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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikew_RIP" data-source="post: 511956" data-attributes="member: 14174">Thought i would deal with Bridge cameras and can they be used for wild life,the short answer is yes they can,the long answer needs to cover what they are and how they work and why your results would most of the time lack the quality of the pictures from DX and FX SLRs with long lenses on.A bridge camera can boast an exceptionally long telephoto lens,that is misleading the Nikon P900 which i have just bought boasts a 2000mm lens when it actually has a 357mm lens,the way the top number is arrived at is by putting a very small sensor in the camera,you could achieve the same image size by cropping a DX or FX image but the bridge camera has more pixels in that small area hopefully leaving you with a better image than an extremely large crop on DX or FX.There could be a few reasons why your looking at a bridge camera,they are cheaper than a DSLR and long lens,lighter and a full range of lenses from wide angle to telephoto built in but they are a compromise, on most forums (not this one) you would find the gear freaks commenting on the lack of quality,they forget most photographers use the gear they can afford or want to use for other reasons.Will do some more posts with image examples but for now a picture of a bridge camera for any that are not sure what ime talking about.[ATTACH]189009[/ATTACH]</blockquote>