Bridge Cameras - Discuss

Gate Keeper · 7th January 2013, 12:59

I have now owned my first bridge camera for 1 year a Canon SX40 HS. It is light and compact, gets close to the moon and I like its image stability for those long shots. HD video is clear and steady. . I have a spare battery for it and find it lasts me about 1 month in between charges. Canon upgraded the range to the SX50 HS with a more powerful superzoom and added on RAW abilities. Knowing Canon I suspect the SX50 HS will be upgraded again very soon. I got good advice from Canonite Coolcat and Rocket on the forum on what to look for. This helped me decide to try the Canon.

Woof25 is a good mate. He also helped and I know he has a Nikon P510 or is it a P500. He knows. The downside of the SX40 is that it has an electronic view finder, no remote. and it's ability for fast action shots in sequence cannot match its big brother. Grandly has just bought the SX50 and I will be interested to see how he gets on with it. Gary do post up the results.

7th January 2013, 12:59	#1
Gate Keeper This is my second home 4X4 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nairobi Posts: 20,121 Thanks: 8,286 Thanked 7,017 Times in 4,160 Posts	Bridge Cameras - Discuss I have now owned my first bridge camera for 1 year a Canon SX40 HS. It is light and compact, gets close to the moon and I like its image stability for those long shots. HD video is clear and steady. . I have a spare battery for it and find it lasts me about 1 month in between charges. Canon upgraded the range to the SX50 HS with a more powerful superzoom and added on RAW abilities. Knowing Canon I suspect the SX50 HS will be upgraded again very soon. I got good advice from Canonite Coolcat and Rocket on the forum on what to look for. This helped me decide to try the Canon. Woof25 is a good mate. He also helped and I know he has a Nikon P510 or is it a P500. He knows. The downside of the SX40 is that it has an electronic view finder, no remote. and it's ability for fast action shots in sequence cannot match its big brother. Grandly has just bought the SX50 and I will be interested to see how he gets on with it. Gary do post up the results. Last edited by Gate Keeper; 7th January 2013 at 13:42..