Camera for all seasons – Samsung NX11 vs Canon SX30

Back-to-back Review: The Samsung NX11 and Canon SX30 bridge cameras are aimed at the same photographer, but take different approaches. Both very light and very compact, ideal for doing the tourist or family holiday thing. One goes with an interchangeable lens system, one with a beast of a lens that does everything. Ish. Cameras in the bridge camera segment have, for a long time, been squeezed between their little brothers, the steadily more powerful and capable point-and-shoots, and big brother SLRs, particularly the low end consumer DSLRs – and to an extent, bridge cameras have had the disadvantages of both (bulky AND not very flexible!). Now, with the electronic viewfinders (EVF) getting brighter, higher resolution and faster responding, bridge cameras are starting to become a good option for those wanting something relatively potent, but unwilling to schlep a DSLR around. And so, we come to the Samsung NX11 and the Canon SX30 IS bridge cameras.

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