Which system

[Jack Frost]

If you had a budget of around £4,000, which system would you get - for general subjects - travel, landscape, portraits etc. Asking for a friend who has some experience - keen rather than very skilful.

 

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate

This is one of those impossible Qs for which there are no answers - or 1001 answers!

Several yrs ago in one of my photo workshops I had a student whose husband had asked the same Q of his golfing mate - the husband then purchased a damn-good Nikon + several lenses and attachments for his wife's 6-week o'seas holiday tour. Talking to her at the workshop, all she wanted was a 'good camera that will fit into her handbag'

For many people a 'handbag-sized, fixed-lens' job seems to do, for more keen people, a fixed-lens superzoom / bridge camera does the job very well, or you can go the whole hog and get a damn fine dSLR and lenses + a large carry bag and a porter to carry it all around

Not much help to you, but .... I think that we need more info to give you any sort of good answer
Phil

 

[Jeff15]

Hello and welcome, I can recommend the Sony RX10 m 4 ...

 

[cgw]

Just have them transfer the cash to our Personal Shoppers and we'll do the rest.

 

[Rickbb]

You can get some excellent bodies used and then afford top notch lens. A moderate wide to a moderate telephoto zoom would be all you need to cover that range.

Any of top brands have excellent stuff.

 

[Don Fischer]

G'day mate

This is one of those impossible Qs for which there are no answers - or 1001 answers!

Several yrs ago in one of my photo workshops I had a student whose husband had asked the same Q of his golfing mate - the husband then purchased a damn-good Nikon + several lenses and attachments for his wife's 6-week o'seas holiday tour. Talking to her at the workshop, all she wanted was a 'good camera that will fit into her handbag'

For many people a 'handbag-sized, fixed-lens' job seems to do, for more keen people, a fixed-lens superzoom / bridge camera does the job very well, or you can go the whole hog and get a damn fine dSLR and lenses + a large carry bag and a porter to carry it all around

Not much help to you, but .... I think that we need more info to give you any sort of good answer
Phil

I like this. But I finally found the point and shoot I'll use if it doesn't die young on me. I like to carry a camera around in the field working my bird dog's and a DSLR is just to confining. So tried several point and shoots and they all took good photo's but life span didn't work at all. Last point and shoot might have got me sold if it last well. Panasonic ZS 100 with 25-250 lens. Thing is relatively small and I got a belt pouch for it. Always out of the way, light and takes as good of photo's as my pride and joy D7000 Nikon!