Camera recommendations for my teen daughter

[freediver111]

Hey gang,

I’m not a camera guy and my 14 yr old wants a camera to take wildlife/outdoor/landscape/dogs type pics.

She has a budget of $400, but her birthday is at the end of January so she can buy the camera body and mom and dad can splurge on the lens as a gift.

What are some recommendations? I’m open to used or new options. Doesn’t have to be the best of the best, but preferably a simple interface that a kid can use and learn with.

Thanks for any recommendations.


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[Camera Land]

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[kodiak725]

The sony a6000 is a great mirrorless camera for learning. They are still fairly available used for around the $400 dollar mark.

 

[eamyrick]

Yep for that price point I’d go Sony. My wife is a professional photographer and the canon R series is where you want to be when she steps up to the next level.

 

[Marbles]

Mirrorless. Find a used body from B&H Photovideo or camera land, go a few models older.

Will she have someone to teach her? Lessons might be worth while rather than relying on the software to do the work.

Pick a lense system. Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, Cannon, or micro four thirds (OM System or Lumix).

Lenses are the big price item in the end, and unlike bodies don't really age out. So, one you have a few, you are somewhat locked in to the system.

I got my wife an OM System, but she already does photography and was ok with the awkward OS for the smaller body size and fully sealed body and lenses.

Sony is supposed to be better for videography.

All the systems work. All have good lenses. Which makes it hard to give a hard push in one direction or another.

 

[elsb0048]

I'd get into one of the mirrorless crop sensor packages in your shoes. It's how I got into amateur photography.

I have a Sony a6500 but anything from that series a6000,6100,6200,6300,6400,6500,6600 would be fine.

Works good enough as a point and shoot with auto settings but you can mess around with some other settings if you want.

You should also consider a years worth of adobe Lightroom as a part of the gift depending on your kids level of interest. The camera with more pixels on the sensor does about half the improvement from a cell phone but the other half can be gained by better editing methods.