Hello all,
Amateur photographer here. Want to upgrade from phone photography to some good cameras.
Any suggestions ?
Budget is $1000 with some good lens. Any deals will be appreciated. Following Slickdeals though.
How's Nikon Z50 vs Fujifilm xt30?
Both are under $1K.
It will really help if someone explains which one is better. It will ease my search process.
TIA

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Sony 6400 or Rii ( if you can spend money on lens) are also good options.

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Based on your title, you’re probably able to compare technical specs side-by-side, but those are probably going to be close enough to be meaningless. The Nikon might be slightly newer tech but Fuji’s been doing mirrorless for a longer time and they are excellent at it. There’s more native glass to choose from with the Fuji, but with an adapter the Nikon will also have a large number of excellent lenses to choose from.
If you’re coming from phone photography you mind find this useful: a big part of the joy I find in photography is using cameras, fiddling with them, looking through the viewfinder, etc. I own around 35 cameras, most of them are film and only a handful are able to make technically better pictures than my iPhone, but all of them provide me more joy when using them. This is a very long post to say you should go to a store and handle both cameras, and see which one feels best. Technically they’re probably extremely close, and good value for your money.

It all depends on what kind of photography you’re interested in. That would help with your research a little.

For example, if you’re interested in night photography (astro), then a full-frame (mirrorless or not) would be a better fit. If you want a light body for day photography and travel, then micro 4/3 is the way to go.

You could also look into sensor tech between brands and lens variety as well.

Of course each brand has its pros and cons. Like I said above, it really depends on what you really want to do.

I like Fuji - they have this tactile approach to cameras.

Also look at cannon, Nikon apsc dslr - lot of cheap used lenses in the market lately

I think the advice so far is pretty good. I would add one more point to consider.

Pretty much all of the modern bodies CAN take good photos and you can get good lenses. The limitation is really going to be the photographer. Now each of the bodies mentioned are going to have different features that may or may not make your job of taking better photos easier. And if you're intending to keep the camera in fully automatic exposure modes, you won't really see a difference (or even much a difference from your cell phone - it may even be worse). So may advice would be to buy something relatively inexpensive or 2nd hand and really learn how to operate it in fully manual mode. Then you can decide which ecosystem you want to invest in and what features would help you the most.

Now as far as my prefs, I love fuji's tactile approach with dials. I shoot a lot in manual mode for greater control, and fuji's dials and controls make this a lot easier instead of having to go through buried menus (not all like there approach and they are certainly not unique). I also really like their color science and glass. Aps-C is a good compromise between portability and sensitivity (I can do astrophotography just fine and I have no problem taking my camera on long multiday hike). The lenses are not the cheapest, but not the most expensive either. Until recently they had a closed system so theres not a lot of fully automatic 3rd party lenses (manual focus lenses are abundant though). This is starting to change though, but I find the native fuji lenses sufficient (the 18-55 kit lens for fuji are actually really good and sharp especially compared to a lot of other companies). Xt30 is a great camera. The only major downside IMO, are it lacks weather sealing (so if you want to shoot in the rain brings a plastic band and some rubber bands - not a major issue though).

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