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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 68803" data-attributes="member: 9521">I've seen the words &quot;bridge camera&quot; used several times on this forum and have never heard of it anywhere else. A quick google search tells me it's a bridge between a P&amp;S and a dSLR, but all the examples are simply entry level dSLR's that tend to be smaller in size than the more expensive cameras. Then this morning when seeing this term again the thought occurred to me that it must be a Euro/UK/Asia marketing word that did not ever make it here in the states. I don't remember ever hearing or reading an advertisement that referred to something as a &quot;bridge&quot; camera. We have &quot;entry level&quot;, we have P&amp;S and we have dSLR's but I don't think we have &quot;bridge cameras&quot; here. And I can almost guarantee that most US citizens would think a bridge camera was a camera attached to a bridge (surveillance type) or a camera that was shaped like a bridge. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" />So does anyone else here in the states or CAN call entry level dSLR's &quot;bridge cameras&quot;? Is this a term that is widely used on this side of the Atlantic or am I just getting much older than I care to admit...? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 68803, member: 9521"] I've seen the words "bridge camera" used several times on this forum and have never heard of it anywhere else. A quick google search tells me it's a bridge between a P&S and a dSLR, but all the examples are simply entry level dSLR's that tend to be smaller in size than the more expensive cameras. Then this morning when seeing this term again the thought occurred to me that it must be a Euro/UK/Asia marketing word that did not ever make it here in the states. I don't remember ever hearing or reading an advertisement that referred to something as a "bridge" camera. We have "entry level", we have P&S and we have dSLR's but I don't think we have "bridge cameras" here. And I can almost guarantee that most US citizens would think a bridge camera was a camera attached to a bridge (surveillance type) or a camera that was shaped like a bridge. :confused: So does anyone else here in the states or CAN call entry level dSLR's "bridge cameras"? Is this a term that is widely used on this side of the Atlantic or am I just getting much older than I care to admit...? :eek: [/QUOTE]

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