Bridge cameras – once so-called because they formed a ‘bridge’ between a compact point-and-shoot and the operability of a fully blown DSLR with telephoto lens – used to be a must-have in the ranges of any self respecting camera manufacturer. And up until around five or 10 years ago, when smaller, lighter mirrorless cameras began to steadily replace DSLRs, they were.
However, nowadays such bridge units, also known as super zooms or all-in-ones, because of their generous lens reach, are pretty thin on the ground and we’re more likely to find one secondhand than new.
