>>4131435No that is comparing how much it costs to give a company your money more directly. That is not relevant to photography. That is relevant to simping for soulless corpos.
Let us ask questions that are relevant to actual human beings. People want good IQ, a video mode that doesn't need a cinema nerd to work right, and good autofocus that can track a subject moving towards the camera ie: their kid playing.
>Ground rulesBuying used is absolutely allowed. Normal people have internet access and ebay.
Buying older is ok. Cameras have gotten very good in the past few years.
>What is the basic camera everyone has?A current smartphone. iPhone 14, galaxy s22, sony xperia 1 IV, etc. These cameras have blazing fast AF, instant HDR, effortless video, and are so sharp you have to pixel peep to compare them against *full frame* (albeit with a sort of soft lens) in good light. Each one comes with at least three lenses and covers wide to tele focal lengths therefore a standard zoom is required to equal them. Most people shoot photos in good light - daylight. Outside. Keep that in mind. At parties, flashes go off. It's not gary winogrand spray and pray candids IRL.
>How much does it cost to get a crop sensor body that will take noticeably better photos than a phone?Fujifilm X-T4: $1000 - better for video and on-camera instant edits
>How much does it cost to get a full frame body with noticeably better image quality and nicer features than that?Sony A7RIII: $1200 - better for stills and off-camera post production
>How much does it cost to get a medium format body with noticeably better quality than that? Fujifilm GFX100S: $4300 (Video and autofocus speed/accuracy lags behind the other two cameras...)
Feel free to add anywhere from $200 to $800 for the crop/ff lenses, if you want a prime, or an ok tourist zoom. But for medium format, the standard prime is $1400. And the standard zoom is $2500.
There is your sensor size debate. Don't like the objective results?
