Bridge camera vs DSLR?

[zetec]

On my letter to Santa this year will be a new camera, what camera though is a good question. I take alot of different styles of photo, wildlife, airshows, family and general snapshots. I really would like a DSLR as it's the natural step up from my current camera, however some of the newer bridge cameras seem quite impressive. My problems arise from my photography styles, on a recent holiday I went on a boat trip, taking landscape style shots interspersed with close up wildlife shots, I don't want to be forever changing lenses. However, I also take alot of pictures of my young family, motorsport and airshows and get quite annoyed at the shutter lag you get from a non-dslr camera.

Budget hasn't been set yet but it will (most probably) be under (or a little bit over) £1000.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

[zetec]

The Jackal, I don't want to spend a grand, I want to spend as little as possible to get the right bit of kit for me. I've seen a D90 twin lens kit in Jessops for £1,200, yet I've seen a Canon bridge camera for £500 that'll suit me, however, both have their disadvantages.

Simpo, I know that, I just don't want to spend over £1k on a camera when perhaps a £500 camera would be better for me.

Pete, the G1 is one of the bridge cameras I've been looking at, would it suffer with shutter lag like my old Nikon coolpix, or are these newer cameras alot better?

[zetec]

Really? I thought only a true SLR would eliminate any kind of shutter lag, as my Dad says, what you see is what you take!

Also at over £1k with interchangable lenses, surely thats DSLR territory? I'm not too bothered about size and weight, most bridge cameras are the nearly the same size as a DSLR?

[zetec]

I've read bad things about the Nikon 18-200, allthough a great all purpose lens, it's not as good as it could be etc.

The DSLR deal I've seen is this one (yes I know I could get cheaper perhaps).

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/77130...

Any opinions on the lenses?

[zetec]

I'm not scared of changing lenses, it's my 'oh thats a great landscape' to 'awww thats a lesser spotted warbler' style of photography thats the problem.

I know 200mm most probably isn't going to be enough for airshows and if I'm going to go the DSLR route I'm prepared to pay for the priveldge.

Simpo, I've been on these forums a while and appreciate your input.