74images Loc: Los Angeles, California

YESTERDAY I SENT A MESSAGE TO Y'ALL REGARDING THE CANON POWERSHOT SX 50, & I HEARD ABOUT THE PRO'S & CON'S ON THIS CAMERA, & I'M MIXED ON THE SUBJECT.

ANYWAY... I BOUGHT MY SX 50 6 MONTHS AGO AT SAMY'S CAMERA AT THE CULVER CITY, CALIF STORE, AS WELL A SUNPACK A3000 FLASH FOR IT ALSO & I HAVE A LOVE & HATE FOR THE SX 50.

LOVE IS... THE 24-1200 ZOOM, THE HS SYSTEM, THE DIGIC 5, THE CREATIVE FILTERS, INCLUDING THE COLOR SWAP & COLOR ACCENT, THE SWIVEL L.E.D. MONITOR, THE HIGH ASA TO 6400, & OTHER FEATURES I CANT MENTION.

HATE IS...NOT HAVING THE FUNCTION WHERE YOU CAN PREVIEW YOUR PHOTOS ON THE SX 50 BY HAVING THE FUNCTION JUMP 100 OR 10 SHOTS, (BACKWARDS OR FOWARDS) A PAIN IN THE A** IMAGE SIZE SELECTOR, ALSO DIFFUCULTY SELECTING THE F-STOP & SHUTTER SPEED IN TV, M, SHUTTER SPEED, & A MODE (NOT AUTO), ALSO HAVING 12 MEGAPIXELS, I BOUGHT A 16 GIG LEXAR CARD AT TARGET RIGHT AFTER I GOT THE CAMERA & I EXPECTED AT LEAST 8 TO 9000 IMAGES IN A 5 OR 6 MEGAPIXEL MODE, NO CORD THAT YOU CAN CONNECT BETWEEN CAMERA & COMPUTER & OTHER MATTERS THAT I CANT MENTION.

MY OTHER CANON POINT & SHOOT, THE POWERSHOT SX 150 HAS 14 MEGAPIXELS, HAS THE FEATURE WHERE YOU CAN PREVIEW PHOTOS BY SELECTING 10 OR 100 JUMP (FORWARD OR BACKWARDS), WHY IT AINT ON THE SX 50 I DONT UNDERSTAND, IT CAME WITH A CORD TO CONNECT BETWEEN CAMERA & COMPUTER.

ANYWAY... CANON IS SKIMPING, I WONDER HOW THE PROPOSED SX 60 WILL FARE.

AS FOR THE WOMAN IN MAINE WHO'S SX 50 DIED ON HER & GOT A RAW DEAL WITH CANON, ON REPLACING IT, I'M SORRY IT HAPPEND, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH MINE YET, NOR WITH MY SX 150, CANON HAS NO SOUL, THEY CARE MORE ABOUT THE PRO'S THAN THEY ARE WITH BRIDGE & POINT & SHOOTS.

MY ONY PROBLEM WITH MY SX 50 IS NONE, IT WORKS GOOD, THE SUNPACK A3000 FLASH I BOUGHT WITH IT, ACTING UP, WOULD MISFIRE, I SHOT 2 MAJOR FUNCTIONS AT MY CHURCH, & ON EACH OCCASION, I HAD TO DELETE AROUND A 100 PHOTO'S EACH TIME CAUSE THEY WERE TOO DARK, I GOT THE SUNPACK A3000 CAUSE IT WAS IN MY BUDGET RANGE, & IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY SAMY'S SALES PEOPLE AT 2 DIFFERENT STORES I VISITED, & THE FLASH WORKED PRETTY GOOD, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE (FAR AWAY), NOW ITS AT SUNPACK IN NEW JERSEY (VIA SAMY'S CAMERA), BEING LOOKED AT ON WHY ITS MISFIRING.

