Rarely have I been so fast in a camera so much in love as in this ...

... To explain why I have to, as often happens, go back a bit.
Four years ago I got my first DSLR camera, because I wanted more than just take pictures, I wanted to correct photos. So really pronounced the hobby has then never. In addition to the kit lens with the EOS 600D, I've only got the 1.8er 50mm and that's it. But that I have at the wedding of my best friend tollere pictures taken as the hired professional photographer (at least according to her statement, I have the other photos not yet seen). I always had fun taking photos, but a lot of money in additional equipment (such as telephoto, fixed focal length for macro photography, additional flash) I have not yet been issued. Especially telephoto lenses were such a thing. In design can vlt so. start something, the right Ranzoomen but they are very limited usable if one does not invest a lot of money in really big telephoto lenses.

And the zoom it is then also what knocks me with this camera, which must be noted here that this is my first bridge camera with such a large zoom. People who already know from multiple cameras this regard will certainly create other evaluation criteria than me. But I want to tell you why I still love this camera, primarily as a travel camera. As I said, the Zoom. 30x optical and 60x digital. "Sure there used only 30 times" I've now said that because the double must extrapolated but just look pixelated and goofy. Forget it. I have three photos posted twice in the user photo gallery available for this article. Once each at zoom factor 0, at a factor of 30 (maximum optical) and factor 60 (maximum digital). All photographs from the same location. I find the results just crass. Clear that one creative or creative can the distance no longer make much, but it's not that at this zoom level yes.

Even otherwise I have the same setting as with a DSLR, I can set the shutter speed, the aperture, regulate everything manually set the ISO level, etc., etc.. Of course, while the fixed focus lens provides not so high light values ​​as it would do interchangeable lenses of a DSLR, but I am of the opinion that still many people who buy a DSLR because they do these things so, with such a bridge camera will be much happier. For something you really need only if you want to do something really creative and blindly familiar with these settings and there also want to fix what change it and knows what he is doing. I would not trade my DSLR, but for 80% of the bets, just traveling, this camera reaches absolute and the light intensity should be a problem only for professionals.

But next to the camera itself. The various Progammautomatiken are great thought and work and should also be used unless you know as I said exactly what my doing with the programs and P MAS. The other programs have some many submenus where you can live out diverse. It really makes sense to sit down a bit and look at what the camera can do. Although the intelligent program AE selects mostly the appropriate setting, but it's always good when you quickly find the right setting for the emergency itself and not have to search until forever.
What I, however, do not like so much is the time the camera takes to save the photos if you use the automatic functions. This may take some over one second, several snapshots are so rarely possible.
Assuming, however, a MASP setting can shoot many, many frames per second you really think I habs not accurately measured but it would have to 6-10 images be

Equipment Fair has given me the way, extremely well-liked that the lens cap from the camera can be connected to a tape with the camera and therefore does not go constantly lost. With most cameras you have to tinker or something to buy extra

The battery indicator is the minute. The battery itself is 870 mAh but rather weak. According ad he holds nearly four hours of continuous use, in other words if you have bought a 1500s battery to be nearly eight hours of battery life, so I would advise when used as a travel camera urgently.

As a video camera, the camera is good also very good. Although you can hear the zoom in peaceful surroundings minimal, but they focused automatically, delivers HD video ... there need be no middle class camcorder more, the course much better in the hand during the shoot as a classic camera. Even pictures can make the films.

A word to the megapixel discussion: Here I have often read that the picture quality has deteriorated compared to its predecessor. Especially for that I can not say anything, but I hope that the camera manufacturers check sometime that it depends on other things as more and more megapixels. For most users are also likely to be good enough for 8 or 10 MP and I hope that the times where more megapixel draw as a selling point are almost over. In the PC CPUs hats indeed eventually folded. 2GHz processors gabs 13 years ago, because I would have rather expected that we or so are at 200GHz 2012, but think it's good that there's a change in thinking has taken place (probably due to physical reasons, who knows), I hope that the in the photo industry also employs soon. Because that is not necessarily better image quality at more megapixels in the same large sensor should be clear even to the largest physics laity.

Conclusion:
All in all, this camera is for me the perfect travel camera and replace my DSLR in many cases. Of course not, when I want to photograph properly creative, but especially on outings, trips or holidays I'll wrap up my Sony DSC-HX200 and let the EOS 600D at home.
The technical stuff you can read in other reviews, we went to me more concerned reflect practical experience that are beyond all technique. Because the photos are absolutely perfect for my needs.

Thank you for reading my review. If still have questions, you should be missing something, or do you have any other comments, praise or criticism I would appreciate a brief comment, if did you think of this review helpful or unhelpful very :)