Which is the better travel photo of Canon SX240 HS or SX500 IS? Please ask professionals to answer. Thank you very much

Compared with these two models, SX240HS is certainly better. The reason for this is the following：

1 and 1/2.3 inch sensors, the former adopts back-illuminated CMOS sensor and the latter adopts CCD. In terms of imaging performance, I think the former is slightly better, at least not weaker than the latter. But the power consumption of the former is only about 1/3 of the latter.

2. The zoom of the front lens is 20 times, and the zoom of the rear lens is 30 times. The larger the zoom multiple of the zoom lens, the worse the imaging quality. The focal length of the former is enough. Therefore, the former is slightly better.

3. The former120,000 pixels and the latter160,000 pixels. The former has a small number of pixels per inch, and the image quality is good when shooting in a small aperture, while the number of pixels per inch is large, and the image quality will be reduced because of the diffraction of light when shooting in a small aperture. Although high pixels have advantages in making large-size photos, we seldom make large-size photos in daily life. Therefore, the former is dominant.

Now the price of these two cameras is lower than the latter by about 300 yuan.

To sum up, I think the former is slightly better.