"Superzoom" bridge camera roundup - March 2023

The whole idea of a bridge camera is that everyone does not want to carry big cameras and lenses around, but also still want to take a bit better picture(with zoom) than a phone.
I am also not that big into photography, I don't want to stand for an hour to get the perfect shot. What I found with this superzooms with the small sensors is that most of your pictures(with close to full zoom) are pretty bad. You have to take so many photos just to get one that have good focus and even then its only when light is good.
The 1 inch sensor bridge camera let you just get better pictures easier. Yes I sometimes miss the 50+ zoom, but it its more of an inconvenience that a pro, for me at least.
 
bwana said:
You might be thinking of crop factor.

Numerical multipliers [for example 2x, 4x, 125x, etc] are useless without at least knowing the lowest, or the highest, focal length.


Still pretty bulky for someone to always want to carry one around with them. I wouldn't. That's why my cellphone gets so much use.
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Not crop factor.

Agreed that multipliers are useless without focal length, and focal length is pretty useless without image sensor size.
People go with what they know best, 35mm film has always been a good reference point, which is why it is used in most comparisons.
 
Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
just to get one that have good focus and even then its only when light is good.
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That's why the fastest lens is also a factor, especially when it isn't interchangeable, so anything offering F6.5 et al is out for me. Then for fast and accurate focus, nothing comes close to the RX10.
Finally affordability, that's where the Panasonic Lumix DMC-F1000 II shines.
 
My first bridge camera was the sx60 then upgraded sx70. Both been excellent for our safari trips.
 
stefan9 said:
My first bridge camera was the sx60 then upgraded sx70. Both been excellent for our safari trips.
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People seem to love their Canon SXs. I am not sure why, when they don't have great focal point numbers nor fast focus specs, here Sony is undoubtedly king. Image sensor size is not great, and speed of lenses also not too great when compared with what is out here. Fujifilm and Lumix come to mind as runners-up.

I come from a Nikon, Olympus and Mamiya background in 35mm SLR and medium format film cameras, never been a Canon fan, yet they dominated there too, never quite understood it.

I had a SX-70 in my hands a few weeks ago, some things were OK, mostly OK, but I wasn't impressed to the degree that I WANTED one. It seemed overpriced for what it is. Maybe I'm wrong, but handling the Sony RX10 makes me WANT it. The Lumix comes in second. Maybe I'm too fussy ;)
 
RonSwanson said:
People seem to love their Canon SXs. I am not sure why, when they don't have great focal point numbers nor fast focus specs, here Sony is undoubtedly king. Image sensor size is not great, and speed of lenses also not too great when compared with what is out here. Fujifilm and Lumix come to mind as runners-up.

I come from a Nikon, Olympus and Mamiya background in 35mm SLR and medium format film cameras, never been a Canon fan, yet they dominated there too, never quite understood it.

I had a SX-70 in my hands a few weeks ago, some things were OK, mostly OK, but I wasn't impressed to the degree that I WANTED one. It seemed overpriced for what it is. Maybe I'm wrong, but handling the Sony RX10 makes me WANT it. The Lumix comes in second. Maybe I'm too fussy ;)
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The RX10 costs nearly 3 times what the sx70 does.
Canon offers a decent camera at a decent price and that is what guys who will likely use the camera on about 3 trips or less a year is after.
Price is a very important factor at the casual end of the market.
 
RonSwanson said:
People seem to love their Canon SXs. I am not sure why, when they don't have great focal point numbers nor fast focus specs, here Sony is undoubtedly king. Image sensor size is not great, and speed of lenses also not too great when compared with what is out here. Fujifilm and Lumix come to mind as runners-up.

I come from a Nikon, Olympus and Mamiya background in 35mm SLR and medium format film cameras, never been a Canon fan, yet they dominated there too, never quite understood it.

I had a SX-70 in my hands a few weeks ago, some things were OK, mostly OK, but I wasn't impressed to the degree that I WANTED one. It seemed overpriced for what it is. Maybe I'm wrong, but handling the Sony RX10 makes me WANT it. The Lumix comes in second. Maybe I'm too fussy ;)
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Well you are comparing a R9k small sensor Canon to a R30k 1 inch sensor Sony. No bridge camera can come close to the Sony RX10. But few people will fork out that money.
Also Canon have kind off abandoned the bridge camera market and the SX70 was about the same thing as the previous SX60 from 2014. So nothing to get exited about a Canon powershot today.
What they had going for them was the large zoom(before Nikon P series came out) the price and it was relatively small.
Canons have great colour and the UI is great.
Remember the SX70 came out in 2018 and a few years ago they were still selling new for 7-8k. Paying 11k+ now for that old tech is however a bit ridiculous
 
RonSwanson said:
never been a Canon fan, yet they dominated there too, never quite understood it.
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Legendary status, perhaps?

Example:

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And when value for (local) money is considered, this ...

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