Cooper_photo

I was on safari in Sept and October. I bought a Sony RX10, MK111 not only because of the specs, but the 24-600MM zoom was perfect. I didn't have to carry lenses and a heavy body and got great close ups of the animals. Only downside was time it took to turn on the camera.

sr71 Loc: In Col. Juan Seguin Land

Hah!! your right rained dim cats n dogs last night with a little light show to boot, much needed...

Lance Pearson Loc: Viriginia

I have lightly used but new to me sony dsx rx10II and panasonic lumix fz1000. The specs say they are close and two things have after use decided me on which bridge to use. the differences are the lens in the case of the lumix is 400mm..later versions 600mm and the stacked sensor in the sony vs the non stacked sensor in the lumix. they are very close for the same lens zoom on photos and incredibly convenient for all the reasons you already know. However, overall, I prefer the image of the Sony as their stacked sensor gives you a crisper, net better sightly image. The focus speed of the lumix has let me shoot action photos very well, surprisingly well, actually. My nikon D4 and lenses stay home except for truly good photo needs in challenging conditions where the full frame sensor and speed of focus are superb in low light against either. I carry nowaday the Rx10 and for artsy better images that take more time to take since it is manual focusing a Sony a7 with adapter shooting old 35 year old canon fd lenses on it's full frame sensors. FF sensors are definitely better but a ff sensor bridge camera with a 200-400 range single fixed lens would likely be enough to put my dslr's away forever. Both Canon and Nikon are harvesting their dslr tech and only begrudgingly putting the same features into the range finder cameras. Sales of dslr's have plummeted. To buy new, not bridge today it would be a sony a7riii with lenses. I own my last dslr. In the meantime I get some really good images with the bridge cameras, either, but the nod goes to Sony slightly on image quality and clarity and the lens size to the lumix but I shoot the sony considering everything. I am going to shoot an indoors borzoi dog show in May in Gettysburg and will take the Nikon d and lenses for the work but probably also the two bridge cameras for toting around when not shooting the national borzoi specialty conformation show in the ring for candids. They are that good but with a full frame they would be hard to beat and canon and nikon are only doing it to try to catch up with Sony who has already done it with their a7riii or a9.