![]() Almost all the photos there were shot with old manual focus lenses from the 70's, mostly Yashica and this helps. Just as an example of what these type of cameras are capable of please view my NEX 7 album on Flickr. ![]() The wides are available, but of course the wider you go the more money you pay. One issue might be the availability of super wide angle lenses since these are APSC so you would always have the crop factor. For Fuji the XE1 would fall in your price range. It just makes using the camera so much easier. I would suggest getting a model with a built in Electronic View Finder. Focus Peaking is a neat little manual focus aid that really breathes new life into the old lenses in the new digital world and make using them on these cameras a breeze. Older manual focus prime lenses can be had for pretty cheap and mount up to these cameras using inexpensive adapters. They are high quality cameras that can produce wonderful images. Sony E mount NEX cameras and Fuji X cameras have APSC sensors in very small bodies. It will give you a good idea of what you can get for what money. Go here to check out their selection of mirrorless organized by brand. They also have a very nice return policy. I suggest KEH for very good quality used bodies as very reasonable prices. This is one of the cheapest ways to get phenomenal performance for very little money. I recommend either one of the cheaper Sony NEX or Fuji X cameras using a basic, cheap adapter and manual focus lenses of your choice. ![]() Im not sure if auto focus is a must have criteria for this so my recommendations will not take that into account. You say you want something reasonably fast functioning. If you had to give up your dslr and had $500 for a camera what would you buy? I've become totally out of touch with the market segment I'm looking to buy in, so if you would please direct me to 3 or 4 cameras that might tick some of the boxes above. Mostly I'll snap portraits, parties, kids sports - basically family stuff. I don't care about interchangeable lenses but don't have a special problem with them either. I'd like something reasonably fast functioning and fast aperture, decent sensor size, pretty wide at the wide end, makes images that won't be a total disappointment after the D300 with good glass. I think over the past couple of years, after a very long time, I just sort of fell out of love with photography.įrom the proceeds I'll cut out about $500 (less would be fine, not a lot more) to buy a digital camera that's better than my little point and shoots. ![]() I'm selling my whole Nikon DSLR kit - D300, good glass, speed lights - all of it. ![]()
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