The term "bridge camera"
Sep 22, 2019 10:20:32 #
Sep 22, 2019 10:53:58 #
Takes pictures of, or from, bridges? Used by state DOT to manage traffic flow.
On a less flippant note, I recently bought a Canon SX 720. It’s my hiking and ballooning camera. The 40x zoom is nice, the small sensor produces less desirable results, but it fits on my belt, takes better pictures than my iPhone, and I can take pictures without falling off a mountain, or out of a hot air balloon.
I wouldn’t risk my Olympus E-M10 in those circumstances, so it bridges my competing needs.
On a less flippant note, I recently bought a Canon SX 720. It’s my hiking and ballooning camera. The 40x zoom is nice, the small sensor produces less desirable results, but it fits on my belt, takes better pictures than my iPhone, and I can take pictures without falling off a mountain, or out of a hot air balloon.
I wouldn’t risk my Olympus E-M10 in those circumstances, so it bridges my competing needs.
Sep 22, 2019 11:12:49 #
gvarner wrote:
I always wonder about what a bridge camera "bridges", from what to what. I can see how beginners can become confused, especially if they started out with one and are completely happy with the results. I can understand a distinction between pocket cameras, fixed lens cameras, and system cameras. Oh yeah, and cameras that look like cellphones.
A bridge between PnS (Point and Shoot) and SLR, DSLR, MILC. A Rolleiflex is a fixed lens camera but they are never called that, TLR (Twin Lens Reflex), Medium Format, all yes. There are practically innumerable types of cameras that have been created since 1826. I have a huge mirrorless camera, a 4x5" View Camera (with the bellows, yes, their are new ones today). They all have specific type names for specific reasons. Learn the history of your art or remain ignorant. Read, look at pictures of Photographs and Equipment, Google, Study, Ask Questions, did I say Read. But editorializing and rhetoric are for the informed and experienced.
Sep 22, 2019 11:14:10 #
srt101fan wrote:
And the Minox camera was designed to take pictures of miniature roses....
Sep 22, 2019 11:18:28 #
Soul Dr. wrote:
A bridge camera is the one between a small P&S model and a interchangeable lens model.
They usually have a lens that has a pretty large zoom factor, that sets them apart from the regular P&S models.
They usually have a lens that has a pretty large zoom factor, that sets them apart from the regular P&S models.
Dr. Soul, do you know Mr. Soul? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyc0JSd5q7U
Sep 22, 2019 11:19:23 #
Sep 22, 2019 11:20:05 #
Delderby wrote:
Of course - you wouldn't include your contribution now - would you?
Interesting how you call that an actual contribution. More like banial response from someone who hasn't a clue of the purpose of social media.
Sep 22, 2019 11:32:06 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Because it's a bad term in my opinion and it's no hybrid camera either. Does it shoot both film and digital?
It's actually an excellent term and hybrid camera does not mean uses both digital and film. Most, but not all hybrid cameras are Interchangeable lens cameras and most, but not all are mirrorless. What makes some bridge cameras, hybrid, is the use of a large aps-c image sensor.
Sep 22, 2019 11:50:48 #
I thought a "bridge" camera is a camera with a very wide angle lens that is suitable for shooting bridges. Seriously, the term bridge camera is used for a camera that is somewhere in between a point and shoot and a serious hobbyist or professional camera with interchangeable lenses. Instead of having interchangeable lenses, the bridge camera genrally has a zoom lens with a very wide range. Back in the film days, they were sometimes called ZLRs (zoom lens reflex).
Sep 22, 2019 12:06:43 #
srt101fan wrote:
And the Minox camera was designed to take pictures of miniature roses....
Not Minoxes? Dang!
Sep 22, 2019 12:07:11 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
Many P&S cameras have manual settings. I use mine frequently. The biggest drawback is the very limited aperture range. No f16 🤐. The smallest is f8, and one cannot always get there. Long focal length isn't the most important factor.
Sep 22, 2019 12:21:42 #
Sep 22, 2019 13:56:18 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Dannj wrote:
To the OP:
You still following this?
Did you get a satisfactory answer?
You still following this?
Did you get a satisfactory answer?
Yes, many many satisfactory answers. It’s like discussing the difference between macro and close-up photography. True beginners or novices in the craft soon discover that definition of a term ranges from the very simple to the very complex, depending on the source. Some say "to each his own" but that doesn’t help the novice very much. The search for knowledge in photography is like most everything else. It reveals how much you don’t know. I’m always trying to figure out how to explain a very complex subject in simplest terms.
Sep 22, 2019 14:08:02 #
I seldom use the term because so it confuses so many people - some who seem to think that every P&S is a "bridge".
Sep 22, 2019 14:19:26 #
gvarner wrote:
Yes, many many satisfactory answers. It’s like dis... (show quote)
Glad to hear you received some helpful info! These topics can go off in several directions. As for explaining complex subjects, an IT pro once told me he pretended he was talking to his grandmother😊
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