Canon Powershot SX50 HS gallery

Below are a few examples of images I shot on a recent trip using the Canon Powershot SX50 HS camera. I shot RAW images and optimized them using Canon's DPP software, plus on some I did a little extra editing in Paint Shop Pro v9. None of the images have been cropped (except for the 50% life size crop as noted).

The Canon Powershot SX 50HS has a 24-1200mm lens (35mm full frame equivalent). All the images were taken handheld. On some I may have been leaning against a support to take the shot, but none were taken using a tripod.

I'll be posting a full review of the Canon Powershot SX50 HS within the next week or two, but for now let me just say I was very impressed with it. To get the best out of it you should shoot RAW, especially if you want to use higher ISO settings, but I think the examples below speak for themselves when it comes to image quality. At 100% viewing they aren't as crisp and sharp as images from a 750mm prime lens on an EOS 7D would be (that's the same "equivalent" 1200mm lens), but you can't get a 7D and a 500mm lens + 1.4x TC in a small camera bag, you can't shoot it handheld, you can't zoom to 24mm with it and you can't buy it for under $400!

Canon Powershot SX50 HS Gallery