What are the best cameras for photography?

Answer 1

I will cut it down a bit. Budget, Photography Style, Video Capabilities make all the difference. Most cameras under $500 can do an almost passable job all the time. EXCEPT! When the lighting is low. Then they get all grainy and need flash. Since they are at a low price point. The image will never look that good even with flash in dark areas. $500 - $1,000 gives you the ability to see sort of fairly into the dark. Colors will be improved. And they will have passable video capabilities in subdued light. But the video will be semi grainy in subdued light. Usually it has a better built-in flash. Slightly bigger in size, but well worth the weight gain. $1,000 - $2,000 gives you a camera that can see pretty good in all lighting situations. Records video with better definition. Many times they will NOT have an internal flash. Starting to get heavy. BUT! They will now have a very good CODEC. A what? A better way of saving the video information in a much larger file. They will also have a much higher rate of taking photos. Up to 10 shots per second. $2,000 - $4,000 just makes for bigger camera with more functions. In the day to day world you will probably never use those functions. Mirrorless cameras offer more for the money. Some cameras come with a fixed lens. Some have interchangeable lenses. But most mirrofless cameras have a high photo taking rate. Many mirrorless under $500 will have a photo rate of 20 to 40 shots per second. Video world is moving over to mirrorless. For $2,000 you can get a camera so good. That true Cinema movies are being recorded.