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    ^^ Good point. I am on Nikon.

    However, I started to go down a rabbit hole last night, and have been heavily looking into the Fujifilm X100VI.

    Seems super compact, and like something I would actually use more so than lugging a smaller body with big lens around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by supermodel159 View Post
    ^^ Good point. I am on Nikon.

    However, I started to go down a rabbit hole last night, and have been heavily looking into the Fujifilm X100VI.

    Seems super compact, and like something I would actually use more so than lugging a smaller body with big lens around.
    I have an X100V that is my main daily shooter. It’s really wide though so if you want anything over 35mm equivalent you are out of luck.

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    ^^^ Super valid point.

    I may just need to ski around with my old Canon G11 and see what focal length I use the most.

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    Camera Suggestions

    Does any one have suggestions for my what kind camera should i buy im new in this field.

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    Quote Originally Posted by supermodel159 View Post
    I need to buy a mirrorless camera for the coming ski season. I have an extensive quiver of DSLRs, but I know nothing about mirrorless. What I need are: 1) compact(ish); 2)weather sealed to a degree; 3)wide angle - mid zoom (17-55ish).

    Any suggestions that were not previously mentioned?
    I posted up thread about a desire to update my micro 4/3 body. I ended up doing that last fall with a E-M5 mk iii and I'm pretty stoked on it.

    Tried bringing it skiing for the first time and other than me not being good at lining up and nailing good shots, the experience was pretty good. The compact size is great and felt OK doing moderate skiing (like repositioning between shots) with the camera outside on a Peak Design capture clip--but the body is ergonomic enough that you could still manage the key controls with a glove liner on. 5-axis in-body stabilization on the nicer OM system cameras is really good.

    I was shooting with the F4 12-100 Pro lens (which is a 24-200 full frame 35mm equivalent) and I thought it worked pretty well in that use case. Snow is bright so F4 was enough for moderate weather and I'm not looking for narrow DOF so it kept the size down and avoided lens changes. That lens has sync-IS (the lens IS works in cahoots with the body IS) which is real nice on the long end and the whole system is weather sealed.
    Yeah, its a bit big compared to my other lenses, but it is still much smaller than a Canon 70-200 and has far more range on the wide end.

    The olympus pro glass is really good and relatively affordable (especially used). If I wasn't looking for the long end and extra stabilization, the 12-40 f2.8 pro (24-80 equiv) is a phenomenal lens with decent reach. There's a mk2 version that has improved weather sealing and a redesigned hood, but the mk1 is optically equivalent. Sometimes you can get a good copy of the mk1 for close to $300 on ebay which is insane for how good of a lens it is.

    If you really want that extra width, they make an f4 8-25 pro (16-50 equiv).

    You've also got access to the panasonic/leica m4/3 lenses. There's a beastly leica 10-25 (20-50 equiv) F1.7 zoom that is weather sealed . It is big and expensive by m4/3 standards, but still in a manageable size compared to what people carry on a sony or canon body.

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    Ok. Help. My daughter has wanted a real camera for years and now that she’s older it seems time.

    I’m thinking a mirrorless. Good combo of smaller size and interchangeable lenses etc.

    Looking to find something used in the $400 range though that might have to go up a bit.

    What would you recommend? I found a used Sony alpha 6000 locally with a lens for $400, and an Olympus OM-D iv with three lenses for 600.

    What should I be looking at? Any ideas or leads on something good? Found a Fuji X-T10 body too but I assume the lenses will be really pricey.

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    Is there already a thread for cameras that are also good for video? If not, sub $1k recommendations? A Toyota equivalent?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    Ok. Help. My daughter has wanted a real camera for years and now that she’s older it seems time.

    I’m thinking a mirrorless. Good combo of smaller size and interchangeable lenses etc.

    Looking to find something used in the $400 range though that might have to go up a bit.

    What would you recommend? I found a used Sony alpha 6000 locally with a lens for $400, and an Olympus OM-D iv with three lenses for 600.

