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# High-speed AF & Burst 1080p Full HD Video 50x Optical Zoom PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black

**Brand:** canon
**Price:** 2373 zł
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📸 Zoom into brilliance, shoot like a pro, carry with ease!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black by canon
- **How much does it cost?** 2373 zł with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pl](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/1146483-powershot-sx50-hs-12-1-mp-digital-camera-with-50x)

## Best For

- canon enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted canon brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Unmatched Zoom Power:** World’s first 50x optical zoom lens from 24mm wide-angle to 1200mm telephoto—capture every detail, near or far.
- • **Pro-Level Image Quality:** 12.1MP High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor paired with DIGIC 5 processor delivers stunning clarity up to ISO 6400.
- • **Seamless Action Capture:** High-speed autofocus and burst shooting up to 10 fps ensure you never miss a moment in fast-paced scenes.
- • **Compact Yet Feature-Rich:** Lightweight 21 oz bridge camera with articulating LCD, built-in hot shoe, and optical image stabilization for steady, sharp shots on the go.
- • **Versatile Shooting Modes:** From RAW image capture to customizable settings (C1 & C2), tailor your shots like a seasoned pro without bulky gear.

## Overview

The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS is a compact bridge camera boasting the world’s first 50x optical zoom lens (24-1200mm), a 12.1MP high-sensitivity CMOS sensor with DIGIC 5 processor, and 1080p Full HD video recording. Designed for serious amateurs and professionals seeking a powerful yet portable camera, it features fast autofocus, high-speed burst shooting, RAW image capture, and an articulating LCD. Its advanced image stabilization and versatile shooting modes make it ideal for capturing sharp, detailed photos and videos across diverse environments.

## Description

PowerShot SX50 HS is world's first 50x Optical Zoom lens in a compact digital camera, which goes all the way from a wide-angle 24mm to 1200mm (35mm equivalent) to capture any shot you choose. The PowerShot SX50 HS features the Canon HS SYSTEM, a combination of a 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 5 Image Processor, achieves beautiful images up to ISO 6400. Video recording is available at 1080p Full HD and High Speed AF ensures you'll capture all the action with faster focusing speed and reduced shooting lag time.

