Originally posted by surfar Bottom end bridge cameras,definitely....I think it might take a while till the Nikon P1000 is under threat.
I tend to agree... I think bridge cameras may be around for a little while yet. From what I can tell, there's still reasonable (if not huge) demand from the amateur birding and wildlife community. Such cameras provide an all-in-one solution with incredible reach and "good enough" results to satisfy those who are more interested in what they're capturing rather than ultimate image quality. They're not really for photographers, as such, although Sony's RX10 series - the III and IV - are arguably much better with their larger sensors... But they definitely fill a niche that can't otherwise be satisfied by anything other than a decent ILC and a rather expensive lens, though the latter will undoubtedly produce much better images...
Originally posted by surfar Dont under estimate technology,its in constant evolvement...what gets released today is (from the R&D room) already obsolete.
For sure... and yet, for most folks I think we've (very nearly?) reached a limit on how increased resolution alone truly benefits us. What do you or I do that really
needs a tiny 64Mp sensor? With APS-C, we've arguably reached a sweet spot with 24Mp... How much more benefit would we gain from a 36Mp or 42Mp APS-C sensor, aside from bragging rights? Folks would measure a difference, but for the vast majority of photographic purposes, most people wouldn't realise any
practical benefit from that increased resolution. Do you actually benefit significantly from the resolution of your existing recent-model high resolution cameras? I don't... That's my point...