Bridge camera

bridge digital camera bridge camera DiMAGE A200 (2005) 42X superzoom bridge camera. A bridge camera is a type of camera that fills the niche between relatively simple point-and-shoot cameras and interchangeable-lens cameras such as mirrorless cameras and single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs). They are often comparable in size and weight to the smallest digital SLRs (DSLR), but lack interchangeable lenses, and almost all digital bridge cameras lack an optical viewfinder system. The phrase "bridge camera" has been in use at least since the 1980s, and continues to be used with digital cameras. The term was originally used to refer to film cameras which "bridged the gap" between point-and-shoot cameras and SLRs. Like other cameras, most current bridge cameras are digital. These cameras typically feature full manual controls over shutter speed, aperture, ISO sensitivity, color balance and metering. Generally, their feature sets are similar to consumer DSLRs, except for a smaller range of ISO sensitivity because of their typically smaller image sensor. Many bridge cameras have long zoom lenses which now often start at a super wide-angle focal length of 20 or 22mm equivalent focal length (in 35mm film camera terms), so the term "bridge camera" is sometimes used interchangeably with "megazoom", "superzoom", or "ultrazoom".…

bridge digital camera]] bridge camera]] DiMAGE A200 (2005)]] 42X superzoom bridge camera.]] A bridge camera is a type of camera that fills the niche between relatively simple point-and-shoot cameras and interchangeable-lens cameras such as mirrorless cameras and single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs). They are often comparable in size and weight to the smallest digital SLRs (DSLR), but lack interchangeable lenses, and almost all digital bridge cameras lack an optical viewfinder system. The phrase "bridge camera" has been in use at least since the 1980s, and continues to be used with digital cameras. The term was originally used to refer to film cameras which "bridged the gap" between point-and-shoot cameras and SLRs. Like other cameras, most current bridge cameras are digital. These cameras typically feature full manual controls over shutter speed, aperture, ISO sensitivity, color balance and metering. Generally, their feature sets are similar to consumer DSLRs, except for a smaller range of ISO sensitivity because of their typically smaller image sensor. Many bridge cameras have long zoom lenses which now often start at a super wide-angle focal length of 20 or 22mm equivalent focal length (in 35mm film camera terms), so the term "bridge camera" is sometimes used interchangeably with "megazoom", "superzoom", or "ultrazoom". However, some bridge cameras have only moderate or short zooms (such as the Canon Powershot G9 ), while many compact cameras have superzoom lenses but lack the advanced functions of a bridge camera. With zoom ranges and sales rapidly increasing in the early 21st century, every major camera manufacturer has at least one superzoom camera in its lineup. ==Large-sensor bridge cameras== Just as in compact cameras, there is a trend towards larger sensors in bridge cameras, as well. Sony started the category of 1 inch sensor equipped bridge cameras in 2012 with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, followed in late 2013 with the release of the Sony RX10. In 2014, Panasonic followed this with the FZ1000, which has a larger zoom range, up to 400mm equivalent (Sony's RX10 goes to 200mm equivalent). In contrast with the RX10's constant f/2.8 widest aperture Zeiss lens, the Panasonic FZ1000 has a variable f/2.8 to f/4 Leica creation. Sony's DSC-R1 issued as early as 2005 has a 10MP APS-sized sensor combined with a Zeiss zoom lens. In terms of image quality, these cameras are comparable to Canon's DSLRs and similarly priced. All measures are in pixels ImageSize = width:800 height:100 PlotArea = left:90 right:10 bottom:20 top:20 AlignBars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:2013 till:2019 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:2013 Define $dx = -40 shift text Dates from DPReview PlotData= bar:Panasonic_Lumix color:red width:20 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:12/06/2014 till:16/07/2015 shift:($dx,14) text: DMC-FZ1000 from:16/07/2015 till:19/09/2016 shift:($dx,14) text: DMC-FZ300 from:19/09/2016 till:01/01/2019 shift:($dx,14) text: DMC-FZ2500 / FZ2000 bar:Sony_Cyber-shot color:blue width:20 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:16/10/2013 till:10/06/2015 shift:($dx,14) text: DSC-RX10 from:10/06/2015 till:29/03/2016 shift:($dx,14) text: DSC-RX10 II from:29/03/2016 till:12/09/2017 shift:($dx,14) text: DSC-RX10 III from:12/09/2017 till:01/01/2019 shift:($dx,14) text: DSC-RX10 IV ==See also== List of bridge cameras List of superzoom compact cameras List of large sensor fixed-lens cameras

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