Prosumer vs SLR digital cameras

This post is for Neil, who is finally kinda-sorta thinking about getting a digital camera: Choosing between bridge and DSLR.

I suspect this is where the price/feature difference comes in. The Nikon D50 and Canon Digital Rebel XT have powerful processors which can handle the volume of data that comes off a sensor and is saved to RAW formats. They also have bigger buffers than the bridge cameras.

Other speed factors where a DSLR is usually superior are; start-up time and shutter-lag.

My Sony Cybershot F77 doesn’t even come close to the performance of the big baws cameras for sale today; at least I still have my 35mm SLR (that I don’t use often enough).

Via Digital Photography Blog, Engadget.

• 18 Oct 2005