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plankton
6:12 Mon Jul 25
Re: Bridge cameras
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Percy, top three bridge cameras on the market right now are the two Sonys, the RX 10ii and theRX 10iii, plus the Panasonic FZ-1000. All have a 1" sensor, which is four times the size of a standard point&zoom or a phone.
At the other end of the spectrum there are some great deals on old cameras, starting with something like the Canon SX40. I still use an old SX40 instead of some rather more expensive cameras sometimes, even though it has a small sensor; it still takes cracking pictures, as do the later models, the SX50 and the SX60, both if which can shoot in RAW and jpeg. If you don;t want to deal with post process then if you can find a SX40 on e-Bay you can't go wrong.
Panasonic also make some less expensive bridge cameras such as the FZ330, the FZ200 and the FZ72. Some of the Panasonics allow you to shoot in 4K video mode and then extract a still from the video, and also adjust focus AFTER the shot in another 4k mode. If you don't want to spend a lot, but still get a lot, the FZ200 is a great choice.
These are the models I'd be looking at, though both Canon and Nikon do a bunch more, obviously. Remember that the bigger the zoom, the more you will need a tripod sometimes, or in-camera stabilisation at the very least.
HTH
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