Sony QX30 vs Panasonic ZS50

Panasonic ZS50 advantages over Sony QX30

• Rear display
  Yes vs No
  Review photos on the back of the camera
• Focus peaking
  Peaker vs Non-peaker
  Your camera will highlight what's in focus
• 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 200 shots
  Capture more photos
• Internal flash
  Internal flash vs None
  Useful in a pinch for fill flash
• Manual focus
  Yes vs No
  AF is for the weak. Real photographers focus manually.
• Thinner
  34 mm vs 57 mm
  Thinner
• HDMI out
  HDMI out vs None
  Use HDMI output to monitor or review video
• Longer exposure
  60 vs 30 sec
  Long exposures for night shots
• Slow-motion videos
  Yes vs No
  Shoot slow-motion videos