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UntamedImages Loc: Utah

davidheald1942 wrote:

what makes a camera a *bridge* camera?
thanks
ronny

For me it's about not wanting to haul around a ton of gear but still be able to get quality shots.

It would be a camera somewhere between a small point and shoot and a full DSLR. More portable and easy to have with you when a DSLR would be cumbersome.

What a "Bridge Camera" is for different folks will vary.

Check out the higher end P&S stuff and the newer mirror less 4/3 detachable lens to give you a better idea.

UntamedImages Loc: Utah

amehta wrote:

Others disagree, but I call a camera a "bridge" camera if it does not have an interchangeable lens, it has a superzoom (usually a 8x range or longer, and is larger than a "compact" camera. Common examples are the Canon SX50 and Panasonic FZ200.

Amehta, so you would not consider the newer 4/3 stuff a Bridge Camera? Just curious why.

amehta Loc: Boston

O_S_O_K wrote:

Amehta, so you would not consider the newer 4/3 stuff a Bridge Camera? Just curious why.

Because of the interchangeable lens. I would split things this way:

* interchangeable lens camera (ILC)
- - medium format
- - DSLR
- - mirrorless (full frame, APS-C, m4/3, CX/1" )

* non-ILC
- - bridge (Leica V-Lux 4, Sony RX-10)
- - advanced compact (Leica D-Lux 6, Sony RX100)
- - point & shoot (Canon Elph)

sammytalia7 Loc: Verde Valley, Arizona

Don't have advice about lightening your load, but I enjoyed your story. I used to live fairly near that the Brazos Bend Park and you brought back a great memory. As far as missing a great photo op, there's always something going on with those crazy gators! Hope you will return soon!

kamrakid Loc: Reinbeck, IA

lighthouse wrote:

Perspective.
We will always see some wonderful things that happen when we do not have a camera.
Sometimes it is Ok to just sit down and watch it, and be thankful for it, without having to capture it for posterity.
Stop and smell the roses.
Sometimes you can lose the moment by being busy taking photos of it, yes we have a record, but did we really experience it to the full. Balance. Perspective.

Lighthouse, I truly appreciate your words -- more than you may think. Tomorrow I prepare for delicate surgery to remove a tumor from my brain stem area, and it's not entirely certain if I'll be able to continue photographing. Photography has been my entire life; 40+ years of teaching and practicing it. You've given me precisely what I needed to hear. Perhaps it's time for me to enjoy the smell of roses as much as their appearance, and to start experiencing moments to the full without a camera in my face. Photography's great, even fabulous, and I really hope that I'll be able to return to it. Thanks, though, for reminding me that there's a lot to enjoy in life even if we're not taking pictures of it.
Jim

Jnani

Balance is a tricky thing. I believe that I see things differently than others and photography internalizes that vision, sometimes by "capturing the moment" and sometimes by creating a new and unique vision of something. Sometimes those "diamond moments" are feelings and emotions that are beyond being captured digitally or on film.

As for "number of pictures = less memories of an event", well, I trained and got boarded in Psychiatry, have practiced it, and can say pshrinks' two favorite words: it depends.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Ok guys/gals, I think I've got it now. Now if I could figure out what a 4/3 camera is. BTW, my 50 years or so in film photography hasn't helped me out much at all with digital.

LOL, it's really fun learning though.
Seeya
ronny

DavidPine Loc: Fredericksburg, TX

I use a manbag. In it, I carry my RX-100, iPad, Kendel, iPhone, a knife tool and my .40mm semi and sometimes, a small bottle of water.

amehta Loc: Boston

davidheald1942 wrote:

Ok guys/gals, I think I've got it now. Now if I could figure out what a 4/3 camera is. BTW, my 50 years or so in film photography hasn't helped me out much at all with digital.

LOL, it's really fun learning though.
Seeya
ronny

The 4/3 and micro 4/3 (MFT) cameras have smaller sensors than digital SLRs from Canon and Nikon. The C/N DSLRs have a 3:2 aspect ratio, but these have a 4:3 aspect ratio.

lighthouse Loc: No Fixed Abode

kamrakid, I wish you all the best.

kamrakid wrote:

Lighthouse, I truly appreciate your words -- more ... (show quote)

10MPlayer Loc: California

lighthouse wrote:

Perspective.
We will always see some wonderful things that happen when we do not have a camera.
Sometimes it is Ok to just sit down and watch it, and be thankful for it, without having to capture it for posterity.
Stop and smell the roses.
Sometimes you can lose the moment by being busy taking photos of it, yes we have a record, but did we really experience it to the full. Balance. Perspective.

Wise advice. When my only child daughter was growing up I was the guy crouched down up front taking pictures of her on stage at one event or another. I finally realized I was watching the best moments of her life, and mine, through a viewfinder. I put the camera down for several years and just took in the joy of watching her grow. Best decision I could have made.

10MPlayer Loc: California

kamrakid wrote:

Lighthouse, I truly appreciate your words -- more ... (show quote)

I don't know you but I'll say a prayer. see my post above ^^

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

davidheald1942 wrote:

what makes a camera a *bridge* camera?
thanks
ronny

Pretty much it's a camera more sophisticated than a point & shoot and larger than one with a permanently attached zoom lens that is much longer than a P&S - BUT - it's not as sophisticated as a dSLR (nor as large and heavy) and dSLRs can have a whole system of different lenses. So the Bridge camera is a bridge between the simple point & shoot category of cameras and the complex dSLR category. "Bridging the gap" between the two categories you might say.

UntamedImages Loc: Utah

amehta wrote:

Because of the interchangeable lens. I would split things this way:

* interchangeable lens camera (ILC)
- - medium format
- - DSLR
- - mirrorless (full frame, APS-C, m4/3, CX/1" )

* non-ILC
- - bridge (Leica V-Lux 4, Sony RX-10)
- - advanced compact (Leica D-Lux 6, Sony RX100)
- - point & shoot (Canon Elph)

Thanks, as always amehta. Makes sense to me

UntamedImages Loc: Utah

sammytalia7 wrote:

Don't have advice about lightening your load, but I enjoyed your story. I used to live fairly near that the Brazos Bend Park and you brought back a great memory. As far as missing a great photo op, there's always something going on with those crazy gators! Hope you will return soon!

Oh, I will be back for sure with my camera in hand :-)

Thanks for the comments. It sure is a neat place!