Yoga4mn Loc: St Cloud, MN

Hello everyone! I'm back into photography again, did it on my 20's and life got busy. I would like to ask about new cameras, I want to get one that i can use in low light as well (have been interested in birds including owls photography). I've seen cameras with great zooming capacity out there without having to change the lenses. Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated :)
Thank you!!
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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

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Yoga4mn Loc: St Cloud, MN

Thank you! Glad I found this forum.

jdub82 Loc: Northern California

Welcome to the UHH forum! The cameras you described are commonly called "bridge cameras." I am a fan of the bridge camera with a long zoom. I own the Canon SX50 with a 50X zoom (newer version is the SX60) and it has provided great results for me. The camera is very versatile and easy to use. It is a great travel camera, and is compact, without worrying about changing lenses. There are other very good models out there including the Panasonic Lumix FZ80, the Nikon B700 and P900, the Sony Hx400V, and many more. These cameras are usually a good choice for photographing birds, because of the long zoom. However, you also mentioned the desire to be able to take pictures in low light. These cameras are not so good in low light situations due to having a very small sensor. There are some bridge cameras such as the Panasonic FZ1000 FZ2500, and The Sony RX10 IV, that have a larger 1" sensor. They are a bit better in low light, but generally still considered limited in such situations. For low light I prefer to use my DSLR, a Canon 77D, which provides good results in low light, and has high ISO capabilities.

You will have to decide what is most important for you. I suggest you go to a camera store, and handle the various bridge cameras, as well as the DSLR cameras. If you do decide that low light capabilities are the most important, Both Nikon and Canon offer good mid level DSLR cameras that can handle low light situations. Models such as the Nikon D5600,D7200, and D7500, the Canon T7i, 77D, and 80D. Then you will need to select lenses that will work well for you. You'll spend more, but may have more satisfying results in the long run. Mirrorless cameras are also a popular choice. Do some research, handle the various models, and see what works for you.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

The biggest zoom (Bridge) Camera on the market is the Nikon p900 with its huge 83* zoom, if you want to see what it can do look up Alf85 (type it in the user list) and see his moon shots..you don't a telescope!

Joe Blow

If you want some good suggestions, knowing a price range would help eliminate some outliers.

Nature_Shooter Loc: Chesterfield Missouri

Welcome! Looking forward to your posts and pictures. Happy shooting!

ragon Loc: Wisconsin

After considerable research into the aforementioned bridge cameras and reviews of the Nikon P900, Panasonic Lumix FZ80 and the Canon SX60 I settled on the SX60 and ordered it today. I'm looking forward to getting it next week. In all of the reviews I looked at the Nikon P900 was the weakest and it was kind of a tossup between the Lumix FZ80 and the Canon SX60.

MikeMck Loc: Southern Maryland on the Bay

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Vincent Loc: St. Petersburg, FL

Try the Panasonic. I have two of them and love them.

JoeB Loc: Mohawk Valley, NY

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Granddad Loc: UK

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joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

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