Help with a $500 Canadian Camera Purchase.

[getochkn]

I've liked photography for years and my last point and shoot died. I'm going on a nice trip to Scotland and Ireland, so lots of scenery and castles and landscapes, and looking to get a nice camera to bring along.

My budget is about $500 Canadian which puts me at the following 3

Canon EOS M10

Nikon 1 J5

Sony A5000

Canon Rebel T6

All the mirrorless have a flip up screen which is nice for selfie's which I'll be doing lots of on my trip. None of the mirrorless have a EVF, so that's not a deal breaker and seems I need to get up to the $700+ range for that, so that's a bit out of budget.

Or if anyone has any other ~$500 recommendations for a camera + lens, mirrorless, or DSLR.

Is anyone of the 4 that much better than the others or all they all pro/con back and forth at that price point?

Thanks for you help. It's a tough decision.

 

[nerwin]

I've seen a used Nikon D3400 + 18-55 kit within your budget, if not, the D3300 + 18-55 kit.

Might be worth checking out.

 

[waday]

Like @nerwin said, you could try for the Nikon DSLRs; however, they're likely over the $500CAD budget?

Go used to save money.

For traveling like that, IMO, a mirrorless system would be great. Small size, portable, yet great pictures. Check out used Olympus cameras. There's an Olympus 14-150 which has great range for travel, and is quite compact. I'm slightly biased, because I recently purchased Olympus and am still in the honeymoon phase.

Two additional questions to think about:

1. How are you going to use the photos from the trip? (Do you require a camera more than your phone? Do you require more than an advanced P&S?)
2. How are you going to use the camera after the trip?

 

[BrentC]

You can get used Olympus EM5 with 14-42mm kit lens for that price. Check out kijiji.

 

[getochkn]

What's a good "shutter count" for a used camera? Looking at a few used ones around my area.

 

[nerwin]

Most used DSLRs you will find are under 50,000 unless they are pro bodies which could have 100k+ easy.

Most DSLRs are rated around 150k clicks but I've seen some far more than that.

Shutter count isn't something I'd worry about.

 

[chuasam]

If you gave me CAD 500 and told me to get a camera for a trip.
including taxes : Lumix FZ200
excluding taxes: well... the OMD EM10 II + 14-42 is only $599.99 right now