DallinW
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I'm trying to decide on a new camera for my wife, as a gift for Christmas. I'm running out of time.
We would both like to take some classes, and graduate from the ranks of AUTO mode, point and shoot and camera phones, to the a DSLR or Mirrorless.
The primary use would be to photograph our kids, indoor and outdoor, and capture memories of family outings. On occasion, we would like to be able to take a family photo for framing.
At first I looked at higher end point and shoots, but I think I've decided that we can get away with phones for the pocket camera purpose, and it makes sense to get something more advanced and upgradeable.
I really like the idea of touchscreen settings and touchscreen focus, but is it as good as it sounds? It sure seems like it would help when photographing the kids around the house, to rapidly focus on the kid instead of a toy or furniture that is closer... I don't know.
I got to try out an A6000 with a 50mm pancake lens the other day, it was pretty neat. I almost bought it right there, but the touchscreen A5100 was great too, and I couldn't decide.
I've used several Rebel models extensively, but only on auto mode. I really was hoping to get something a bit smaller than a full DSLR, but it's hard to beat the price of the T5 or D3300.
Am I going to run into problems not having a viewfinder on an EOS M10 or A5100?
I don't plan to buy tons of extra lenses or accessories in the future, maybe one pancake fixed lens for portraits and close ups with nice "bokeh" (I'm hardly qualified to use that word)
My initial budget is ~$450-550... help me decide.
A5100
A6000
T5/SL1
Olympus OMD M10
Canon M3 or M10
We would both like to take some classes, and graduate from the ranks of AUTO mode, point and shoot and camera phones, to the a DSLR or Mirrorless.
The primary use would be to photograph our kids, indoor and outdoor, and capture memories of family outings. On occasion, we would like to be able to take a family photo for framing.
At first I looked at higher end point and shoots, but I think I've decided that we can get away with phones for the pocket camera purpose, and it makes sense to get something more advanced and upgradeable.
I really like the idea of touchscreen settings and touchscreen focus, but is it as good as it sounds? It sure seems like it would help when photographing the kids around the house, to rapidly focus on the kid instead of a toy or furniture that is closer... I don't know.
I got to try out an A6000 with a 50mm pancake lens the other day, it was pretty neat. I almost bought it right there, but the touchscreen A5100 was great too, and I couldn't decide.
I've used several Rebel models extensively, but only on auto mode. I really was hoping to get something a bit smaller than a full DSLR, but it's hard to beat the price of the T5 or D3300.
Am I going to run into problems not having a viewfinder on an EOS M10 or A5100?
I don't plan to buy tons of extra lenses or accessories in the future, maybe one pancake fixed lens for portraits and close ups with nice "bokeh" (I'm hardly qualified to use that word)
My initial budget is ~$450-550... help me decide.
A5100
A6000
T5/SL1
Olympus OMD M10
Canon M3 or M10