>>4421346I tell people to ignore /p/'s specific recommendations and disregard any advice that includes "and you'll buy something else later". Not to buy specific cameras. The more independent someone can be from internet hobbyist culture the better. Leave swapping gear to the same people who lease new cars, people who enjoy trying new luxury goods, instead of framing it as a need or the logical progression (buy a mini cooper before you decide if you need a BMW 5 series?)
Even stretch the car analogy further, 1-2 day gear rentals can be cheap and there are still stores that let you try cameras before buying something.
You can continue projecting your muscular deficiencies, but it would be a better use of time to hit the gym instead of trying to recruit people into a weird small sensor compact cult based on the made up necessity of bringing unobtrusive cameras to social events and imaginary weight limits for hiking. You keep saying don't buy specialized, but compacts ARE specialized. They have worse IQ and less versatility to keep size down. It's not the most holy starting point and they often cost more than superior large sensor ILCs.
