12-10-2011, 01:37 PM
The Panasonic FZ150 should be in your title--it's the Canon's stiffest competition.
"Compared to the current competition, I'd say the SX40 HS enjoys a very minor edge over the Panasonic FZ150 and Sony HX100V on noise levels, although it's a close thing and they're all fairly equally matched in real-life resolution. That's as far as in-camera JPEGs are concerned. The FZ150 does however enjoy one big advantage over the SX40 HS and most rivals though by also being able to shoot in RAW, which in my tests allowed significant highlight retrieval which was forever lost on JPEGs. "
"Compared to the current competition, I'd say the SX40 HS enjoys a very minor edge over the Panasonic FZ150 and Sony HX100V on noise levels, although it's a close thing and they're all fairly equally matched in real-life resolution. That's as far as in-camera JPEGs are concerned. The FZ150 does however enjoy one big advantage over the SX40 HS and most rivals though by also being able to shoot in RAW, which in my tests allowed significant highlight retrieval which was forever lost on JPEGs. "