Panasonic ZS50 vs Canon SX540 HS

Panasonic ZS50 advantages over Canon SX540 HS

• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• Less expensive
  $279 vs $329
  Save money for lenses or accessories
• Eye-level viewfinder
  Eye-level vs Rear display only
  You'll be able to frame photos even when the sun is out
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 1.54 vs 1.19 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• In-camera panoramas
  Yes vs No
  Stitches multiple shots into a panoramic photo
• RAW file ability
  Yes vs No
  Gives you more flexibility to develop your photos later
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  300 vs 205 shots
  Capture more photos
• Thinner
  34 mm vs 91 mm
  Thinner
• Lighter weight
  243g vs 442g
  Lighter weight
• More dots on screen
  1040k vs 461k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• Longer exposure
  60 vs 15 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Faster JPEG shooting
  10.0 fps vs 5.9 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Slow-motion videos
  Yes vs No
  Shoot slow-motion videos
• Higher extended ISO
  6400 vs 3200 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility