Canon Powershot SX60 16.1MP Digital Camera 65x Optical Zoom Lens 3-inch LCD Tilt Screen (Black)

Canon Powershot SX60 16.1MP Digital Camera 65x Optical Zoom Lens 3-inch LCD Tilt Screen (Black)

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• Built-in Wi-Fi connectivity with NFC allows wireless transferring of images and video ; Power Source :Battery Pack NB-10L, AC Adapter Kit ACK-DC80
• 16.1 megapixel 1/2.3-inch high-sensitivity CMOS sensor combined with DIGIC 6 image processor (Canon HS SYSTEM)
• 65x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom and 260x combined zoom with Optical Image Stabilizer.Video Clip Length Up to 29 Min 59 Sec
• Bright 3-inch vari-angle LCD plus an electronic viewfinder. Operating temperature: 32-104°F/0-40°C
• Capture stunning 1080p HD video in MP4 format with a dedicated movie button and zoom while shooting

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Brand : Canon
Category : Electronics,Camera & Photo,Digital Cameras,Point & Shoot Digital Cameras
Rating : 4.4
Review Count : 665

Canon Powershot SX60 16.1MP Digital Camera 65x Optical Zoom Lens 3-inch LCD Tilt Screen (Black)

• This is exactly what I wanted. I travel a lot for to take pictures at conventions and shoot video and I wanted something that could do everything fairly well all-in-one. This definitely does the trick. The picture clarity is pretty amazing and while you won\'t get DSLR quality from them, they\'re definitely good enough to post on my small news site. Video is decent, but I mainly got this because of the mic jack. My handheld camcorder does not have that so doing interviews at crowded convention halls is horrible since the speaker\'s voice is often drowned out by background noise. A relatively cheap mic does the trick and now I can record video with no problem...For the most part.The reason I\'m giving this four stars out of five is for a couple reasons:1. Low light pictures are really difficult to take. Often the camera will have issues focusing on the subject and the overall images turn out really grainy. It\'s much better when there is some kind of lighting.2. Low light video is just horrible. It\'s suuuuper grainy. I had to buy a hotshoe light so I could brighten up the area enough so the sensor on the camera would process better.3. You really need a tripod if you want good telephoto pictures, especially with the full zoom.4. At the far range of the telephoto, pictures are grainy and a bit blurry, probably from shaky hands.5. Autofocus isn\'t great at focusing on exactly what you want. I often look at the LCD and think a picture turned out well but when I look at it on my monitor the focus is not what I want especially in macro shots. I\'ve often had to manually adjust the focus and move over the point of focus on the screen to get the shots in focus. This leads to way more time spent on aligning that shot. So it\'s not great for those spur of the moment pictures.6. When in auto focus in the video, the camera will continually adjust focus so the finished video often will have a weird choppy effect because of this. I\'ve had to switch to manual focus when recording video to avoid this issue.7. When I attach my light hotshoe, I can\'t see the adjustments to the aperture, ISO and shutter speed when I\'m taking photos. I can see it for video though so that\'s good.Okay so enough of the bad stuff, what do I love about this?Once I figured out the settings and the manual focus, my pictures have come out amazing! They\'re bright, colorful and bursting with life. I\'m still getting the hang of it, but after watching some tutorials on how to take better pictures and switching to all manual mode, I\'m much happier with the product. It\'s a great camera for semi-professional use I think plus when comparing to DSLRs it\'s a bargain. You get a ton of features and macro/wide and telephoto lens all in one for under $500. Yes, you don\'t get the same range of aperture or ISO as you would a DSLR, but I think it\'s a perfect camera for people like me who don\'t want to lug around a big bag of lenses and aren\'t really looking to go pro. Can I also say I love the WiFi capabilities? It\'s great to just transfer the images over to my iPad or computer without having to pop out my SD card. I haven\'t really played around with the flash too much, but I\'ll probably mess around with that a bit to even out outdoor portrait pictures.Battery life is pretty good. I went a full day of taking pictures and recording interviews without having to swap out batteries. With that said, I highly suggest toting around a second one just in case. The different light options are good, though I still got myself a white balance card so I could get the most accurate shots. I feel like in mixed lighting situations (indoors fluorescent with natural lighting filtering through the windows) the colors weren\'t entirely accurate. I also really enjoy all the different color options to choose from. I mainly shoot neutral but for my macro flower shots like to use either the Green or the Film color options so that they pop more.Honestly, despite some qualms, I am in love with this camera. I hope to use it for more years to come.