Review: What this camera CAN and CANNOT do! - I'll keep this short and sweet... Why would this semi-pro photographer/graphic designer buy this plasticky, consumer camera when he already has a Canon 5D Mark II with lots of good "L" glass with decent reach (up to 300 mm). Well there are three reasons: FIRST and most important, the REACH of this little camera is AMAZING! I took a photo of a turkey vulture walking about 25 feet away from the driver's seat of my car through the rolled-down passenger window (I'll upload it to desertcart). Even from that distance, the amount of detail was amazing! There is no way I could have gotten that shot with my 300 mm lens on my SLR. Heck, even if I owned a 800 mm lens that costs $12,000, I still couldn't get that shot because 1) I could even lift that lens, 2) there's no way I could maneuver that lens inside my car, and 3) I couldn't hold that lens steady because I would be crying because I dumped $12,000 on a lens. 1200 mm lens for $400 bucks! Amazing! SECOND reason: BOKEH! Bokeh is the background blur produced by a lens. That why folks like SLR cameras--the big sensors allow lenses to be produced that can be opened wide open to produce those artsy portraits with blurred out backgrounds. The problem with small sensors on consumer cameras is that the physics of everything makes it difficult to produce ANY decent bokeh. However, because the Canon SX50 has such an amazingly long zoom, it can produce some decent background blur. Is it as good as my SLR with a 50mm 1.4 lens? No way! My SLR with good lens produced a MUCH smoother backgrounds. But the Canon SX50 isn't bad considering how small the sensor is. Not bad at all! Actually, it's sort of a miracle that a sensor this small can produce ANY background blur! THIRD, there are MANY times where I really wished that I had my camera, but I didn't because it's a pain to lug around my SLR with a big lens. So I have plenty of missed opportunities. About two weeks ago, a bald eagle landed on the cross on top of my church. And the morning light was perfect! How I wished that I had my SLR with long lens! But I would have looked like a dork for bringing that setup to church. The only camera I had was my iPhone. Suffice to say, the iPhone was worthless and the eagle looked like a tiny dot. However, if I had a Canon SX50 with me, I'm sure that I would have bagged some amazing shots. Since the SX50 is so small, I will be carrying this camera with me at all times. No more miss shots for me! Being a good photographer has a lot to do with being at the right place at the right time (but even that doesn't help unless you have some decent gear on you). So that's it. The SX50 is just another tool in the bag. I'm still using my SLR/big lenses. Now I have more options (and I'll still be able to feed the family). UPDATE 3/21/13 Amazing reach! This past weekend, I went on a boat tour on the St. John's River in Florida. I had both my Canon 5D Mark II with 300mm lens and the SX50. We came across two Barred Owls and the SLR with 300mm lens simply did not have enough reach. So I got out the SX50 and got some terrific photos. The reaction time of the SX50 simply cannot compare with the SLR (so I had to take lots of shots to make sure that I had a few keepers). And there is no question that photos with the SX50 have more grain--the SLR does much better in low light. But I'll take some grain for better reach any day! Great tool to have beside my SLR.
Review: Really Great Camera - My wife is quite the photography enthusiast and owns a couple of DSLR cameras. I wasn't willing to invest that kind of money into a high end camera when I've never even taken a photography class. But I do have an interest in photography, and thought it would be fun to have a camera that could produce something better than my iPhone! The Canon PowerShot SX50 turned out to be the perfect beginners camera. First off you can just set it on auto and use it like any old point and shoot. It has a massive zoom which allows for some pretty incredible pictures. You can zoom optically by 50x and then 4x more digitally for a 200x zoom. Obviously if you zoom to the max you will compromise the picture quality somewhat, but it is still surprisingly good. Once you have decided to take off the training wheels you can experiment with some of the cameras more advanced features. You can set the camera to shutter priority which allows you to take the great action shot or freeze water droplets flying through the air. You can use aperture priority and get those nice depth of field images where an object is in focus and the background is not. There is even a full manual mode if you want to get very technical. There are also guided auto settings for action shots, night time and various other scenarios. I have attached some pictures taken with the camera. All freehand, no tripod. Even the zoom in on the moon was just taken standing in the back yard one night. I've read articles to suggest that even serious photographers like this camera because unlike their fancy DSLR, this camera is very lightweight. And to get a zoom as good as this one on a DSLR would set you back thousands of dollars, and would weigh a ton. If you want to take more serious pictures than your iPhone can, then this is a great camera to play around with. I've taken mine on various trips and have managed to take some good pictures with it. Of the attached images you'll see three animals taken at a zoo, which illustrate the powerful zoom (clearly I am not all that close to these dangerous animals!). A moon shot, showing not even the max zoom. It was taken during a 'honey moon' that's why it's not the usual color. And there's a fountain image, you can see how the water is frozen mid stream with high shutter speed. I think that this camera is well suited to both beginners and more seasoned photographers. Definitely worth a closer look this one.

## Features

- World's first 50x Optical Zoom 24mm Wide-Angle Image Stabilized Lens
- 12.1 MP High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor with DIGIC 5 Image Processor
- 1080p Full HD Video With a Dedicated Movie Button
- High-speed AF, High-speed Burst HQ for a maximum of 10 frames
- Built-in Shoe Allows Compatibility with Optional Speedlites

