I'm going to be travelling for a year or so from June and have pretty much decided that taking my DSLR kit will be too cumbersome, expensive to ensure and generally a bit risky with the type of travelling I'll be doing. Photography is not the primary purpose and I don't expect to want to sell prints etc. so I think a good bridge camera will fit the bill.
Wildlife and landscape are my key interests so one of the 20-1000mm ish superzooms is what I'm after. Budget is ideally under £400 but there's flexibility in that. I want manual controls and the ability to shoot RAW, WiFi connectivity would also be nice but not a must.
After a brief bit of googling the Nikon Coolpix B700 looks like good option but I don't see anything on here about it. Does anyone have any experience with them? From what I can tell it's an upgrade on the P610 which I know has a few users here.
Other contenders include:
Nikon P900 - bit above budget and maybe bigger than I'd like. 2000mm reach sounds nice though.
Canon Powershot SX60 HS
Panasonic Lumix FZ72
others I've yet to read or hear about.
As it's a fixed lens camera I'm not fussy about the make, I just want the best all in one travel camera I can get for the money. All comments and advice welcome, even if that's to say I'm barking up the wrong tree looking at bridge cameras.
p.s. I'll most likely be selling my D3200, Tamron 70-300mm VC and 18-55mm to raise funds. These are only occasionally used by my wife now and I think a good bridge will be a more flexible alternative for travels and for my better half to use.
Wildlife and landscape are my key interests so one of the 20-1000mm ish superzooms is what I'm after. Budget is ideally under £400 but there's flexibility in that. I want manual controls and the ability to shoot RAW, WiFi connectivity would also be nice but not a must.
After a brief bit of googling the Nikon Coolpix B700 looks like good option but I don't see anything on here about it. Does anyone have any experience with them? From what I can tell it's an upgrade on the P610 which I know has a few users here.
Other contenders include:
Nikon P900 - bit above budget and maybe bigger than I'd like. 2000mm reach sounds nice though.
Canon Powershot SX60 HS
Panasonic Lumix FZ72
others I've yet to read or hear about.
As it's a fixed lens camera I'm not fussy about the make, I just want the best all in one travel camera I can get for the money. All comments and advice welcome, even if that's to say I'm barking up the wrong tree looking at bridge cameras.
p.s. I'll most likely be selling my D3200, Tamron 70-300mm VC and 18-55mm to raise funds. These are only occasionally used by my wife now and I think a good bridge will be a more flexible alternative for travels and for my better half to use.