I haven't seen it mentioned but you should use a Class 10 SD card as it reads and writes much faster. I use a Sandisk 32gb Extreme Pro which is a Class 10 card and it reads and writes extremely fast.
I had a SX50 HS and recently bought a SX60 HS. I haven't really had any problems and the image stabilization works great. If you plan on shooting with the tele maxed out at 260x you would probably be better off using a tripod or rather than using dig...