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B009B0MZ1M |
| Age Range Description | Adult |
| Aperture modes | F3.4 - F6.5 |
| Are Batteries Included | Yes |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9, 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 4:5 |
| Auto Focus Technology | Continuous, Contrast Detection, Face Detection, Live View, Multi-area, Selective single-point, Single, Tracking |
| Autofocus | Yes |
| Autofocus Points | 9 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #170,685 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #1,510 in Digital Point & Shoot Cameras |
| Bit Depth | 12 Bit |
| Brand | Canon |
| Built-In Media | Battery, Battery Charger, Lens Cap, Neck Strap |
| Camera Flash | Built-In |
| Camera Lens | 50x optical zoom lens with a focal length range of 24mm-1200mm and an aperture range of F3.4 - F6.5 |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | TVs, Computers, External Storage Devices |
| Compatible Mountings | Canon EF |
| Connectivity Technology | HDMI, USB |
| Continuous Shooting | 13 FPS |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,321 Reviews |
| Digital Scene Transition | zoom |
| Digital Zoom | 4 |
| Digital-Still | Yes |
| Display Fixture Type | Articulating |
| Display Maximum Resolution | 461,000 pixels |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 461000 |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Dots Per Screen | 461000 |
| Effective Still Resolution | 12.1 MP |
| Expanded ISO Maximum | 6400 |
| Expanded ISO Minimum | 100 |
| Exposure Control | Automatic |
| File Format | JPEG, RAW |
| Flash Memory Bus Interface Type | UHS-I |
| Flash Memory Type | SD/SDHC/SDXC |
| Flash Modes | Automatic |
| Focal Length Description | 123.9 millimeters |
| Focus Features | AiAF TTL |
| Focus Mode | Continuous-Servo AF (AF-C) |
| Focus Type | Auto Focus |
| Form Factor | SLR-like (bridge) |
| Generation | 50 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00138031571920 |
| HDMI Type | Type C Mini HDMI |
| Hardware Interface | AV Port |
| Has Color Screen | Yes |
| Image Capture Type | Stills & Video |
| Image Stabilization | Optical |
| Image stabilization | Optical |
| Item Weight | 21 Ounces |
| JPEG Quality Level | Fine, Normal |
| Lens Type | Zoom |
| Manufacturer | Canon Cameras US |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 6352B001 |
| Maximum Aperture | 2.8 f |
| Maximum Focal Length | 1200 Millimeters |
| Maximum Image Size | 4008 Pixels |
| Maximum Shutter Speed | 1/2000 Seconds |
| Memory Slots Available | 1 |
| Metering Methods | Multi, Center-weighted, Spot |
| Minimum Focal Length | 24 Millimeters |
| Minimum Shutter Speed | 15 seconds |
| Model Name | Canon PowerShot SX50 HS |
| Model Number | 6352B001 |
| Model Series | SX50 |
| Movie Mode | Yes |
| Night vision | No |
| Optical Zoom | 50 x |
| Photo Sensor Resolution | 12.1 MP |
| Photo Sensor Size | 1/2.3-inch |
| Photo Sensor Technology | CMOS |
| Real Angle Of View | 61.2 Degrees |
| Remote Included | No |
| Screen Size | 2.8 Inches |
| Self Timer | 10 Seconds |
| Sensor Type | CMOS |
| Series Number | 50 |
| Shooting Modes | Portrait, smooth skin, smart shutter, high-speed burst HQ, handheld night scene, snow and fireworks |
| Skill Level | Professional |
| Special Feature | Face Detection |
| Specific Uses For Product | Photography |
| Supported File Format | JPEG, RAW |
| Supported Image Format | JPEG |
| Total Still Resolution | 12.8 MP |
| Total USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Total USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
| Total USB Ports | 1 |
| Total Video Out Ports | 1 |
| UPC | 013803157192 138031571920 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Video Capture Format | AVC |
| Video Output | HDMI |
| Video Resolution | FHD 1080p |
| Viewfinder | Electronic |
| Warranty Description | Limited 1 year |
| White Balance Settings | Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash torch |
| Wireless Technology | Yes |
| Write Speed | 13 fps |
| Zoom | Optical |

## Product Details

- **Aspect Ratio:** 16:9, 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 4:5
- **Compatible Mountings:** Canon EF
- **Expanded ISO Minimum:** 100
- **Image Stabilization:** Optical
- **Maximum Aperture:** 2.8 f
- **Maximum Focal Length:** 1200 Millimeters
- **Metering Description:** Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- **Optical Zoom:** 50 x
- **Photo Sensor Technology:** CMOS
- **Supported File Format:** JPEG, RAW

## Images

![PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61d1sNofahL.jpg)
![PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51NUQJDZmJL.jpg)
![PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jiRBTBNQL.jpg)
![PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bEatgtWtL.jpg)
![PowerShot SX50 HS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 50x Wide-Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom Black - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61AyWMELMfL.jpg)

## Available Options

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: I really like this camera. Does the attachment of UV and polarizing filters cause any degradation in performance of the camera?**
A: Well, whenever you put on additional glass, a certain degree of degradation will occur, however for the protection of the lens, I generally use them. If you use high quality glass, the effect should be minimal.  If you find the result isn't to your liking, you could clean it up a little with imaging software.

**Q: How would you compare this camera with the Canon Rebel T3? Which one would you purchase? Which one is newer? Thanks**
A: They are both great cameras it really depends on what you want.  We actually purchased this camera in addition to a Cannon Rebel T4.  We cruise quite a bit and when going off ship to take the Rebel T4 have quite a big carring case to take the different lenses and with this Cannon powershot SX50 you  have one camera dont even need to take a case can just carry it.  Also if you are looking for a great zoom this is the best one we have found for the price you would be able to get a lens for the Rebel T3 that would have the same zoom but it would be very expensive.  For example we took a picture of the moon with the SX50 and you can see the craters and took pictures of a plane in flight that all you could see with the eye was a white streak in the sky and after going full zoom you can almost read the writing on the airplane.  So I would say both are great cameras just depends what you are looking for.

