Best Buys
The Which? Best Buy award is given to
products with high total test scores that perform consistently well in
our rigorous lab tests and excel in all key areas.
Energy Savers
We award the Energy Saver logo to
products that our testing shows are very energy efficient, meaning
they'll cost you less to run.
Don't Buys
The Which? Don't Buy logo alerts you
to the products that performed extremely poorly in one or more key
areas of our tests.
Price
Find the product that fits your budget
Image quality
Made up of all our image quality tests
Video quality
An overall rating for the camera's video quality in different light conditions, judging sharpness, smoothness of moving subject and panning shots, and colour accuracy.
Ease of use
Includes shutter delay, start-up time, shot-to-shot time, quality of manual, general ease of use and lots more
Launch date
Older models may be harder to track down - but you may find a bargain. Test programmes and key features change over time but we re-evaluate results for older models to make them as comparable as possible with newer models.
Recently tested
The most recently tested models. New models will be more widely available, older models may be harder to track down - but you may find a bargain.
Superzoom or compact?
Sort for the type of bridge camera you want. Each has advanced controls, but superzooms are large with big zooms. Compact bridge cameras are smaller but zoom is very limited.
Megapixels
High resolutions help you enlarge your prints or zoom and crop your photos when digitally editing.
RAW shooting
RAW files capture images with less in-camera processing, giving you more editing options with your photographs.
Hot shoe
A hot shoe allows you to attach an external flash gun to the camera.
Wide angle
Wide angle lenses help you fit more into shot without stepping further back - the smaller the number, the more you can fit in.
Minimum optical zoom
Large zoom magnifications help you get closer to more distant subjects.
What type of viewfinder the camera has
Electronic viewfinders offer small replicas of the rear LCD screen, letting you preview picture settings. Optical viewfinders on bridge cameras are more basic small windows to look through.
Whether the camera can record high definition (HD) or standard definition videos.
720p and 1080p are both high definition recording resolutions, though 1080p, or 'full-HD' is more detailed.
Price
If there is a "Compare Prices" box the price shown will be the cheapest price we found, excluding delivery, and is updated daily. If "Typical Price" is displayed the price shown will be a guide to what you can expect to pay
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