Is the Canon G12 a bridge camera?
Feb 18, 2019 15:41:00 #
nadelewitz wrote:
It sure is. The G12 is definitely not a bridge but you can also call it a mirrorless.No, it's a prosumer camera. No, it's an advanced amateur camera. No, it's an I-don't-care-what-you-call-it camera.
Silly, isn't it?
Silly, isn't it?
Feb 18, 2019 17:39:36 #
nadelewitz wrote:
If you set your thousands-of-dollar DSLR or mirrorless
camera to autofocus and Program mode, isn't it then a
big Point & Shoot?
If you set your thousands-of-dollar DSLR or mirrorless
camera to autofocus and Program mode, isn't it then a
big Point & Shoot?
Uhhmnnn ..... No. What makes you ask ?
Perhaps you know someone having some
problems using their high end camera ?
.
Feb 18, 2019 17:51:00 #
As I understand it, a bridge camera is one that bridges from a point an shoot to a DSLR. If your camera has the ability to set ISO, shooting modes and white balance, but doesn't have the capability of interchangeable lenses, it is a bridge camera.
Feb 18, 2019 18:44:28 #
So, does a “Bridge camera” have to have a long zoom lens. Most of them that I know of do.
—-Beagleman
—-Beagleman
Feb 18, 2019 19:05:33 #
Feb 18, 2019 19:15:31 #
Wingpilot wrote:
Would one consider the Sony RX100xx series or the Panasonic Lumix ZS100 and ZS200 point and shoot cameras? I wouldn't. But it seems the term point and shoot is simply a reference to any of the small, compact cameras, regardless of how sophisticated they may be. There ought to be a separate moniker given to those cameras to separate them from the simple cameras that allow you to just point it and shoot it.
Greg, I've not read this entire thread ~ however, your post prompted a couple of thoughts:
1. I know people who believe that any digital camera that is NOT a DSLR is simply a "point & shoot".
2. I have friends who thoroughly enjoy their 6 and 8-year old pocket cameras, such as the Nikon Coolpix S6500, believing that "all it is is a point and shoot". When I show them the menu and the adjustments they can make, they often say "I had no idea my camera would do that! I thought it was just a point and shoot."
Feb 18, 2019 19:23:12 #
le boecere wrote:
Greg, I've not read this entire thread ~ however, ... (show quote)
I think there are some who just want a very good camera to take pictures with, but have no intention of using all the features, simply using it as a classic "point and shoot" camera. I guess that's bragging rights. Then there are those who, like your friends, discover photography and that their camera is quite capable. Is it a point and shoot or an advanced compact camera. In the end, from reading through this thread, I find that there doesn't really seem to be a definitive answer to the question.
Feb 18, 2019 19:29:05 #
Wingpilot wrote:
I think there are some who just want a very good c... (show quote)
I'm not sure there's EVER been a definitive answer to the question, Greg. Thanks for the reply.
Feb 18, 2019 19:33:23 #
Just wondering, if I call my big Canon a P&S or a bridge camera, will it be offended and take low IQ shots?
Feb 18, 2019 19:34:01 #
le boecere wrote:
I'm not sure there's EVER been a definitive answer to the question, Greg. Thanks for the reply.
P.S.: I've chatted with more than one Costco customer who had purchase a Canikon/Nicanon SLR, but had never used anything but the "A". I know one lady who handed me her Nikon APS-C DSLR to take pictures of her child playing soccer ~ then asked me how'd you do that (get such good images)? When I showed her the "Sports"mode, she said; "I had no idea that was on there." (I'd never used a Nikon DSLR prior to that)
Feb 18, 2019 20:11:24 #
A bridge camera was a 35mm film camera, with built-in zoom lensi.. they are extinct now, and what you are calling bridge cameras are superzoom point and shoot cameras. A bridge camera was a more sophisticated machine.
Feb 18, 2019 20:46:06 #
A bridge camera is called that because it bridge's the gap between a compact point & shoot and a larger DSLR and a bridge camera always has a fixed lens, but then...some bridge cameras (like the Nikon P1000) is as big or bigger than a DSLR. It's like designating automobiles, at what point does a car become full size rather than intermediate, what was true 30 years ago might not be true today.
Feb 18, 2019 20:47:24 #
nekon wrote:
A bridge camera was a 35mm film camera, with built-in zoom lensi.. they are extinct now, and what you are calling bridge cameras are superzoom point and shoot cameras. A bridge camera was a more sophisticated machine.
Such as my 1960 Nikkorex?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkorex
Feb 19, 2019 00:05:31 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
User ID wrote:
Uhhmnnn ..... No. What makes you ask ?
Perhaps you know someone having some
problems using their high end camera ?
.
Perhaps you know someone having some
problems using their high end camera ?
.
You miss the point, which is, trying to classify all cameras by arbitrary groupings is confused.
Feb 19, 2019 04:46:54 #
No, Olympus IS series, and Chinon Genesis, are the bridge cameras that stood out as bridge cameras, the Nikkorex was just an slr camera. yes
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