Are CCD bridge cameras the best way to hop into the CCD trend? I don't want to have to get APS-C lenses for a CCD SLR and digital point and shoot seem terrible. Anyone have experience or their own shots to post? TIA
>>4489485Just get a CCD APSC DSLR. Even a <$100 Olympus 4/3 like E300/E500 will give you better image quality. Those old bridge cameras have at best 2/3" sensors and on top of the poor low light capabilities of a CCD make image quality shitty. And that's if you get a good one, its 20-25 year old electronics that at this point are prone to CCD failure, bad autofocus, etc. Pentax K10D and istD, Konica Minolta 5D, Sony a300/350/380/390 all go for next to nothing and the lenses are cheap too. If you made this thread yesterday I would've linked a $40 KM5D that sold on eBay already. If your fear is going down the lens rabbithole or creeping on your current purchases either get something that lets you run those lenses on a modern mirrorless (Sony LAEA4/LAEA5 A Lens to E Mount) or do a Kodak CCD 4/3rds like the Oly E300/E500 (rare lenses + $$$ + they suck at low light anyways)
>>4489485I forgot to add: Nikon D200 is a good option if you shoot Nikon. All the FF lenses work fine on the APSC CCDs...I took >>4489353 yesterday, they're fun to use. But yeah I wouldn't recommend a bridge camera unless you got one really cheap like <$40 and already had lenses + batteries that worked. That particular one (Dimage 7) iirc is a 1/2" sensor, the Dimage A1/A2 had a 2/3" sensor but uses rechargables from the K10D/KM5D DSLRs. Avoid the A200 since those have a battery that's more difficult to getPersonally of all the CCDs A-Mount is my favorite. The lenses are dirt cheap and the cameras get really nice images. I have a KM 5D, A390, and A58 (not CCD but CMOS) that I love equally. My Pentax K200D I want to get rid of (think the sensor is just gone...its "brown" hued) but I just bought 2 K10Ds for $30 each off buyee to mess with. A-Mount lenses are cheap enough you might find yourself collecting them. Honorable mention if you want a camera that isn't a CCD but gives the feel/colors...Canon 5D Classic/Mark II.
