Fujifilm HS25 EXR....more than a "Bridge Camera"!

I have mentioned in other posts that my main camera for the last few years has been the Fujifilm HS25EXR "Bridge" or "Superzoom" camera. When I first bought this camera I was looking for something with a longer zoom range for landscapes and such. I couldn't really afford to get into a DSLR at the time, especially with the price of the lenses.

At the time I was using a Fujifilm Finepix S2950 camera which had an impressive 18 times zoom, but I wanted more. I really like the Fuji camera so I decided to look at the newer Fuji cameras that had longer zooms. I settled on the HS25EXR, which has a zoom range of 24-720mm. 

I bought this camera just in time for our trip to Canada's east coast, and it was amazing camera for that trip. I managed to get some great photos, from street to landscape to wildlife photos. I was pleasently surpized by it's performance on that trip.

By watching YouTube videos (my main learning tool) I discovered a lot of things that the videos were describing for DSLR's I was able use and do with this camera. I have done portraits, weddings, engagements shoots, and other such shoots with this camera. It may have a smaller sensor than a DSLR, may not have as good low light performance and other such things. To me though it has been a great and versitle camera. 

I recently got the FujiFilm X30 camera, mostly for Street Photography, and now that I am getting really serious about portraits and other such shoots I will be looking to upgrade my camera. I will be looking at upgradeing to a FujiFilm X series mirrorless system camera, such as the XT1 or even a bit cheaper XT10. It will depend on how much I am able to spend.

 With the experience I have had with the S2950, the HS25EXR and now the X30 I have to say that I love Fuji cameras!.