• I enjoy photographing birds and wildlife, and have a dslr with a medium range (70-300) lens. I was going to rent a longer lens (the new canon 100-400) for an excursion when I saw my rental company had the new Nikon P900 for rent so I decided to try it out. I had great fun with it, and was impressed with the quality of the photos and the zoom reach though I found as others have reported that at the far end the Nikon has trouble acquiring focus and even when it does it is difficult to hold the camera steady enough to avoid blurry images. It seemed the usable range on the Nikon zoom was only about 65x (except when focusing on bright objects that are far away, like the moon), so when I went looking for a superzoom to purchase I settled on the Canon SX 60 hs. I wanted a superzoom that allowed me to shoot in Raw, had a hot shoe, and most importantly, was cheaper than the Nikon. I also liked the fact that the Canon is considerably smaller and lighter than the Nikon P900 (only 22 ounces or 650 grams compared to 33 ounces and 916 grams). However, the added heft made the Nikon a little easier to hold steady when zoomed out to the max.Having used both cameras, I have found that what is said about the two brand\'s dslrs also holds true with these bridge cameras: the Nikon has the better sensor, and hence better image quality, while the Canon seems to have the edge with autofocus. The Nikon shots were sharper, but the Canon seems much less likely to hunt for focus and re-acqquires it quickly with the frame assist button so you get more shots. The additional zoom is not really an advantage for the Nikon, for reasons mentioned earlier. Also, to my surprise, Canon\'s 1.6x digital zoom is not as bad as you would expect for digital zoom and rivals the Nikon\'s shots at 85x zoom on those rare occasions when the Nikon can acquire focus at that length.Some of the shots I posted ate from a recent excursion where I happened to run into a man who had the Canon 100-400 lens on a Canon 7d. We talked about the fact that there weren\'t a lot of birds out that day, and when I mentioned the grebes and the plover he said that those were \"too far\" for his long lens (that costs more than 2k, btw, which is why I only ever can hope to rent it from time to time). We bemoaned the fact that my superzoom wouldn\'t yield shots of the same quality, but the point is, I DID get shots of the Beebe and plover. The shots do not rival a dslr and a long lens, but my used canon sx60 cost a small fraction of what a long lens would cost, is easy to carry and handhold, and is great for seeing birds and other wildlife at a great distance, though I found with both the Nikon P900 and the Canon SX60 that the sweet spot for great photos is more like 50-35 feet or less. The superzoom allows you to see and capture blurry images at a great distance, but it allows you to fill the frame with subjects that are closer. Both cameras have Wi-fi, which is nice and I was able to get the Canon wi-fi to work by first getting out of range of my own home wi-fi (my phone would automatically disconnect form the camera access point for the stronger and preferred signal from my home router). Below I list some of the pros and cons I have observed in comparing the two cameras:Pros of the Canon SX 60 (vs. Nikon P900)Cost and availabilityLighter weight (though this is also a con, see below)Frame assist and decent auto-focusRaw supportHot shoe for external flashExternal mike jack for video (haven\'t used this)Plug for remote shutter releaseLens markings to show how far out it is zoomedCons (vs. Nikon P900)Image quality (Nikon\'s sensor is backside illuminated, as was the Canon SX 50, and that may explain its sharper images)Lighter weight means harder to hold steady when zoomed outNo eye sensor (it is so easy with the Nikon to go from using the viewfinder to the LCD screen though occasionally a stray thumb will trip the sensor. On the Canon, you have to hit the display button twice to switch)The LCD screen seems noisier than the NikonFor now, I am okay with the Canon. If I had an unlimited budget, I might be willing to forgo shooting raw for the Nikon but with either I am able to get some shots I was not able to get with my dslr. I am trying to learn the camera to optimize what I can get from the Canon, and I\'ll update as I go.

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