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I am a keen amateur photographer, taking lots of outdoor photos. At present I generally use a compact Panasonic Lumix which has an excellent zoom. This has done me well but now has numerous dust spots so it's time for a change. I have a DSLR which I take out occasionally, but I only really want to use this for photographing birds in flight, which I find impossible with the compact because there is no viewfinder.
I've been looking at bridge cameras with a good zoom but there don't seem to be any with optical view finders and I don't know how a digital viewfinder would cope for flying birds (especially in bright conditions where it's really hard to see the lens).
Can anyone advise please? I want an excellent zoom, wide angle lens, and the best viewfinder. I definitely want a bridge camera.

In reply to clochette:

I have a Nikon Coolpix 510 and I take quite a bit outdoors but I would only consider myself a "happy snapper". Zoom is 42x and the viewfinder works. I can see flying birds with the viewfinder, there are bits and bobs here https://www.facebook.com/stephen.j.murphy.9/media_set?set=a.101513880310161...
and here https://www.facebook.com/stephen.j.murphy.9/media_set?set=a.101519867950761...
and here https://www.facebook.com/stephen.j.murphy.9/media_set?set=a.101513517732161...

sjm

In reply to clochette:
Search the forums first, there was a thread mid December on this ?

In reply to sjminfife:

Thanks sjm I will follow up those links.

In reply to Jim C:


Found it Bailyswalk posted on 14th Dec and got some advice
http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=572437

In reply to Jim C:

Thanks Jim.