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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HermitIbis" data-source="post: 3664548" data-attributes="member: 128291">There is <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=240202&page=81" target="_blank">a long thread on the SX50.</a> The Canon SX50 isn't produced anymore, I am not aware of "versions" of the model. Opinions differ whether the successor SX60 is better or worse for birding. There is another thread with many fine SX60 photos. Still, if you <a href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=SX50%20birds" target="_blank">visit the flickr site</a> and search for "SX50 birds", you'll see 24.000 photos, vs 3.500 photos with the SX60. Surely more SX50 cameras have been sold. A used, intact SX50 can be bought for Euro 150, if you are lucky. The <a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=300509" target="_blank">Nikon P900.</a> Worth a look, since the price for used, intact P900 cameras is gradually coming down. Still expensive, Euro 400 used. I might have bought it, had the price been lower. Don't hurry, bargains can be made, if you are patient. Contrary to DSLRs, these models don't count the "clicks", ie the numbers of photos shot. So it's guesswork whether a camera is little used. - Hint: The "Func set" of the SX50 is the most frequently used button. If the text "Func Set" looks brandnew, it indicates that the SX50 has had few clicks. If you are tempted to buy one of the newer superzooms in the Euro 400-700 segment, consider that none can shoot birds in flight, none has an electronic shutter. With a little luck in August 2018, shortly before the next Photokina mass, prices for used cameras capable for birds in flight might come down.</blockquote>

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