**Q: Does this come with a CHARGED battery AND/OR a BATTERY CHARGER????? I've ordered the separate battery-and-charger pack, but it will arrive after the camera does. Will I be able to use the camera when it arrives? Will I have to wait until the second package arrives before I can use the camera and/or re-charge the batter…**
A: It comes with a battery charger, I too ordered the charger and a couple of batteries & I am glad i did,  The battery does last a good amount of time.  I am still looking for a better strap to hold the camera & or a smaller case for it, but I love this.  I just wish it was a little smaller, but with smaller the sacrifice is power in the zoom.  Some day, but we have come a long way to get here in 10 years this will be an antique.  But for now I love it!

**Q: Why did you choose this camera?**
A: I choose this Canon SX-50 HS because of the large 50X optical zoom and it takes very good detailed photos.....and simply has been a very good trouble-free digital camera. I have taken thousands of outstanding photos with this camera. It's as close to a DSLR camera I will ever get and at least you get 50X optical zoom lens without fumbling and changing lenses on those DSLR digital cameras.....a hassle for me.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What this camera CAN and CANNOT do!
*by J***B on January 27, 2013*

I'll keep this short and sweet... Why would this semi-pro photographer/graphic designer buy this plasticky, consumer camera when he already has a Canon 5D Mark II with lots of good "L" glass with decent reach (up to 300 mm). Well there are three reasons: FIRST and most important, the REACH of this little camera is AMAZING! I took a photo of a turkey vulture walking about 25 feet away from the driver's seat of my car through the rolled-down passenger window (I'll upload it to Amazon). Even from that distance, the amount of detail was amazing! There is no way I could have gotten that shot with my 300 mm lens on my SLR. Heck, even if I owned a 800 mm lens that costs $12,000, I still couldn't get that shot because 1) I could even lift that lens, 2) there's no way I could maneuver that lens inside my car, and 3) I couldn't hold that lens steady because I would be crying because I dumped $12,000 on a lens. 1200 mm lens for $400 bucks! Amazing! SECOND reason: BOKEH! Bokeh is the background blur produced by a lens. That why folks like SLR cameras--the big sensors allow lenses to be produced that can be opened wide open to produce those artsy portraits with blurred out backgrounds. The problem with small sensors on consumer cameras is that the physics of everything makes it difficult to produce ANY decent bokeh. However, because the Canon SX50 has such an amazingly long zoom, it can produce some decent background blur. Is it as good as my SLR with a 50mm 1.4 lens? No way! My SLR with good lens produced a MUCH smoother backgrounds. But the Canon SX50 isn't bad considering how small the sensor is. Not bad at all! Actually, it's sort of a miracle that a sensor this small can produce ANY background blur! THIRD, there are MANY times where I really wished that I had my camera, but I didn't because it's a pain to lug around my SLR with a big lens. So I have plenty of missed opportunities. About two weeks ago, a bald eagle landed on the cross on top of my church. And the morning light was perfect! How I wished that I had my SLR with long lens! But I would have looked like a dork for bringing that setup to church. The only camera I had was my iPhone. Suffice to say, the iPhone was worthless and the eagle looked like a tiny dot. However, if I had a Canon SX50 with me, I'm sure that I would have bagged some amazing shots. Since the SX50 is so small, I will be carrying this camera with me at all times. No more miss shots for me! Being a good photographer has a lot to do with being at the right place at the right time (but even that doesn't help unless you have some decent gear on you). So that's it. The SX50 is just another tool in the bag. I'm still using my SLR/big lenses. Now I have more options (and I'll still be able to feed the family). UPDATE 3/21/13 Amazing reach! This past weekend, I went on a boat tour on the St. John's River in Florida. I had both my Canon 5D Mark II with 300mm lens and the SX50. We came across two Barred Owls and the SLR with 300mm lens simply did not have enough reach. So I got out the SX50 and got some terrific photos. The reaction time of the SX50 simply cannot compare with the SLR (so I had to take lots of shots to make sure that I had a few keepers). And there is no question that photos with the SX50 have more grain--the SLR does much better in low light. But I'll take some grain for better reach any day! Great tool to have beside my SLR.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really Great Camera
*by C***Y on January 1, 2015*

