Camera with features between point and shoot and mirrorless/SLR.
See also: List of bridge cameras
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 bridge digital cameraThe Fujifilm FinePix S9000 bridge cameraThe Konica Minolta DIMAGE A200 (2005)A shot of the moon from a Nikon P530 42X superzoom bridge camera.The Sony DSC-R1
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).[1][2][3] They are often comparable in size and weight to the smallest digital SLRs (DSLR), but lack interchangeable lenses,[1] and almost all digital bridge cameras lack an optical viewfinder system. The phrase "bridge camera" has been in use at least since the 1980s,[2] and continues to be used with digital cameras.[3] The term was originally used to refer to film cameras which "bridged the gap" between point-and-shoot cameras and SLRs.[4][5]
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",[6] or "ultrazoom".[7] However, some bridge cameras have only moderate or short zooms (such as the Canon Powershot G9[8]), 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.[9]
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