Advanced compact
Advanced compacts are designed for more experienced photographers, and offer superior photographic versatility and quality, as well as advanced creative features such as manual exposure controls, manual focusing, optical viewfinders and external flash connections. They are considerably more expensive than other types of compact, with prices starting around £300/$400. There are relatively few models in this category, with examples including the Olympus XZ-10, the Panasonic LX100 and the Canon PowerShot G7X. There is an even more rarefied category that has appeared more recently of advanced compacts with larger sensors. Notable examples include the Sony RX1R, the Fujifilm X series and the Canon G1 X Mk3. Prices range from around £500/$600 to well over £2,000/$2,500.
Super-zoom
Super-zoom cameras used to be called “bridge cameras”, since they were seen as…