My wife is quite the photography enthusiast and owns a couple of DSLR cameras. I wasn't willing to invest that kind of money into a high end camera when I've never even taken a photography class. But I do have an interest in photography, and thought it would be fun to have a camera that could produce something better than my iPhone! The Canon PowerShot SX50 turned out to be the perfect beginners camera. First off you can just set it on auto and use it like any old point and shoot. It has a massive zoom which allows for some pretty incredible pictures. You can zoom optically by 50x and then 4x more digitally for a 200x zoom. Obviously if you zoom to the max you will compromise the picture quality somewhat, but it is still surprisingly good. Once you have decided to take off the training wheels you can experiment with some of the cameras more advanced features. You can set the camera to shutter priority which allows you to take the great action shot or freeze water droplets flying through the air. You can use aperture priority and get those nice depth of field images where an object is in focus and the background is not. There is even a full manual mode if you want to get very technical. There are also guided auto settings for action shots, night time and various other scenarios. I have attached some pictures taken with the camera. All freehand, no tripod. Even the zoom in on the moon was just taken standing in the back yard one night. I've read articles to suggest that even serious photographers like this camera because unlike their fancy DSLR, this camera is very lightweight. And to get a zoom as good as this one on a DSLR would set you back thousands of dollars, and would weigh a ton. If you want to take more serious pictures than your iPhone can, then this is a great camera to play around with. I've taken mine on various trips and have managed to take some good pictures with it. Of the attached images you'll see three animals taken at a zoo, which illustrate the powerful zoom (clearly I am not all that close to these dangerous animals!). A moon shot, showing not even the max zoom. It was taken during a 'honey moon' that's why it's not the usual color. And there's a fountain image, you can see how the water is frozen mid stream with high shutter speed. I think that this camera is well suited to both beginners and more seasoned photographers. Definitely worth a closer look this one.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the monster-zoom, it works very well. For the rest, well... that depends.
*by J***N on October 5, 2012*

