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Any recommendations for a cheap workhorse camera? I have a job where I take a ton of photos and they really just need to be in focus and properly exposed, both wide and telephoto, there's no art in this at all (pre & post purchase home inspections, 4-points, wind mitigation, etc). It's the most artless photography job you can get but it pays the bills. I just need to shit out a ton of in-focus JPGS.
I was looking at point & shoots because that's what I've used for years but for the price of some of these I could get a used shitty entry level Canon DSLR and a used shitty Tamron 18-250mm superzoom for about $250 or less. I have a Nikon with real lenses but I don't want to use that for this job, and a terrible Kodak (really) digital point and shoot that I use now that's pretty miserable to use.
I almost don't want a camera that's too good because I don't want to waste it.