Panasonic partially invented the bridge camera category years ago with its first Lumix cameras, and they’ve been refining them ever since. The FZ1000 is a low-light winner with fast Leica optics ...

The Panasonic FZ80 was released seven years ago and was the epitome of a bridge camera. These occupy a middle ground between simple point-and-shoot and their more fully featured mirrorless and DSLR ...

While the aperture might be a little lacking at f/2.8-f8, this bridge camera doesn't slouch much elsewhere. The P1000 has a 16MP image sensor capable of 4K video capture at 30 FPS and RAW support.