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Which bridge camera?
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<blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 633710" data-attributes="member: 43924"><p>Just offering my two cents to the general theme: A little over 2 years back, I was in the same state of mind as Elliot87 was when starting this thread. I was about to go on a long trip to Colombia and feared for the safety of my D7100 and lenses (didn't have the D500 back then). I bought a Nikon P600 and took it along. Big mistake.</p><p></p><p>Now, please don't get me wrong here. The IQ was decent (though not great) and I liked the overall convenience of that camera. Using that loooong telezoom to shoot wildlife, however, proved near impossible. Its performance in low light, both IQ and AF, is simply not good enough, plus, 1440mm may sound good in theory but are impossible to hold still. I often found I needed much longer time to even aim the camera at the bird or other small animal than that animal was willing to give me. Sold the camera right after that trip.</p><p></p><p>Today, I have two solutions for the problem: a better pocket zoom with less range (mine is the Panasonic TZ101 = ZN100 for Americans) that serves for city walks and the like, and a PacSafe Travelsafe for when I have my big guns along and want to keep them somewhere securely. I recommend both of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lokatz, post: 633710, member: 43924"] Just offering my two cents to the general theme: A little over 2 years back, I was in the same state of mind as Elliot87 was when starting this thread. I was about to go on a long trip to Colombia and feared for the safety of my D7100 and lenses (didn't have the D500 back then). I bought a Nikon P600 and took it along. Big mistake. Now, please don't get me wrong here. The IQ was decent (though not great) and I liked the overall convenience of that camera. Using that loooong telezoom to shoot wildlife, however, proved near impossible. Its performance in low light, both IQ and AF, is simply not good enough, plus, 1440mm may sound good in theory but are impossible to hold still. I often found I needed much longer time to even aim the camera at the bird or other small animal than that animal was willing to give me. Sold the camera right after that trip. Today, I have two solutions for the problem: a better pocket zoom with less range (mine is the Panasonic TZ101 = ZN100 for Americans) that serves for city walks and the like, and a PacSafe Travelsafe for when I have my big guns along and want to keep them somewhere securely. I recommend both of them. [/QUOTE]
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