ALSO ANYBODY WHO HAS THIS PARTICULAR FLASH (SUNPACK A3000) WITH THE SX 50, OR ANY OTHER CANON D.S.L.R., AS WELL WITH NIKON, GIVE ME A POST IF YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SUNPACK A3000.

THANK YOU
74 IMAGES :evil: :hunf:

74images Loc: Los Angeles, California

The sx 50 is a good camera, the question is the pros & cons on the camera, the feature that I love is the color swap, & color accent features, this is one reason I got the camera, + I could put a flash on the camera for more flash power, I don't use the camera a lot, when i'm at my church I mainly use my powershot sx 150 point & shoot when we don't have a major function at church, this is in between until I get a better D.S.L.R. & that will be a Nikon, cause they have the color selective, & that's the feature I like, canon does not have them on its D.S.L.R models, color selective (Nikon),& color accent (canon powershots only), & I like to use this feature a lot on my 2 powershot cameras, cause you can focus on one color, & everything is all black & white, I like to be creative with my photos.

74images

Bill MN Loc: Western MN

Why are you shouting. The SX 50 is a piece of junk for anyone with good eyesight.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

It takes an elitist or big ego to call the SX50 a "piece of junk" for anyone with good eyesight!!!! There are many awesome examples on UHH of the great quality this camera has!!

KevinBridges Loc: Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Piece of junk? NO WAY!! More like AMAZING!!!!

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

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Great example!!

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Hey, I think most of your negative comments (gripes) about the SX50 may possibly be the result of lack of knowledge of your camera. I would suggest that maybe you should spend some time learning a little more about your camera. Most SX50 owners take good pics without encountering your said problems. I agree, it is not without shortcomings, but they are minor. The viewfinder, although usable, is not real good (it is important to have it sharply focused with that little dioptre wheel). Also, I wish it had an old fashioned manual focus ring, but I can live without that.

The SX50 is a great camera, but it does require a bit of time & practise to learn to drive it. Your concerns about lack of megapixels are not warranted. People get too carried away with zillions of megapixels. If one can't take quality pictures with 'only' 12 Mps, I suspect that the problem might be lack of ability by the shooter, rather than lack of Mps. JMHO.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

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Scoutman Loc: Orlando, FL

Maybe in the SX50 isn't working for you, you have the ALL CAPS turned on.

Stanley Fleming Loc: Maine/Florida

Wow - that is an amazing post - or should I say AMAZING post - or maybe UNBELIEVABLE would be more appropriate. My suggestion would be to get an iPhone and be done with it, because I cannot think of a camera 74 IMAGES will like.

Bill MN Loc: Western MN

That's a good example of junk. Its out of focus. Look at the very bottom. I tried the SX50 and many other bridge cameras. Among other things (small sensor) they don't have the colors like an SLR. Pictures should be good right from the camera with no PP, then they can be cropped, enlarged and printed.

Greg-Colo Loc: Fort Collins,Co

Spin the dial after hitting the green preview button . You have hit the button in the center. Keep pushing the button until you scroll back to image only. I have an SX 30 with 8k exposures on ( shutter releases) hasn't missed a lick. Some are posted here.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

Ok, Let us see YOURS!! Remember, it has to be UNCROPPED, hand-held, and straight out of camera!! Bet you can't do that good!!

act Loc: Trussville, AL

Good shot.

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jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

First off 74, please turn off your caps lock. In the world of forums, email and the internet, typing with all CAPS is like shouting.

It sounds like there are many features that you like about your SX50 and some you don't. You should have weighed the pros and cons before you bought one. I'm not really sure after reading your thread if you are happy with your purchase or not happy. I don't really see a question in your thread either so I'm assuming your just telling everyone how you feel about your SX50.

And by the way, the woman from Main that had an SX50 that broke got it replaced by Canon free. I think her handle is LindafromMain or something like that. All she had to do is ask them one more time to reconsider her problem and they did and decided that it was close enough for them to replace it under warranty. Linda, if you read this please correct me if I'm wrong.