Bridge Camera?

tidusjar · 23 Jan 2013 at 08:43

Looking to buy a camera, light use but It's going to be a small hobby I guess so I dont want to shed out the cash for a dSLR, so I thought a bridge camera would be great.

Any decent bridge cameras you can recommend? (Without breaking the bank) around £100? or is this too low?

tidusjar · 23 Jan 2013 at 09:12

a1ex2001 said:
for your budget I'd track down a second hand Canon s95 not a bridge but a good quality enthusiasts compact that will let you experiment.

I can go higher, but why not a bridge? I don't see the downside for what I want to use it for?

tidusjar · 23 Jan 2013 at 15:55

Ksanti said:
^^ Tiny sensor, slow lens, appaling image quality and rubbish in low light. Need I go on?

Are they really that bad? I thought they was better than compact cameras? (Photography noobie here)

tidusjar · 23 Jan 2013 at 16:55

D.P. said:
They use the same sensors as the cheapest co pact cameras, but high end compacts like the canons100, Panasonic lx7 etc have larger and better sensors with better lenses.

Bridge cameras are best avoided really. The only exception being if you absolutely must have a gigantic zoom range in a small body and you don't care about image quality.

Ok then!

dSLR maybe then...