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So finally I bought a DSLR camera. It's a used Nikon D5500 with a 18-55mm Kit Lens and also a 50-300mm Lens. Also there was a 16GB SD card. Costed me about 375 usd. So I had to buy a UV Filter for 18-55 Lens and also a Camera bag. Plus I bought 2 SanDisk Ultra Class10 32GB SDHC cards. There are some pros and cons when compared with a Bridge camera, which also called as Ultra / Super zoom cameras. Compared to those Low light indoor photos are great in D5500. It can take amazingly bright pics without flash even when it's semi dark inside. But I don't think this DSLR with 50-3300 lens is no match for those new bridge cameras with 60x , 80x telephoto zooms. It's not fault of the camera. Just need a bigger more powerful and expensive lens. And a lens like that would cost more than 1500 usd.

So in basic if you are not hell bent of photography but low to take some serious pics then go for a Bridge camera like Nikon P900 which has a 85x optical zoom or more cheaper but older Canon SX60 which has a 65x optical zoom. Cameras like these would cost you between 400-650 usd. That's lot more than you would spend for an average point and shoot camera but lot less you would have to pay for DSLR lenses.