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I'm looking for a new Camera, orginally I was looking at a Canon EOS 450D, but I have been told that the Bridge cameras such as the Powershots will do the same job for a fraction of the price with out the need to buy an addition zoom lens, and I've heard the lens on the Powershots are about the same standard as the EOS lens. Is this true?

Also, I have been looking at the Canon Powershot SX1 IS and SX20 IS, I can't see why the SX1 is £90 more than the SX20 when the SX20 seems a higher spec. Am I missing something?
 
Hi Eddie welcome to TP,

I don't use Canon but I would be very surprised if the lenses on a bridge camera were as good as those for a DSLR. You have to look at what you want to do with your photography, will you want to upgrade from a bridge in 6 months or will you be satisfied with one? I moved from point and shoot to bridge to DSLR and the difference (to me) is a quantum leap in quality of image and usefullness.

Andy
 
Same here, started with a point and shoot, then upgraded to a bridge (Panasonic FZ50) and a few weeks ago purchased my first DSLR (Canon 500D). Even with just the kit lens the quality is so much better than the FZ50.

I've taken plenty of good shots with the FZ50 but for the best results you need good light, anything taken at over 200 iso became very noisy. I'm now happily taking shots at 1600 iso and they've very usable.
 
I want the Camera for my fishing pictures, its mainly trophy shots of me hold Carp, but I take a few pictures of fish in the water, scenic dawns and the odd wildlife picture and for the latter three I need a good zoom.

I have had a few pictures published in the Magazines (alone with aricles) so I want the pictures to be magazine size quality. The trouble I have is that I won't be taking the trophy shoots myself (because I'm in them:)) so I need the camera to be easily usable, plus once a big fish is out of the water I haven't really got time to mess about with setting, not that I know what I'm doing anyway.

So what do you think is best suited to me?
 
Probably one of the better bridge cameras to be honest. You don't want to be messing about changing lenses on a riverbank with a fish flapping about. If you want it to do more than the above though a DSLR is still the way to go.

Andy
 
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