>>3409398>we get hundred ofWe don’t get hundreds of anything here except for stupid arguments about minor semantic points that are digressions from a stupid argument about an obscure technical difference between two cameras that most people here will never own anyway and which no one would be reliably able to tell the difference between in any reasonable real world comparison.
If you don’t like gear threads, combat them by posting photo threads or commenting on other people’s photo threads to bump them up, don’t just bitch about gear threads by newbies asking simple questions. 90% chance this gear thread just bumped another gear thread off the board anyway, so it’s net neutral. Whining about gear threads is lawful evil.
>>3409396$400 isn’t much for a new camera, but you’ve got lots of used options. For someone just starting out, your best bet would be an entry-level DSLR.
Canon: something in the Rebel series, like a Rebel Tsomething-i (eg, T5i, T6i) plus a Canon EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS.
Nikon: D3x00 (eg, d3300, d3400. I’d recommend against the d3200 and earlier for lens compatibility reasons) plus a Nikon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 VR.
I usually buy my used gear from
keh.com; most of the time, I’ve found anything BGN quality or higher is fine. If you buy from them, don’t forget that you’ll need a camera strap, possibly a lens cap (the lens will say on the listing if it comes with caps), and a memory card.
You can also go for a mirrorless camera instead of a DSLR, which will be smaller and have a less-steep learning curve because of how they operate, but buying older mirrorless cameras is a bit iffier since the technology is newer and there’s more being shaken out (eg, older DSLRs have good autofocus; older mirrorless cameras have shitty autofocus because they hadn’t gotten good at mirrorless autofocus get), plus there’s less of a backlog of cheap used lenses for mirrorless cameras.
