Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens - or EVIL cameras are somewhat new. They are camera bodies that allow you to put your DSLR camera lenses on them while eliminating the mechanical parts. In other words the only view finder is the LCD screen, and there is no mirror mechanism that swings down when you take a picture.
So what is so great about that? Nothing really. They take pictures in the same way as a DSLR by use of a little CCD sensor behind the lens. But for stop motion this is a really useful thing. By removing the mechanical aspects of the camera they are more suitable for stop motion. Animators snap away thousands and thousands of images over time, and the mechanism usually breaks eventually. It is during the middle of an animated shot, you are out of luck!
Read an article about the new bridge cameras here. Read a wiki page that also discusses the bridge cameras available on the market here.
