The original sony cyber shot dsc rx100 introduced in june 2012 featured a fresh inviting design a fast 28 100mm equivalent zeiss vario sonnar zoom lens and something unheard of for such a compact camera.
1 inch sensor bridge camera.
Once upon a time manufacturers could only make those enormous zoom ranges work in bodies if they had a small 1 2 3 inch sensor the kind you d find in a point and shoot camera or a smartphone.
As for 1 type sensor cameras there are a lot of panasonic compacts.
Due to the ordinary sensor bridge cameras are not as impressive in low light high iso situations as dslrs.
The sony cyber shot rx10 iv is the best bridge camera if you can afford it.
Some bridge cameras pack the same size sensor that you ll find in a pocket.
Canon powershot g1 x mark ii seems to be a great one with the 1 5 inch sensor i think you mentioned it somewhere in your other articles before.
But the reality is a little more complex than that.
The lumix fz1000 s 16x optical zoom is less than that of typical bridge cameras but that s due to its sizeable 1 inch sensor which delivers a big boost in image quality.
Though bridge cameras have improved optical zoom lens they are not equipped with an interchangeable lens while dslrs are.
Big lens big body small ish sensor.
But at the same time they are much better than point and shoot ones.
Panasonic lumix dmc lx10 4k digital point and shoot camera 20 1 megapixel 1 inch sensor bundle with camera bag 32gb sd card sd card case mac software kit cleaning kit electronics 497 99 497.
Small sensor big zoom.
Fast 4k video and mic input.
A 20 2mp 1 format backlight illuminated cmos sensor.
And for the edge cases photographers who just want as much zoom power as possible there are a pair of models from nikon that utilize the smaller 1 2 3 inch sensor format but reach 2 000mm and.
The cameras with the micro four thirds sensor that i like are panasonic lumix dmc lx100 and leica d lux typ 109.
Measuring 13 2 x 8 8mm 2 7x crop factor the 1 type sensor was smaller than full frame aps c and four thirds format imaging.
Built around a relatively large 1 inch sensor and relatively long 25x zoom lens it s a luxury camera that comes.
The simple definition of a bridge camera is this.