Thread: canon sx60

Ok after reading peoples thoughts on here comparing lower - mid priced spotters and cameras, the camera seemed the way to go. I'm not chasing trophy's as a priority but have seen the odd animal that my 10x42's are on their limit of identifying. Also I shoot steel out to 650 but can go out further so wanted something that would show hits. Was looking at the smaller spotters like the kowa 20-40x 50 as most of it's use would be range work but light enough to carry in the field without say bugger this it's to heavy and leave it at home. So I purchased the sx60 and are thinking of leaving it at home. Why you ask? Will from the few times I've used it it appears to be on a par with the binos and definitely not better than my scopes 16-18x if as good at magnifying what I'm looking at. What am I doing wrong? the camera says it's out to 65x and also to it's extreme digital but you certainly don't see any more detail than the binos or scopes. It appears I've gained nothing. Even at 300yards yesterday spotting a steel plate for my mate it was just as big and clear through the bino's and scopes and I ended up using them? any help or advice would be much appreciated