Who is looking for a good bridge camera, is currently on these two models do not come (apart from the heavy Fujifilm X-S1, but to which I can not write anything). To put it straight to the point, no matter which camera you choose, both are very good - they are as it were the King and Queen in this camera segment. The housing, ergonomics and feel is better managed in the FZ200. It affects the whole valent and is better in your hand - not least because of the rubberized grip. The viewfinder is of high resolution and the display is slightly larger, but at the 3: 2 aspect ratio is. Taking the photos in 4: 3 format to be shown on the right and left black edges, so that you come back to the screen size of SX50HS. Both displays are equivalent terms of quality. The zoom range is at the SX50HS larger but in direct comparison not so insanely much more. No wonder - moves the lens of the Canon 600mm by only a small piece out, to achieve the 1200mm. For me it is incomprehensible that the Canon has no button to raise the flash. I first tried like crazy, this pop up with the Flash button, but this is only for the flash settings. The flash must be manually and thus folded fummlig hand. The most important thing in a camera's image quality. And since you have to say, the Canon is one step ahead. The noise is low, the dynamic range is higher in the respective ISO level and in low light and the colors look more natural / warmer / brighter than the FZ200. Both have a good image stabilizer, where the FZ200 is working a little better. The same applies to the autofocus. He is with the FZ200 a bit faster - especially in telephoto. What I particularly noticed is that the FZ200 used much brevity exposure times. In all the tests and reviews that you can read on the Internet so that images are recorded in the lab always under the same ISO values, and sometimes with the same exposure times to count any line pairs. In practice, however, shows that the FZ200 just captured indoors using a partly significantly low ISO setting and additionally selects a faster shutter speed. Here comes the obvious fast lens particularly evident. Summary, one can say: The hardware (except the image sensor) is better with the FZ200. The internal image processing software, the image sensor and thus the image quality is better when SX50HS. Range of functions, both cameras do not take much. Who many recordings with fast-moving objects makes (sports / kids), is better off with FZ200. Who wants detailed images (flowers, birds, insects) and many interior shots making, should rather resort to SX50HS. When reviewing the images the SX50HS can just more 'wow' cause even in high ISO areas than the FZ200 due to the amazingly low noise. In good lighting conditions almost no difference can be seen.
