What Camera Should you Buy as a Beginner? | ByranCito Photo

[@kwchalky02]

Very good video. I think you covered the key factors and gave good advice. I think the most important thing for a beginner to understand is that there is no perfect camera and no better or worse in absolute terms only better in terms of certain criteria or for certain conditions/scenarios and that benefit almost always comes with a disbenefit in a different category. So better low light capability or overall image quality is unlikely to be the cheapest or smallest or lightest. Every camera therefore compromises in some aspect or another, be it quality, size, cost, or whatever in order to excel in another. It's also important to understand that some cameras are better than others for specialisms such as sport or wildlife or video or landscape. If you only shoot one of these then it's easier to choose a camera that best meets your need, but if you shoot all of them (like I do!) then other than having lots of different cameras, you are likely to pick a jack of all trades /master of none and understanding what type of shooting you are going to do most, or is most important to you, is key to that decision. I think investing in a system rather than a camera is really important, especially if you have an interest in diverse types of photography, but probably for the beginner the best advice is to buy something cheap (second hand as you recommended), use that to get to know photography and what type of photography you are interested in, and then after that invest in a suitable camera/lens system to best meet your needs/price range. 🙂

[@ByranDigital]

Couldn’t agree more with absolutely everything you said. Wish I had seen this when I was starting my photography journey. But I also think part of the fun is learning it as you go although it may be an expensive lesson. I do think there is too much emphasis on gear these days and you are capable of creating amazing images with very little.