its for downloading the images then surely a card reader is far better than having to connect the camera. Besides which card readers are cheap as chips these day - I picked a SDHC card reader for less than a fiver when I got my SX40.

I agree that you can easily do the same job with a card reader - but the USB cable does enable the Canon software to interact with camera, e.g. downloading only the new images that haven't already been transferred, sorting the photos into date-stamped folders etc., and even update the software on the camera.

It is a bit of a pain that the SX50 doesn't come with its own USB cable - but 2rd party cables are probably quite cheap. In my case, the cable from my Canon EOS40D works with this camera.

(A different) Mike

 

[Roy C]

I agree that you can easily do the same job with a card reader - but the USB cable does enable the Canon software to interact with camera, e.g. downloading only the new images that haven't already been transferred, sorting the photos into date-stamped folders etc., and even update the software on the camera.

It is a bit of a pain that the SX50 doesn't come with its own USB cable - but 2rd party cables are probably quite cheap. In my case, the cable from my Canon EOS40D works with this camera.

(A different) Mike

Hi Mike, I always download via canon's Zoombrowser which auto puts the images into date-stamped folders, you also have the option to just download new images although I always empty my card and re-format (in camera) after each shoot anyway.
I will admit that you do need to communicate with the Camera at times for software updates - I guess that I have so many USB cable knocking around (including those from three DSLR's that I have) that I have never needed to buy a USB cable specifically for a Camera. I am surprised that any USB cable does not fit, did not even realise you could get different types! (apart from USB2 and USB3 but they are backward compatible anyway).

 

[crazyfingers]

I always use Canon's CameraWindow software to get the last photos off the Camera and drop into my folders on the computer. I organize my photos by month and year, Wildlife photos separate from other photos. Once a month I set CameraWindow to dump new photos into the next month. I have to manually sort the wildlife photos to their separate folders but it's no trouble.

I don't see the point wiping the card very frequently. Certainly it needs to be done sometimes as at some point Canon's software will say that there are too many photos on the card for it to work but that's not after several thousand photos.

 

[Mike Beer]

I need a USB to upload the softwear from the disc supplied I can get one for 5.95 Euro if I had known I could have ordered one the same time as the camera.

Mike

 

[crazyfingers]

WOW. I'd guess I have a spare 2 dozen USB cables of various types hanging around. If I could I'd email one to you but that wouldn't work.

 

[Mike Beer]

WOW. I'd guess I have a spare 2 dozen USB cables of various types hanging around. If I could I'd email one to you but that wouldn't work.

so have I back in UK anyway just ordered one from Amazon France just have to be patient.

Mike

 

[bob freeman]

Yeah USB handy for viewing on Ipad through Apple Lightning Camera Lead,instant viewing,dump the trash and off you go again,great for travelling light.

 

[Mike Beer]

Yeah USB handy for viewing on Ipad through Apple Lightning Camera Lead,instant viewing,dump the trash and off you go again,great for travelling light.

I use Macs and I Photo not heard of the Apple Lightning Camera Lead will look it up. I presume to Camera is good to use as it is I just will not be able to down load anything till the USB arrives.

Mike

 

[crenton]

SX 50 High ISO

Here's a couple of a Coppersmith Barbet, Cherating, Malaysia. SX50, Hand held, Full optical zoom and ISO 1250 and 1600 respectively. The bird was 6-8m away. A little bit of cropping. Whilst not exactly exhibition quality they are perfectly acceptable for a wee camera at fairly high ISO. With a bit of time and effort any fringing could be cleared up in PS.

 

[crenton]

Mine did come with a USB cable, from ProCameraShop. However, I never use it and like others here I've got a dozen spare from other canons that would do. Card reader chap myself so after a shoot I transfer using a card reader to the laptop or PC just using Windows Import into a dated named folder. I then back up straight away onto a portable drive. I don't tick the box to erase after import in case something goes a bit pear shaped, which does happen.
Once I'm sure its all transferred and backed up I then reformat the card in camera.
For processing I use LR4, CS6 or PSE 11 or a combination. Once done I resize the ones I like to 300 dpi for printing and 72 dpi for the WEB. I rename them with the prefix PRT_ for print and WEB_ for Web. I've also introduced a new prefix BF_ for Bird forum All get saved to the original folder then backed up again. Probably a bit paranoid about losing an important shot, which I've also done.
For the iPad I've been using a camera connection kit but have found you can only import once from an SD card. If I try adding files to an SD an then try importing to the iPad it doesn't want to know. So, to transfer from PC or Latop to iPad I've been using Dropbox which I've found really handy (free up to 2.5GB)

 

[crazyfingers]

What's the advantage reformatting the card so frequently? Why not just erase the photos when they are all backed up?

 

[Orionthehunter]

Crenton lovely shots and impressive at those Iso levels.

 

[Birdman7]

Images

Very clean images indeed. I appreciate the difficulty in focusing the eye on the 2nd shot, not easy, well done.

 

[Clive A]

Any body know where I can get a cheap USB cable in the uk?

 

[Orionthehunter]

Hi Clive, Poundland sometimes have these in and the other high street pound shops worth a look.

Edit:Also they have Card readers now and again which is better Imho than using a Usb lead saves battery life and will be faster at uploading photos to Pc/Mac