Usually I don't read such a big post.. I read it because this is the thing I was looking for. I am thinking to buy a DSLR from last one year but as you said the hassle to carry it anywhere is the major turn off. The other major problem with DSLR is lack of Zooming capability, even 18-135mm lense gives only 7.5x, bigger lenses are costlier and more heavier.
I have 6 yr old panasonic point and shoot camera with 6x optical zoom and a sony handycam HD with 25x optical zoom and even my SIII takes good quality picture. But I am planning to visit some national park this year and any of my existing camera will not do the work of taking good pictures of animal which might be far away. So I was planning to buy any 50x zoom camera (canon, sony, or fuji).But for sure the image quality will not match the DSLR. Kindly suggest. Thanks
Usually I don't read such a big post.. I read it because this is the thing I was looking for. I am thinking to buy a DSLR from last one year but as you said the hassle to carry it anywhere is the major turn off. The other major problem with DSLR is lack of Zooming capability, even 18-135mm lense gives only 7.5x, bigger lenses are costlier and more heavier.
I have 6 yr old panasonic point and shoot camera with 6x optical zoom and a sony handycam HD with 25x optical zoom and even my SIII takes good quality picture. But I am planning to visit some national park this year and any of my existing camera will not do the work of taking good pictures of animal which might be far away. So I was planning to buy any 50x zoom camera (canon, sony, or fuji).But for sure the image quality will not match the DSLR. Kindly suggest. Thanks