Price drop: Canon SX50 $329

[Grateful11]

JoeM wrote:
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[quote=The UnDoug]
So what I want.....as silly as it may be....is a camera which makes it easy to get that out of focus background with an in focus subject. Focal length, right?

On all the point and shoots I've had, that either isn't possible, or isn't as easy as I'd like it to be.

Can the SX 40/50 do this easily?

I can do it with my SX40, these were shot through window glass.
Nice! Could you please share your settings and shooting mode for shooting those or photos like that with the SX40? I can't seem to get results like that with mine. TIA!
The first one had these settings:


and then the second


I'm thinking I was shooting in full Auto but that was almost a year ago. I know they were handheld.