Pre-order new Canon SX540 HS ($400) and SX420 IS ($300) superzooms [no RAW]

While the new Panasonic superzooms are coming with RAW out of the box, Canon’s CES 2016 camera were RAWless. They revealed new Elphs along with the two superzooms without RAW. They are:

+ SX540 HS (50x optical) for $400 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself

+ SX420 IS (42x optical) for $300 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself

+ in a digital world where naming consistency is a rarity, Canon continues to consistently uses “IS” for CCD-based Powershots and “HS” for CMOS-based Powershots

+ interesting new cameras announced at CES 2016 are being added to the Cameras of 2016 Reference page