topic Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS in Point & Shoot Digital Cameras

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Metal — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:31:52 GMT

Is there any hope we will be seeing the Successor of SX50HS in upcoming NAB show ?

Planning to buy a Bridge Camera on April next month and Canon was always my first choice.

SX 40 HS Release Date: September 2011

SX 50 HS Release Date: September 2012
And SX 60 HS, it's April 2014 coming and no news of any possible release date, Canon really disapponted us.

Can we expect Canon will bring a signaficant time changing technology after this long wait ?

Both The SX40 and SX50 has same 12 MegaPixel so expecting to have a increase in Pixel.
SX 40 has 35X Optical zoom while SX 50 has 50X so trend saying SX 60 will have 60X optical zoom.

What others we might expect

A new Image processor ?

Bigger LCD panel at back
better lens with improved autofocus and aperture ?

What you all pro people are guessing ? Thanks

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

MarioV — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:04:01 GMT

Canon should innovate. Put a 1/1.7" sensor in the SX60 and PLEASE improve the EVF.

It doesnt matter if its slightly larger and heavier.

How about something like 25-800mm, 1/1.7" sensor, constant f/2.8?

Possible?

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Metal — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:44:48 GMT

Yes agreed Canon can reduce the zoom but offer us a better lens close to DSLR I think zoom of 40X is enough if it comes with premium glass with good aperture value. Bridge camera defination has been changed to high zoom then more to more zoom. Thus Lens innovation has been neglected.

Improvement of Electronic viewfinder and LCD is very much needed. We can also demand of a Multi purpose/interface Hot Shoe for accessories of DSLR to attach.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Aperture28 — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:11:01 GMT

Hi all,

I love Canon superzoom Powershot family, I own S5, SX1, SX40 and SX50. (it's a hobby I keep them all) And I can't wait for SX60. What I would really love is:

1. More zoom enchancements (x60 or more) best would be getting 20mm ultrawide and 1600mm ultrazoom(35mm equivalent) the more the better for me.

2. Definitively better EVF! This is bothering me since S5 till now.

3. Faster, better picture quality (overall but mostly in lowlight), at least 30frames/s in 1080p -> sensor enchancements + Digic 6 should do the job.

4. Bring back mount for filters(I know it was not officially there but it was in all cameras including SX40 - I have lots of filters including Circular Polariser which I still use wih SX40 but I can't on SX50 - I do not know why some 'wise' guy took it off from SX50 - bring it back, please)

I do not care about:

1. Better resolution. With this sensor size 12MP is fine for me.

2. RAW as I use CHDK anyway.

3. Printed manual.

It would be great to see a supreme quality ultrazoom similar to SX1 with all SX60 features + extras.

In some distant future I would love to see your x100 zoom patent applied;) (18mm-1800mm) with 1/2.3" sensor.

Also another product line with super zoom but 1/1.7" sensor and I do not care if this camera would be larger and heavier. Just bring it on!

Always your fan.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

placasse47 — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:27:08 GMT

I think Canon should make an effort to better design the Auto White Balance that is not working very well on the SX50 HS. I have tested the camera in different lightng situations and it has a predominant yellow effect on picture taken on AWB. Hope this will be improved on the on SX60 HS

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

revo999 — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:34:50 GMT

Less Noise
Sharp and bright pictures
Amazing battery power system to record videos and pictures with FLASH
of course 60X+
improved macro
HS = improved and better HighSpeed video recording at HD quality

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

ripleyAR5 — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 16:39:37 GMT

Im just hoping canon get rid of that stupid wurly wheel and go back to rocking d pad like on the sx3is / sx5is, the wurly wheel is to hit and miss and no good for people with hand disabilitys .

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Outspoken1 — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:15:18 GMT

I would like to see a GPS installed so my photos would be tagged to the location. Everyone seems to be adding Wifi. Why? Rarely am I somewhere where I can upload via free WiFi. SD card storge is proven technology and I can upload photos to all my computers or laptop or tablet via the USB or SD card port.

I really love the SXxx HS series and I am looking forward to this new contender. Might make a great Christmas present to myself!

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Bodooke — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:18:31 GMT

Disappointment with SX60. Just the facts:

The SX40 was and remains an excellent camera superzoom (bridge). Then Canon released the SX50 with smaller opening and no one liked it: darker lens. So much so that most people who had not migrated to the SX40 to SX50. If they check the website, the SX40 has 4.8 points in the evaluation of the users and the SX50 has only 4.4 points.

Everybody who ever used the superzoom Canon SX60 was waiting for the back to have clear lens with aperture of f / 2.7, but unfortunately that's not what happened. Continues with the opening of only f / 3.4.

Everyone expected the SX60 come with larger sensor 1 / 1.7 "and the Canon remained the same 1 / 1.23". Even worse, the increased number of pixels in sensor and decreased the ISO value !!! Really, you can not understand the Canon. Okay that improved viewfinder (viewfinder), but that competing cameras have already made long ago.

