best sub £200 bridge camera?

[slartibartfast]

Hi all, I'm trying to find a decent bridge camera for the missus for xmas for less than £200.

It's a bit of a minefield, I had a look at the Canon SX530 HS PowerShot and then saw some example images and they all look soft, I guess you're not going to get pin sharp images or are you?
Is there a sub £200 bridge camera out there that is really decent?

It needs to have
a decent optical zoom
manual mode for night shots
decent macro mode

[sgrimshaw]

slartibartfast said:

Is there a sub £200 bridge camera out there that is really decent?

short answer ... no

[bennno]

whats the least expensive bridge camera or DSLR thats half decent?

[G600]

https://www.e-infin.com/uk/item/3754/canon_eos_400...

That should be half decent