    What should I be looking at? Any ideas or leads on something good? Found a Fuji X-T10 body too but I assume the lenses will be really pricey.
    Hey I have a couple pretty serious (if albeit slightly older) cameras that are in great shape. I would need to do some serious garage searching for them, would you be interested at all if I could find them? For $free:30

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    Quote Originally Posted by tgapp View Post
    Hey I have a couple pretty serious (if albeit slightly older) cameras that are in great shape. I would need to do some serious garage searching for them, would you be interested at all if I could find them? For $free:30

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    I would be extremely interest tgapp. I'll PM you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    Ok. Help. My daughter has wanted a real camera for years and now that she’s older it seems time.

    I’m thinking a mirrorless. Good combo of smaller size and interchangeable lenses etc.

    Looking to find something used in the $400 range though that might have to go up a bit.

    What would you recommend? I found a used Sony alpha 6000 locally with a lens for $400, and an Olympus OM-D iv with three lenses for 600.

    What should I be looking at? Any ideas or leads on something good? Found a Fuji X-T10 body too but I assume the lenses will be really pricey.
    I'd probably point you/her towards the Olympus; that's a pretty good price for that camera plus three lenses. But more than that: it's 6 years newer tech compared to the A6000 and has built-in image stabilization for the sensor. Further: it has newer, better tech and features. Does she need three lenses? No, but not the worst thing to have.

    That Fuji would be good, but is circa 2015 like the Sony. The decent 18-55 lens is around $250 used. The better 16-80mm lens is $350+

    $400 is a bit high, based on ebay Sales, for the Sony. That Sony is a good Camera, but it is 10yrs old : https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...&LH_Complete=1

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    Quote Originally Posted by alpinevibes View Post
    I'd probably point you/her towards the Olympus; that's a pretty good price for that camera plus three lenses. But more than that: it's 6 years newer tech compared to the A6000 and has built-in image stabilization for the sensor. Further: it has newer, better tech and features. Does she need three lenses? No, but not the worst thing to have.

    That Fuji would be good, but is circa 2015 like the Sony. The decent 18-55 lens is around $250 used. The better 16-80mm lens is $350+

    $400 is a bit high, based on ebay Sales, for the Sony. That Sony is a good Camera, but it is 10yrs old : https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...&LH_Complete=1
    Extremely helpful. Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    Ok. Help. My daughter has wanted a real camera for years and now that she’s older it seems time.

    I’m thinking a mirrorless. Good combo of smaller size and interchangeable lenses etc.

    Looking to find something used in the $400 range though that might have to go up a bit.

    What would you recommend? I found a used Sony alpha 6000 locally with a lens for $400, and an Olympus OM-D iv with three lenses for 600.

    What should I be looking at? Any ideas or leads on something good? Found a Fuji X-T10 body too but I assume the lenses will be really pricey.
    I think those are probably good options. One thing to think about is whether your daughter wants to get into video, wants to maybe shoot film down the road, etc. If she's going to shoot video, get into the sony system and she can start building there. If she's maybe going to want to shoot analog, finding a Nikon or Canon could help the lenses work on older film cameras. If this is just going to be a one off thing, then it doesn't matter, but if you think she's going to want to take it somewhere then starting in the right place would be nice.

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    Use case and form factor will heavily weigh in any recommendation.
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    surprised the ricoh griii hasn't been more recommended for portability

    the fuji x100v and sony rx100 are also good options but the x100v is quite hard to find

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    Noob camera recommendations

    Tgapp set my daughter up with a Sony RX1 which was beyond cool of him. She is still figuring it out. But so far it’s a fantastic camera for what she wants to do.

    I think it will take her pretty far down the photography road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG View Post
    Tgapp set my daughter up with a Sony RX1 which was beyond cool of him. She is still figuring it out. But so far it’s a fantastic camera for what she wants to do.

    I think it will take her pretty far down the photography road.
    post some of her pics!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by EWG;[emoji[emoji6[emoji640
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    I think it will take her pretty far down the photography road.
    Oh very cool! Great camera

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