Choosing between a bridge and digital SLR camera

I Like Cameras has posted a guide to help you choose between bridge cameras of digital SLR cameras.

I was in the camera shop yesterday holding a Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Zoom. Purely from a technical-spec side the Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Zoom is impressive; 9 megapixels, 10x/28-300mm zoom, f2.8/f4.9 max aperture, xD and Compact Flash memory support, 80 to 1600 ISO, RAW files, USB 2.0 and good macro mode. From a handling perspective it is even more impressive; it looks and feels like a DSLR with its zoom and focus rings on the lens, a good grip, manual controls for aperture and shutter as well as quick access to ISO..

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