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A friend recently took a winter trip to a summer country - the Yukon in July - and I asked her what sort of a camera she was taking. I was disappointed that she did not decide on a Nikon super-zoom model from the Coolpix range. I think she would have had an easier time taking wildlife shots as opposed to a smaller camera or a mobile phone.
You may not fancy Arctic Canada in summer - black flies, mosquitos and bears - but the chance to take trips and wildlife photos can come to many of us. Think of the African and Asian trips many of us take. Any advantage you can take without becoming bear or lion food is going to make you a better photographer.
The super-zoom ranges of cameras feature slightly smaller sensors but make up for this with excellent electronic processing. The smaller size lets the makers put longer zoom lenses in the design without getting to the unworkable sizes of full DSLR or mirror-less lenses.
In addition, these optical designs can go from the very wide - the Nikon Coolpix camera you see in this post has an 83 X zoom range. in terms of the older cameras, that is 24 mm to 2000 mm in a hand-holdable camera.
And that is the real point of the goods - portability and ease of use. You intend to be a tourist - not Rommel or Riefenstahl. You do not want to carry backpacks of goods to get good shots. One super-zoom and several batteries ( and several cards ) are the best-balanced kit. Put the camera in a good bag and go everywhere.
Remember as well that 4K video is possible with this Nikon. clip yourself to a monopod ( Manfrotto, Sirui, etc ) and even if you are filming Kodiaks from the deck of a cruise ship in the Inside Passage, you’ll get good video.
Hint: Dragons, lions, and nuclear bombs are all things to be wary of…but google up female moose video from Glacier Park and see what she does to a brown bear…
