Keen wrote:
There is no such thing as an all around always best for everything anything.....camera, or flash, or anything else. What is best in one regard will be less than best in another regard. The camera with the best sensor will be less than best size, and weight, wise. The camera which is best size, and weight wise will have a less than best lens selection, or sensor quality, or whatever. Bridge cameras are already a compromise, so you may as well be ready to make some other compromises as well. If you did find the all around always best for everything item today, it would be surpassed by a better item 3 months from now. My girlfriend likes her Nikon Coolpix B700 bridge camera. It was considered 'tops' by some when she bought it. A month later, Nikon brought out what she considers the better Coolpix P900.....which has since been eclipsed by the Coolpix P1000. Decide which features mean the most to you, and then decide what you can afford to spend to get them. Then decide which features you could do without in order to save some money. THEN get online, and check out Canon, Fuji, Nikon, etc, websites, and see which items give you the most of those features you want. Then shop for those model cameras at Adorama, BH photo Video, etc, and see which gives you your chosen model(s) at the best price. Some bridge cameras may allow you to shoot Panorama images....which you may love, or hate, or have no interest in. Other cameras will not have Panorama capability. How are we supposed to know which features you are willing / unwilling to pay for? I can't recommend a bridge camera, because I don't like them. I told you what my gf likes, and what she wishes she had instead of what she has. Beyond that, I can only encourage you to do your own research. Good luck.
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Many thanks for your long and thoughtful reply.
I appreciate the time you took on this.