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Ted_Bloke wrote: »

. What's a bridge camera?

It's a camera with a sufficiently wide angle lens to always be able to capture both ends of any bridge in one shot.

DCodd

Ted_Bloke wrote: »

. What's a bridge camera?

(I mean I got resembly but I haven't worked out bridge.)

A bridge camera is a camera that "Bridges" the gap between a Standard compact "point and shoot" camera and a DSLR with interchangeable lenses. It usually has a DSLR type body but a wide range powered zoom. This is all a bit old hat now as the gap between high end compacts and lower end DSLRs and CSC style cameras is almost indistinguishable really and some of the "Bridge cameras cost more than mid range DSLRs.

andygb

DCodd wrote: »

A bridge camera is a camera that "Bridges" the gap between a Standard compact "point and shoot" camera and a DSLR with interchangeable lenses. It usually has a DSLR type body but a wide range powered zoom. This is all a bit old hat now as the gap between high end compacts and lower end DSLRs and CSC style cameras is almost indistinguishable really and some of the "Bridge cameras cost more than mid range DSLRs.

A low or mid range DSLR (because of the advances in processor and sensor design) should be capable of outperforming any bridge or compact camera, simply because of the variety of lenses and flash they can use.

DCodd

andygb wrote: »

A low or mid range DSLR (because of the advances in processor and sensor design) should be capable of outperforming any bridge or compact camera, simply because of the variety of lenses and flash they can use.

To a point I would agree but for the purposes of your average camera user the difference would be unnoticeable. If you are looking at a portable, no fuss, all in camera with extreme zoom, decent video capabilities and relatively decent optics and then the bridge fills that gap.


For enthusiasts and pixel peepers Compact System Cameras are the usual portable choice mainly because of the smaller size of the lenses unless you are a die hard DSLR addict.

cajef

andygb wrote: »

A low or mid range DSLR (because of the advances in processor and sensor design) should be capable of outperforming any bridge or compact camera, simply because of the variety of lenses and flash they can use.

I changed from a DSLR to a bridge camera simply because I got fed up of having to carry a bulky camera and selection of heavy lenses, admittedly my photography nowadays is mainly for occasional and holiday snaps, a bridge camera is far more compact and for the purpose I use a camera does what I want and need.

Alidolly

There's also superzooms which are excellent as tend to be smaller than the bridge cameras. I've had a Sony one for several years (from memory it's the HX range but can't remember the exact number). I've my eye on the Sony HX90V as has a massive range, pop up viewfinder and flash, swivel LCD screen and fits nicely into your hand. Cheapest I've found it is £279 but would probably suit a lot of amateur photographers. Only drawback is it doesn't have RAW format but if you can live without that, worth a look anyway....