The photo enthusiasts who do not dare to make a strong release in a reflex camera , for fear of not being paid off in its use as a first step often opt for these hybrid cameras , midway between the manual handling of reflex and Automatic compact, sometimes staying in tieera anyone.

The hybrid cameras , bridge or semi – reflex is essentially a compact camera but with a body more like that of SLR cameras , with no possibility of changing the goals that provide the SLR but inheriting the ability to use manual on the parameters optics, allowing users to play with the approach , openness and times exposure at acceptable margins . Let’s see the parameters to consider when choosing a hybrid camera :

- Focus range
The focus is a value that allows us to restrict the light that we perceive in an image -restrictive opening the lens more or less “virtual” d Euna compact camera. In hybrid cameras f2’8 worth -8 allows a decent play with how much light we have in our image. At least focal value , increased sensitivity to light have our camera , the more value we increasingly a sense of darkness in the picture even if we captured in the full light of day. The combination of this parameter with time exposure is the real secret of some very interesting photographic effects such as silk effect waterfalls or the sensation of movement of objects. The more extremities are the focal values , we will have more room for those possible effects.

- Time exposure
It is the virtual simulation time that would be the overt goal capturing light on a SLR camera . According to opt for hybrid camera that will allow us to buy more or less time. A recommended value would be exposure maximum allowed of 60 seconds. At the other end of value ( 1/1500s ) , the lower we can make the best shots of static objects moving at high speed without leaving the scene image .

- RAW Format
To truly experience the sensation of having something similar about a SLR camera , the camera hybrid should be able to save images in RAW format , a format that retains all color information , allowing a post -processed to taste JPG remove the one we like the white balance after the satruración and lighting of the photographs . A hybrid camera RAW plain do not allow a defendant of photos taken realistically.

- Multienfoque
Another key factor is having a wide range of points of focus or the focus point manually defined , so that we can play with the depth of field photos, blur providing funds to close or highlight objects foreground blur to highlight funds, as representative examples . Freedom of the focus point is a weapon to keep in mind for any photographer who claims to try to be.

- Objective
Since in a hybrid camera can not change the objective, the objective should cover mounted imégenes optimal settings for wide-angle (if possible ) and for telephoto images (using the zoom ). The minimum value of 28mm is ideal , if less the better. And above values can have a 400mm telephoto halfway decent hybrid cameras , although the margin is where more than one camera flagging this kind usually. It is for this reason that the hybrid cameras have optical zoom so powerful, because its goal is responsible for such Aplio cover a spectrum that is urgently needed. It is common to talk about goals reflex cameras 14 -55mm 18 -70mm ,70 -255 , etc. To establish a similarity we can say that every increase of equals 1x zoom to play with 35mm increments .

- Electronic viewfinder
Until recently, SLR cameras have no way to display the image on the screen that would grasp until it was photographed and then he left her. That is, normal in a SLR camera of all life is to use the viewfinder to take the picture , and there are points of focus and more of the camera parameters . A hybrid camera , having no such problems for lack of optical analog , you can add to the preview on screen the option to use an electronic viewfinder that simulates the optical viewfinder with a tiny screen less than an inch that we make significant savings battery on the screen using a standard 2.5 inches today.

All these parameters would be the basis for a start in photography with a camera of this type would be a waste to opt for a hybrid camera to give use compact camera always using the automatic mode. The bridge cameras are an option price and benefits cut out of an SLR camera where the capture is instantaneous and then processed for storage , while the bridge camera has a slight delay in making the capture of the image because the process begins to take the image directly without having the actual optical path SLR .