My opinion is that for me the superzoom cameras canon quality only goes up to the SX40 HS. Above that is only disappointment. How can decrease the aperture, lower ISO value and increase the amount of pixels without increasing the size of the image sensor ??

I know it is early for such an analysis, it is okay to wait and see photos posted by users of the SX60 and also reviews of specialized sites, but by the way it will happen that happened with the SX50: You see dozens of photos and ends not convincing and continues with the SX40.

The clear impression is that the SX60 is just a "makeup" SX50. Unfortunately.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

revo999 — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:30:05 GMT

65x zoom with Intelligent IS,

16.1 megapixel 1/2" CMOS sensor,

DIGIC 6 Image processor,

1080p60 videos,

RAW support,

built-in Wi-Fi with NFC.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Grazie — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:21:01 GMT

Good for me:

1] External Microphone input terminal (f3.5mm stereo mini jack)

2] Full HD 1920 x 1080: 60 fps / 30 fps

Not clear for Video - Manual Aperture LOCK? The SX50 sufferd with the Levels wandering.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Grazie — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:17:44 GMT

This thread - 13,066 VIEWS - to date.

Hot hot hot . . . .

Anybody got any further info? A YouTube sample would be neat . . . . .

The DIGIC 6 has more detail, speed and video value than the DIGIC 5.

I haven't seen nor heard about headphone Audio Monitoring? Mic-in, yes.

Grazie

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

samintx — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:34:12 GMT

Can you order a printed manual for the SX50 camera? I looked under accessories but didn't find anything. Also, they list a 67mm filter for this camera. Can I find out if this filter is good for outdoors or why would I want it? Thanks

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

samintx — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 21:45:52 GMT

sorry I posted under sx60. I did search and that page popped up...I didn't check the heading like a dummy.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Mykolas — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:26:17 GMT

Hi samintx!

Thanks for the post.

In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, manuals are no longer printed to be included with many of our cameras. However, you can download the manual for your SX50 HS from our website. Please CLICK HERE to go to the download page.

The camera, with the aid of the filter holder accessory, can use a couple different 67mm diameter filters. The most common of these is the 67mm UV Protector filter, which corrects for UV haze to a certain degree. It also serves to protect the lens from dust, fingerprints, moisture, scratches and other physical damage. It is great to use outdoors or indoors.

The other filter listed is the 67mm Circular Polarizer, which is used to enhance picture quality by blocking harmful reflected light. It is great to use outdoors on clear, sunny days.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

samintx — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:28:23 GMT

I wish the printed manual was an option to purchase as an accessory. Companies have cut back so much. I print out the pages of what I want to study and eventually have most of the manual printed and bind with a comb binding but so thick. Not really good to take in the field or pack on a trip. The last printed manual I have is for my 510.

Thanks for your help. This is a great Forum.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Bodooke — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:05:24 GMT

I still can not swallow this aperture of f / 3.4 - f / 6.4. The PANASONIC has a superzoom camera with 60X optical zoom and aperture of f / 2.8! I have the SX40 HS, I've done numerous comparisons of photos taken with it and made with the SX50, the SX40 arguably the pictures are much better. More clarity, definition, etc. The photos taken with the SX60 are few on the internet, but I did not see myself very excited. Perhaps this new DIGIC processor 6 do some miracle, but so far have not seen anything.

These photos of birds I did with the SX40 in sunny day. The only editing I did in Photoshop was resizing to a smaller size and one of them made a slight crop to recompose. But PICTURE QUALITY IS ORIGINAL AS GAVE ME THE CAMERA. The SX40 HS has handed me the "ready" photo!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeca_pr/6421937677/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeca_pr/6398048493/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeca_pr/8264687711/

Notice in the pictures that there is no "harshness" that has the photos taken with the SX50. In the SX60 I'm also noticing a harshness in the photos but is somewhat smaller. Bottom line: I'm still with the SX40 HS, which to me is still the best superzoom from Canon SX series produced by in terms of image quality.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Lee_Jay — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:38:08 GMT

@Bodooke wrote:
I still can not swallow this aperture of f / 3.4 - f / 6.4. The PANASONIC has a superzoom camera with 60X optical zoom and aperture of f / 2.8!

No, they don't. The FZ200 is 25-600mm equivalent - 24x, not 60x.

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

samintx — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:28:32 GMT

"envionmentally friendly" is a catch phrase to pinch pennies for Canon or any manufactorer. Like not including software for new computers as they used to.

Stop publishing books of any kind to be "envionmentally friendly". It is a cost cutting measure with a PC moniker. You used to get an 8 gig SD card with camera's, too...nada now.

I have almost printed out the entire manual because I hate jumping around in a pdf to find something.

Thanks for your input. I thought maybe it would be an accessory by Canon. 😉

Re: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

Lee_Jay — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 17:56:57 GMT

I greatly prefer not having a printed manual. I always want to keep it, and I never use it, making it something useless to store around my house.

I find a PDF manual to be superior because it takes up no space and, most importantly, is searchable.