Canon PowerShot SX50 HS review: Not your average compact  By Ben
Boswell - Tuesday January 15 2013  Camera Review  Canon
Powershot SX50 HS vs Canon Powershot G15  The Powershot G15 was
announced at the same time as the SX50 HS in September 2012. The
two cameras are targeted at different markets, the G15 with its
5.2-26mm f1.8-f2.8 lens (35mm equivalent 28mm – 140mm), is aimed
at the advanced amateur wanting a neat camera to use day to day
probably as a supplement to an SLR system. The SX50 HS is more
of a high-end consumer compact, a camera that will fulfill all
the requirements that its owner might have. Having said that the
performances of their respective sensors come as quite a
surprise:  SNR18% is very close: the smaller surface for the
SX50 achieves the same level of noise! Not as close as for ISO
but still little to separate the two Canons  The G15 is equipped
with a sensor 20% larger than the SX50 HS, something that the
more discerning photographer might well be looking for. Yet the
results for DxOMar