What is considered a bridge camera? (Page 2): There's a similar situation with cars. Remember when "compact" cars were introduced? There were normal cars and compact cars. Now we have...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BebuLamar wrote:

I thought it was a camera the bridge gap between P&S and cameras with fully interchangeable lenses like DSLR and MLIC but it seems that to qualify as a bridge camera one must have relative long zoom. 10X or more and often a lot more. I think they don't classify something like the Sony RX-1, Panasonic LX-100 as bridge.

There's a similar situation with cars. Remember when "compact" cars were introduced? There were normal cars and compact cars. Now we have the SUV, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hatchback, and crossover. The poor station wagon has bitten the dust.

We all know what a mirrorless or a DSLR is, but some variation is allowed in the definition of a bridge camera. Generally speaking, a bridge camera has a non-removable lens and a wide focal length.

https://digital-photography-school.com/bridge-camera-what-is-it-and-is-it-for-me/

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Rich1939 wrote:

Ha! One of those things we all know instinctively but never went so far as to actually look for a definition. I have always felt it was more than a pocket point and shoot but less than a DSLR.
Here is one discussion: https://digital-photography-school.com/bridge-camera-what-is-it-and-is-it-for-me/

Funny - I just posted the same link.

BebuLamar

It seems to me the bridge camera has to have good zoom range. 10x or more. If a camera has only 3x or no zoom is not considered a bridge. That is what I think they are defined. The bridge must have good zoom range.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

An early example of an SLR bridge camera is the Olympus IS-1, and its subsequent models. I have an IS-1 which I find fun to use. At this point the zoom is a bit sluggish - wish I could find someone who could service it.

Stan

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Looks like a DSLR with many of the same features but no interchangeable lens?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Robert Kinkaid used a bridge camera.
--Bob

BebuLamar wrote:

I thought it was a camera the bridge gap between P&S and cameras with fully interchangeable lenses like DSLR and MLIC but it seems that to qualify as a bridge camera one must have relative long zoom. 10X or more and often a lot more. I think they don't classify something like the Sony RX-1, Panasonic LX-100 as bridge.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

To RichardSM...

Google is also YOUR friend. You might use it to answer the question... "how do I write a sentence... with proper punctuation. That would be better than your wise-a** answer.

User ID

BebuLamar wrote:

I thought it was a camera the bridge gap between P&S
and cameras with fully interchangeable lenses like DSLR
and MLIC but it seems that to qualify as a bridge camera
one must have relative long zoom. 10X or more and
often a lot more. I think they don't classify something
like the Sony RX-1, Panasonic LX-100 as bridge.

I think you are/were correct in the first place.
I've heard the term "super zoom camera" for
the trend toward ridiculous long reach zooms.
So it seems that "bridge" is still "bridge" and
"super zoom" is a subset of "bridge".

.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

Correction to my post...

How do I write a sentence with proper punctuation?

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

jerryc41 wrote:

Funny - I just posted the same link.

What can I say other than "Great minds.........."

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

To me, a true bridge camera is a camera that resembles a DSLR, but has a fixed zoom lens. This could be any length zoom lens. As most interchangeable lenses for DSLR's, mirrorless or M4/3 systems generally don't exceed 600mm (actual or 35mm eq.), I'd say that any DSLR-like camera with a fixed zoom lens that zooms up to 600mm can be called a bridge camera, as can one that has a shorter zoom range. In essence, is bridge camera is merely a camera that resembles a DSLR but isn't. Nowadays, what used to be a compact point and shoot camera is becoming more and more of a type of bridge camera, in that they now incorporated long zoom lenses and a full array of controls, all packed into something often small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. I think, shape aside, compact cameras are edging more and more into the "bridge" camera segment. JMO.

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

Recently more and more of these types of camera can save RAW files as well as .jpeg. That will make it even more of a "bridge" between a point & shoot and DSLR. With such a camera a new user can learn a lot. Most importantly if they really want to go further with photography before they actually spend the BIG bucks

Balboa Loc: NJ

Its the one you wind up wanting to throw of a bridge when you realize you need a better camera than the one you actually bought.

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

I guess a good question to start with here is what actually constitutes a point and shoot camera. In my opinion, a true point and shoot camera is one that basically allows you to do only that--just point it and shoot. It's a camera that has just the auto mode and a few selectable "scene" modes, a zoom and a flash. It may or may not have an EVF. Anything more sophisticated than that and it starts encroaching on the "bridge" category.

BebuLamar

Wingpilot wrote:

I guess a good question to start with here is what actually constitutes a point and shoot camera. In my opinion, a true point and shoot camera is one that basically allows you to do only that--just point it and shoot. It's a camera that has just the auto mode and a few selectable "scene" modes, a zoom and a flash. It may or may not have an EVF. Anything more sophisticated than that and it starts encroaching on the "bridge" category.

That's too! Many people now when they said P&S they really meant small and cheap.