Help with camera (body) & lense choice?

[Derrel]

Yes, there comes a time when vastly better _sensor's performance_ in a digital camera of recent manufacture makes it well,well worth moving on from older technology, to something with better image quality, and often times, with improvements in the camera's subsystems, like the autofocusing system, or the speed the camera can shoot and write files, and so on. If you're shooting with an older camera that has say, dynamic range in the 11-EV range, moving to a new camera that has 13-EV to 14-EV range can be very nice, since the camera with those sensors tend to also have very wide file exposure recoverability, and some are also ISO-invariant.

I agree mostly that upgrades from one generation to the next might not be enough to warrant a new camera, yet at some point in time, upgrading make sense. For example, at one time, people thought Nikon's D90 was an "outstanding" imager...but by today's standards, it's no longer "outstanding", and despite the nice camera body feature set, I'd rather shoot with a D3400.

 

[beagle100]

I would go with a prime lens, 50mm or 35mm for the price range you are looking....

So buy a body and get a prime lense, skipping the kit lense? I found a cheaper version of the Canon 50mm 1.8 for $50. Yongnuo is the brand.

get the Canon 50mm 1.8 STM refurbished instead of the yongnuo
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