I ordered the SX50 through Amazon, I tried it out, I liked it well enough and I intend to keep it. For what it does best, it works very well. For the rest, well... that depends. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This is a video I shot of a fishing boat in Monterey Bay. I used my new SX50 with a 50X optical zoom and a 4X digital zoom for a total of 200X (sort of.) I know it's pixillated, but still just look carefully and you can see the fisherman casting his fishing pole at the stern of the boat and then sitting down. Pretty amazing video technology they have developed for this camera. So that is where this review starts - with the monster-zoom telephoto lens. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& What this camera does best is pretty obvious - it has a monster-zoom telephoto lens. I enjoy doing some telephoto work, and for that purpose it works amazingly well. At a 1200mm - 50X - zoom you simply cannot buy a Canon DSLR lens with that kind of magnification for any amount of money.*1 The largest [standard production] DSLR telephoto lens that Canon makes is an 800mm and that lens costs over $13,000. So there you have it. For around $500 you can run circles around that magnification, get some fantastic shots and have a lot of fun with it. It will most definitely amaze your friends when you show them with what you can do with the monster-zoom feature alone. *1 Technically, "any amount of money" is not completely true here. Another poster has pointed out that on special order Canon will make a 1200MM lens for a DSLR. It weighs about 40 lbs. The MSRP is $100,000. Only a few dozen have ever been produced. My bad. It also has a wide ISO range (film speed) combined with some very fast shutter speeds for fast-action shots. And the recovery and repeat shot time is very fast too. There is also built-in HDR (High Dynamic Range) feature that will be fun to use for creating vibrant-colored, surreal landscapes. (Don't try it with portraits though, since HDR is notoriously bad at distorting human skin tones.) For the more advanced shooters it also offer RAW files as well as RAW plus JPEG, so that you can fine-tune your photos with post-processing in a Photoshop-type program. All around this should turn out to be a good recreational and family-fun camera that will work very well for daytime things like social events and sporting events, particularly at getting candid shots of people all the way across the other side of the auditorium or the sports arena. And it has an excellent HD video feature that - with a good secure tripod - can produce some very respectable quality videos. Unfortunately, the "hot shoe" for the camera only works with an external flash, not a high-quality external microphone. So no, it won't take one, so you don't even need to ask. Yes, of course with a high quality HD video feature you would only expect that Canon would allow you to attach a high-quality external microphone to the hot shoe, but no they don't. You can take that up with Canon - again - just the way people did last year, and see how far you get with it. Otherwise you will simply have to enjoy it the way it is, or else use a tape recorder and sync the sound with it in a movie-making program afterwards. But if you want to take any long-exposure, nighttime shots with it, then this camera probably will not work for you at all. It COULD take them easily, but for marketing reasons Canon put an arbitrary ISO limit on it last year that will no longer let it take them. (Earlier models of this same camera could easily take them before Canon imposed the arbitrary ISO limit on it.) If you have ever owned any of the previous cameras of this series, (the SX1, SX10, SX20 and SX30,) then you probably know that it has a rather small 1/2.3 sized sensor, but (now) it processes the images with a very good DIGIC 5 processor. If you have also owned an SX40, then you also may be aware of a rather recent limitation on this line of cameras that the previous models did not have. Beginning with the model SX40 Canon put an arbitrary ISO (film speed) limit on the camera which severely restricts one type of photography in particular - long-exposure, low-light, nighttime photographs. They are now almost impossible to take with this line of camera, because the user can no longer select any ISO greater than 100 at any of the slower shutter speeds, not even in full manual mode. ISO 100 is a film speed (nowadays called "sensor sensitivity", but the numbers are identical) that has been traditionally used only in bright daytime photo shooting. Low light and nighttime exposures have always required faster film speeds like ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1000 or even more. Photos of that type which had always been easy to take with earlier models of this camera suddenly became almost impossible to take beginning with the SX40. Suddenly any attempt to set the shutter speed to slower than 1.3 seconds automatically reduced the camera setting to ISO 100. There was no way for the user to bypass this limit, (without resorting to a special Hacker program available on the internet called "CHDK." Watch a YouTube video on that before you decide to try it. ) There were a lot of complaints about the ISO limit on the SX40 from a lot of users (me included - see the YouTube video on "Canon SX40 ISO limits,") going on for a year now, and finally Canon has introduced the new model SX50. So here's the bad news... Canon did not take the ISO limit off this line of cameras. In fact, the ISO limit on the new SX50 is even worse. Now any attempt to drop the shutter speed under 1 second automatically drops the ISO setting to ISO 80. The user cannot change this limit, even in full manual mode. Adding to that problem, the SX50 has also reduced the widest aperture opening from f/2.7 to f/3.4. The aperture is the size of the opening that allows light to enter the camera through the lens. It is variable, and the smaller the number the larger the opening. So on the new SX50 the largest size to which you can open up the aperture to let light in has been reduced from f/2.7 to f/3.4. The result is that now it is even harder to take low-light, long-exposure, nighttime photographs with it. The current Canon SX160 with the same-sized sensor (though a CCD and not a CMOS sensor) does NOT have this arbitrary limit on it, and does very well at taking long-exposure, nighttime photographs, so I bought it too - for less than half the price of the SX50 - and I gave that one a very strong 5-star rating. Since my primary use of my cameras, however, is expressly for taking long-exposure nighttime photographs, and since there is NO TECHNICAL REASON for putting this arbitrary ISO limit on the SX50 camera (it has already been established during the previous year that it was a marketing decision) - then I'm giving this camera a 4-star rating instead of a 5-star rating. Not for what it CAN'T do, but simply for what Canon will no longer LET it do. If you want to use the camera for a similar purpose - nighttime long exposures, moonlit night scenes, deer in the garden at night, wide-angle star shots or anything similar to those themes, then this camera will not work well for you at all. I understand that the audience for that usage may well be only a small percentage of all users. Still, some users will be effected by it and they need to know. During the last year quite of few of them were pretty upset by that ISO 100 limit on the SX40, so those same users will probably like the the more restrictive ISO 80 limit on the new SX50 even less. In case there is any doubt about it, the online .pdf file for the User Manual at Canon's website clearly states on pages 150 and 152 - "With shutter speeds of 1.3 seconds or slower, ISO speed is [symbol "ISO80"] and cannot be changed." If that effects you, then now you know about it. If it doesn't effect you, then you can simply ignore this part of the review and then you may well have a lot of fun with this camera. With it's many other features I'm sure it will be a lot of fun, and that is one of the reasons I am keeping it myself - for those other features. But for $500 for a digital camera you should at least know very clearly what you will be getting for your money, ... and what you will not. Best wishes either way you decide, John

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