DSLR or Canon SX 40
Jun 11, 2012 08:11:32 #
I just bought my sx40 last fall an am still having issues with the learning curve, but for those of you who are camera "literate" it should be a snap! I love the zoom feature. I am also confident that I will love this camera when I get more time to learn how to use it. I researched alot before purchasing.
Jun 11, 2012 10:40:40 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
donrent wrote:
Steve, he's familiar with the P/S's, but wants som... (show quote)
I really like my SX40. As you asked I am attaching three examples. Little or no PP work. Hope this helps.
Jun 11, 2012 10:48:35 #
donrent wrote:
A good friend is going to buy a camera and is undecided on wether to get a DSLR with 3 or so lens or perhaps one camera with one lens like the Powershot SX 40 ... Not knowing Anything about the 40, other than what I've read, I told him that I would ask the question to the "Uglies"....
Anyone have experiance with the 40 ?
Anyone have experiance with the 40 ?
I'm a Nikon guy but bought my wife the Canon SX30 IS last year. It's a great camera and her pictures are sometimes as good or better than mine. The SX40 is an upgrade but my caution is that neither the SX30 nor the SX40 takes raw, only jpeg. I've post processed too many of her jpeg photos and wished she had raw capability.
Jun 11, 2012 11:31:02 #
I purchased the SX40 shortly after it was introduced and have been very satisfied with it. My previous camera was the Canon S5, and I thought it was good, now I know the difference.
The attached photos were taken of some ancient ruins in Pueblo Canyon, Arizona. The first photo has a focal length of 4 mm, then I zoomed in all the way to a focal length of 150mm.
I estimated that I was close to one mile from the ruins.
The attached photos were taken of some ancient ruins in Pueblo Canyon, Arizona. The first photo has a focal length of 4 mm, then I zoomed in all the way to a focal length of 150mm.
I estimated that I was close to one mile from the ruins.
Focal Length = 4mm
Focal Length = 150mm
Jun 11, 2012 11:57:45 #
Here is a pair of photos at both extremes- wide and telephoto. No digital zoom or PP, they are right out of the camera.
The SX 40 is a nice little camera but I still prefer the quality of my Canon DSLR with 'L' glass. The SX 40 is great when I cannot carry all my gear. The SX 40 is a great compliment to my DSLR.
The SX 40 is a nice little camera but I still prefer the quality of my Canon DSLR with 'L' glass. The SX 40 is great when I cannot carry all my gear. The SX 40 is a great compliment to my DSLR.
Wide
Zoom
Jun 11, 2012 12:00:47 #
I stewed and stewed, read all of the reviews and finally purchased the Sony DSC-HX30V. 20x zoom and built in Wi-Fi for "gee Ma, look, no hands" uploads to the computers. It is quite simply the most amazing piece of machinery that I've ever been aware of. I tried using a DSLR and all of the lenses and assorted periphinalia that necessarily accompanies one. There is an outline on my blue jeans of this camera because it is always with me. My eyes aren't the best anyway so the theoretical debates about sensor size etc are just so much blah blah blah. The new Dell laptop has Intel's WiDi built into it. The word that I'd use to describe how the pictures I'm taking look on the Sony 55" TV is breathtaking. And some still choose to print? Why? I'll suppose that I'm not properly immersed in status issues to run with this crowd. What I am, is a very happy photographer having the time of his life!
Jun 11, 2012 12:29:08 #
In the final analysis, any digital camera is merely a very portable (some more than others) special purpose computer with a lens stuck on the front of it. It is a capture device that has to be integrated into a system of computers in 2012. The best word to describe the synergy of any system is obviously the Beatles. Purists should stick to film (if of course they can still find it). Some will always prefer analog to digital. Yea, those albums gathering dust on the bottom shelves of the bookcases were a lot of fun decades ago, but it is immediately obvious that all of us lived to see the future.
Jun 11, 2012 13:53:31 #
ecobin wrote:
quote=donrent A good friend is going to buy a cam... (show quote)
Yes right, I have Canon SX30i as my back-up. 2 different things between SX30 and SX40 are mp and sensors.
SX30---14MP and CCD sensor
SX40---12MP and CMOS sensor
SX40 has much better in the low light and less noise.
Both of the models have 36X zoom, 24-840mm.
Most of the pictures are excellent even use 840mm.
:thumbup:
Jun 11, 2012 17:54:51 #
MCHUGH wrote:
quote=donrent Steve, he's familiar with the P/S's... (show quote)
MCHUGH, very nice shots.
Dan :thumbup:
Jun 11, 2012 18:19:33 #
most all dslr produce great images. i own the canon sx40. it's a great camera especially that 36x zoom. so, you have a 28x860 zoom. kinda awewome and the image stablizer is the best to say the least. just my opinion
Jun 11, 2012 18:42:40 #
Me too - have seriously been thinking about switching from my DSLR, three lens, two flashs, multiple filters, etc, etc, etc. to a bridge, the SX40. At 71 years, weight is an issue. :cry:
Asking whether a DSLR or a bridge is the way to go without knowing what, where, and how often it will be used is like asking, which is best for me a honda civic or a Toyota Tundra without giving the salesman/woman a whole lot more information..
Asking whether a DSLR or a bridge is the way to go without knowing what, where, and how often it will be used is like asking, which is best for me a honda civic or a Toyota Tundra without giving the salesman/woman a whole lot more information..
Jun 12, 2012 04:55:11 #
Tarkus wrote:
I've no intention of dissing either the SX-40 or the DSC-HX30V, if a camera does what the purchaser expects, then it's the right choice.I stewed and stewed, read all of the reviews and f... (show quote)
But the TV thing and printing.... The maximum resolution of your TV is 2MB so I'm not surprised that the debates about sensor size are "just so much blah blah blah" to you. Nonetheless, if it makes you happy....
Jun 12, 2012 08:13:10 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
YOURPHOTOMAN wrote:
most all dslr produce great images. i own the canon sx40. it's a great camera especially that 36x zoom. so, you have a 28x860 zoom. kinda awewome and the image stablizer is the best to say the least. just my opinion
Yourphotaoman since you already own a SX40 have you used the Digital Tele-converter feature (not digital zoom). It is very surprising as to quality. An example using that feature would be one of the photos I posted for Dan of the Red Bellied Woodpicker. Take a look and let me know what you think. Digital zoom is junk on the SX40 just like any others I have used, but the Digital Tele-converter to me seem really good.
Jun 12, 2012 11:26:55 #
I need some help here. I'm a BIG-time SX40 user but don't know anything about a teleconverter. Can someone enlighten me?
Jun 12, 2012 11:50:41 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
djmills wrote:
I need some help here. I'm a BIG-time SX40 user but don't know anything about a teleconverter. Can someone enlighten me?
Look on page 85 of the user manual. I know it does not make sense that you get good quality using a 1.5X or 2X multiplier but you do. I hope someone knows why. I use it but don't know why it works.
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