Panasonic 100-300 or ......?

papillon_65 wrote:

Another vote for a bridge camera. I can recommend the Fuji X-S1 which is superb. It has a bigger sensor than the FZ200 and also much better dynamic range which will matter in the bright light on a safari. It has a great lens and evf and is just like shooting a DSLR, with lots of external buttons. I got the X-S1 to replace my 100-300mm (which I wasn't overly impressed with to be honest) and I'm very glad I did. I've got the range but with a lot more versatility built in and if I don't want to bother swapping lenses I just shoot with the X-S1 - job done. I can imagine going from 24mm to 624mm in an instant would be very useful on safari. The X-S1 also has a manual zoom so it's a lot quicker and easier to change focal lengths than using a power zoom.