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| − | '''Bridge camera''' is mainly a term for a medium-sized [[digital camera]] with a built-in fast wide-range autofocus [[zoom lens]], an image sensor that is larger than that of a digital compact camera, and a bright high-resolution color [[LCD]]-screen live-view [[viewfinder]] with ocular. The predecessors were autofocus zoom lens [[single lens reflex]] cameras with a built-in lens, intermediate between sophisticated [[compact camera]]s and modern autofocus [[SLR]] system bodies. Also known as Prosumer cameras or ZLR for Zoom Lens Reflex, especially the popular [[Olympus IS]] bridge camera series. | + | '''Bridge camera''' is mainly a term for a medium-sized [[digital camera]] with a built-in fast wide-range [[Autofocus#Autofocus|autofocus]] [[zoom lens]], an image sensor that is larger than that of a digital [[compact camera]], and a bright high-resolution color [[LCD]]-screen live-view [[viewfinder]] with [[ocular]]. The predecessors were autofocus zoom lens [[single lens reflex]] cameras with a built-in lens, intermediate between sophisticated [[compact camera]]s and modern autofocus [[SLR]] system bodies. Also known as Prosumer cameras or ZLR for Zoom Lens Reflex, especially the popular [[Olympus IS]] bridge camera series. Other examples include the [[Fuji]] Finepix S-series, such as the [[Fuji_FinePix_S8000|S8000]], and [[Canon]]'s [[Canon PowerShot S2 IS|Powershot S2 IS]]. |
The modern digital bridge cameras are offered to people who don't mind the compromise of using always a zoom lens but are not happy with the worse image resolution and smaller optical systems of the handsome little digital compact cameras. Thus this class of cameras can be a "bridge" towards finally switching to an SLR system. Or the term means the "bridge" over the gap between compacts and SLRs. | The modern digital bridge cameras are offered to people who don't mind the compromise of using always a zoom lens but are not happy with the worse image resolution and smaller optical systems of the handsome little digital compact cameras. Thus this class of cameras can be a "bridge" towards finally switching to an SLR system. Or the term means the "bridge" over the gap between compacts and SLRs. | ||
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Revision as of 01:29, 10 January 2009
Bridge camera is mainly a term for a medium-sized digital camera with a built-in fast wide-range autofocus zoom lens, an image sensor that is larger than that of a digital compact camera, and a bright high-resolution color LCD-screen live-view viewfinder with ocular. The predecessors were autofocus zoom lens single lens reflex cameras with a built-in lens, intermediate between sophisticated compact cameras and modern autofocus SLR system bodies. Also known as Prosumer cameras or ZLR for Zoom Lens Reflex, especially the popular Olympus IS bridge camera series. Other examples include the Fuji Finepix S-series, such as the S8000, and Canon's Powershot S2 IS.
The modern digital bridge cameras are offered to people who don't mind the compromise of using always a zoom lens but are not happy with the worse image resolution and smaller optical systems of the handsome little digital compact cameras. Thus this class of cameras can be a "bridge" towards finally switching to an SLR system. Or the term means the "bridge" over the gap between compacts and SLRs.
