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29 responses to “Best $500 PRO Camera? 📷”
I use the 50mm 1.8 it's solid with my eos rp and an adapter it's 620 for that setup now I had a head start with lenses because I also have a 24-85 as I was using them on my film camera before investing in a digital
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used Sony 6300 and a used lens is easy under 500 and amazing to start
I mean, I got a used cannon rebel t-5 for $300 which included a few lenses and I pretty happy with it. The images are much better than on my own, although it is slow down when you take a bunch of photos in raw back to back. I have t cently gotten into film photography with the Olympus OM-G, it is nothing revolutionary it doesn't even have a traditional meter and I have taken some of my best photos on it yet. It is the photographer which makes a good photo.
Bros unpacking like his got a 500 dollar camera to show us just to give us two crap plastic junk instead not even those 48MP scamcameras
For photography 500 is fine. Buy a canon 5d ii (200) and a sigma art prime lense
You’re the reason people are wasting their money on stupidly expensive camera bodies and having a shit kit lens to go with, please you guys buy a used dslr as a first camera and then dump all that money into lenses, atleast one prime and two zooms, like 18-55 or 18-105 or for wildlife go with the trusty 70-300 but with stabilization, that’s all i have to say and if u have any questions just reply to this comment 🫵🏼😁
Got an canon t4i with 2 lenses for 150
What a crock shit. A 5d mark ii with a 50mm 1.8 will cost $500 and will blow any smart phone away.
You should have a million thumbs down on this video. I can get a five-hundred-dollar camera kit that will take way better pictures than any phone.
Photography is not about the equipment. It’s about the story you tell with it. What is the story you tell with the pictures you take? That could be on a 50-year-old camera, the quality can be awful but it all tells a story.
Who is here in 2025 with a canon 80d and 24mm f2.8 lens
Just bought a Canon eos 750D wifi+nfc for 85.000huf~220usd with a 18-55 1:3.5-5.6 IS STM (plus tripod, 2 new battery, charger and a camera bag) and i rather use it than my s22 ultra bc of the interface and how well i can adjust everything.
Or buy a bridge camera
This is completely false. You can get whatever is the equivalent to a modern Rebel and it will still look better than a cell phone camera. Cell phones take nice photos but they all look flat compared to larger sensor cameras.
i know this is extremely entry level but i got a nice deal on a Canon 4000D (Rebel T100) with the classic 18-55mm kit lens and also a portrait canon 50mm f1.8 lens on second hand market for like £230 and im soon going to get myself a nice midrange telephoto lens on top of that.
then the next upgrade will be a proper intermediate/pro camera and my dream telephoto and normal lenses
What about 500 for a camera and 500 for a lens? Is that good?
can i get good results with a 10y dslr (nikon 3300) and a good lenses ? or should i upgrade?
Can't dislike this video enough…You pose a question and don't answer it, you spend half the video unboxing and unwrapping something completely meaningless for the video. Finally, there are excellent camera/lens setups you can pick up for $500. Just last week I bought a Nikon D750 + 24-120mm F4 that I guarantee takes better shots than your smartphone.
What’s the point of this video? No camera was recommended for the price and the unboxing is a shitty arm…
Im rocking a 120€ body and a 130€ lens and mog every phone camera to oblivion😂
Lumix g80/g85 or a G9 and literally any lens. Even the kit lens (14-45 from 2008) is decent. There is a plethora of lenses under $100.
He just wasted whole 1 minute
I saved nothin I just budget for it. And good thing I did. The price of my camera went up 200 dollar a month after I bought it. Good thing my spider sense kicked in and I didn’t wait.
on amazon the rebel t7 cannon is 500
I bought a used a6000 plus 2 kits for about 700
I found a used canon 60d with two lenses for $450 so yea
In my book of cheap old DSLR cameras that I use for planespotting, $500 could get me 4 of my current main setup! (Nikon D3000 – $60 and Sigma DC 18-200mm – $74)
Disagree as a person that just bought a a6000 with the kit lens you can tell the difference easy