I plant to buy a camera set, consisting of the lens and the camera body itself.

But, I don’t just want to ask

I have a budget of ~1000 bucks, I want something that is light sensitive, has modern software, is preferably not Sony, and has a low minimum focus distance. It can be, especially the lens, a few years old, since I prefer to buy it used.

I want you to help me by letting me help myself.

Is there some sort of website, that asks me simple questions on my preferences, budget and use cases, and then suggests me a few combinations of cameras?

Right now, I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the choices, and I don’t want to buy something that is incompatible or just not what I wanted…

  • Boris NotTooBadinov@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I had the same issues years before I bought my Canon 7D. AFAIK there isn’t a pcpartpicker.com for photography gear, but I spent many hours reading the forum posts and reviews on DP Review.

    The main takeaway I got from them was to spend on lenses as they will stay with you through multiple camera bodies.

    Also if you go the Canon route, they used to (and maybe still do) have a program where you get a credit for trading in a Canon camera. It did not need to be working. I bought a dead canon from ebay (~$20), punched in the serial, and I think they gave me over $100 discount/credit towards a body

    If you’re going to buy used lenses, make sure you test them thoroughly, a used lens is like a used HDD, you have no idea what the last person did to it. Also, if buying online, make sure you look at the return policy, a lot of places will make you pay the shipping for returns. HTH