With my limited camera knowledge I have been trying to research cameras and have stumbled on these 2.
The zs200 being a compact with a 1” sensor and 15x optical zoom
The sx70 being a larger bridge/super zoom camera with a small 1/2.3” sensor and 65x optical zoom.
I read on another forum that if I use the zs200 with its larger sensor and use it 15x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom (giving me 60x zoom) the photo quality would be very similar to the sx70 at 60x.
The theory was that even if I stretch/crop the zs200 using the 4x digital zoom it wouldnt matter because the sensor is roughly 4 times the size of the sx70 sensor.
But when I had a quick look at them in store it wasn’t the case. I zoomed at multiple ranges with both cameras. It seemed obvious that the sx70 was better.
Even having both cameras at 15x optical, marking all things equal, the sx70 looked better, which didn’t make any sense to me. I wonder if I was doing something wrong.
The zs200 did seem to take a very long time to focus. Not sure if there is a focus button or a manual focus that might have been quicker and might have got a better result in quality.
I completely understand that with everything else being equal the optical zoom is the best and digital zoom not great and pixelates the photo. I just thought with the larger sensor you would be able to get away with I bit of cropping.
Anyone want to shed some light on the theory of cropping a photo from a compact 1” sensor vs small sensor and optical zoom?
Or anyone got another camera I should consider.
I will be using it mainly for bow hunting, spot and stalk and occasionally rifle hunting out to 500 yards. All in dense mountainous country.
Ideally something that will fit in my pocket to save scrambling with a zipped carry bag or backpack to get the camera out.
Not really interested in a dslr. Too big, heavy and complicated for me. Or a p900 or p1000 = Too big
Ideally a good photo at 15x zoom and a decent photo at about 40x. 60x would be a bonus but rarely needed. Which I thought the zs200 would have been fine
Cheers
The zs200 being a compact with a 1” sensor and 15x optical zoom
The sx70 being a larger bridge/super zoom camera with a small 1/2.3” sensor and 65x optical zoom.
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I read on another forum that if I use the zs200 with its larger sensor and use it 15x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom (giving me 60x zoom) the photo quality would be very similar to the sx70 at 60x.
The theory was that even if I stretch/crop the zs200 using the 4x digital zoom it wouldnt matter because the sensor is roughly 4 times the size of the sx70 sensor.
But when I had a quick look at them in store it wasn’t the case. I zoomed at multiple ranges with both cameras. It seemed obvious that the sx70 was better.
Even having both cameras at 15x optical, marking all things equal, the sx70 looked better, which didn’t make any sense to me. I wonder if I was doing something wrong.
The zs200 did seem to take a very long time to focus. Not sure if there is a focus button or a manual focus that might have been quicker and might have got a better result in quality.
I completely understand that with everything else being equal the optical zoom is the best and digital zoom not great and pixelates the photo. I just thought with the larger sensor you would be able to get away with I bit of cropping.
Anyone want to shed some light on the theory of cropping a photo from a compact 1” sensor vs small sensor and optical zoom?
Or anyone got another camera I should consider.
I will be using it mainly for bow hunting, spot and stalk and occasionally rifle hunting out to 500 yards. All in dense mountainous country.
Ideally something that will fit in my pocket to save scrambling with a zipped carry bag or backpack to get the camera out.
Not really interested in a dslr. Too big, heavy and complicated for me. Or a p900 or p1000 = Too big
Ideally a good photo at 15x zoom and a decent photo at about 40x. 60x would be a bonus but rarely needed. Which I thought the zs200 would have been fine
Cheers
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