Post #3552577
2026-07-03 07:41 UTC
Replies (4)
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@ZanaGB@lgbtqia.space 2026-07-03 08:27
@miles@snug.moe Depending of your budget our reccomendation is something like an used OM-System OM-5 Mark I (or its slightly older cousin the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IV They are compact, and more specifically, because the sensor is 4/3 of an inch, it happens to need exactly half the length as full frame to achieve the same FOV/Zoom level. They are ideal as an on-and-about camera with close to 40 years worth of lenses available to you if you are thrifty. Please remind us to upload some sample photos so you can see if it is something you vibe with.
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@ZanaGB@lgbtqia.space 2026-07-03 08:52
@miles@snug.moe these are the only photos we were carrying with us at the moment. The OM-5 in particular, when paired with its kit lens has some astounding image stabilization. It is certainly great for all kinds of shots. The EM5-Mk4 body should be around 450 to 550£, and we saw an used/open box 2023 OM-1 with the standard 12-45mm F/2.8 lens kit for 950-1000£ last winter. You could get a much cheaper EM-10 from about 10 years ago and get used to shooting on it, and keep your m4/3 lenses for a newer body. The money bleed really comes from the objectives. So using an old body and second hand lenses and upgrading to a more capable, compatible body down the line is quite sensible
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@coolbean@brain.worm.pink 2026-07-03 09:04
@miles@snug.moe sony alpha slt-33/55 or nex-3/5 just depending on which you can find cheaper roughly the same age but the nex ones are a more modern design (mirrorless, uses the new lens mount sony came up for that, more compact, autofocus motors are inside the lens instead of the body) and like... it actually still has new lenses made for it which i cant say for a-mount (much to my dismay as i got a used slt-55 a few years ago)
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@cazabon@mindly.social 2026-07-04 02:43
@miles@snug.moe It isn't about the equipment, in general. You can do 99% of everything with a decent one-piece/all-in-one camera, if that's what you have available or in your budget. You can learn everything and practice everything without needing to drop big money. Once you do start pushing the limits of whatever your first setup is, you'll probably want to get an interchangeable-lens camera. At that point, ignore the camera itself and look at lenses - pick a system based on what lenses you'll actually use, what capabilities they have, whether they're too big or too heavy for where you want to haul them to use, all that sort of thing. If you stay in photography, and you actually need an interchangeable-lens camera, you will spend far more on the glass than on the camera, and the technical quality of your images are going to be limited more by the glass than the camera too. Once you've decided on what glass you want to use, you buy whatever camera you like to let you use that glass.