Why are u not impressed?

Battery life is for sure not as good as standard DSLRs but image quality wise, they are on par. The A6000 has a really fast AF system when paired with a fast lens and has a super fast 11fps burst mode and many other great features. It's the best camera to buy now. I came from a semi pro DSLR (Canon 60D) and the A6000 comfortably replaces my DSLR, I could even shooting wedding photography with it lol.

Anyway, the D5K series lack motor, meaning you can only pair it with certain lenses to get auto focus. A little hampering on future plans... So you might wanna check that out.

None taken. We all have our own preferences

Might want to ask in the respective Nikon/Canon threads as I'm a lil outdated on DSLRs and their prices..

Speaking from experience, a good tripod, a normal zoom, an ultra wide angle (if possible) and a fast prime would be good enough for travel photography

Just to add to that, some cheap Canon FD 50mm f/1.4 go for less than Rm500 on ebay. Manual primes though..

You could get an advanced compact camera with that budget or you could squeeze in a 2nd hand DSLR.

For advanced compacts, look around those cameras with manual controls with bigger than average sensors like those from Lumix, Olympus, Sony RX100 (maybe), Canon S series.

Not familiar with the latest compacts liao..

Personally I prefer a smaller camera to shoot street especially if you wanna capture closes up shots of people. Much more discreet and less intimidating..

All DSLRs/Mirrorless come with a standard zoom lens by default unless you're buying the body only. You could use that. As for primes, it really depends on your taste. Personally I like the 35mm on ASPC as it gives a very natural look/perspective , akin to what our eyes see.

Product shots? I assume you have the lighting equipments for it, eg: flash gun, strobes, white background, etc?

If not, do allocate budget for that. Lighting is more important than equipment especially for product photography..

A good enthusiast compact camera with a 1" sensor like the Sony RX100, Canon G7 Mark I/II or a 2nd hand mirrorless camera like the Sony A5000 series or even the NEX line up should fit the budget. The smaller sized compacts will greatly introduce you to photography and it will be adequate enough as you can fiddle with manual controls, etc.

As you get introduce to the world of photography, you'll get introduced to many technicalities and creativity which you will learn & master the next few years and then you can decide on upgrading your equipment

When it comes to photographing babies/toddlers/children, auto focus performance comes first and with that I recommend the Sony RX100 Mark 4 or VA

I don't think any other mirrorless camera can offer a better AF performance and a fast f/1.8-2.8 stabilized lens within your budget.

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Jan 8 2019, 11:04 AM

A7 III costs RM7300 for body only and the EOS RP costs RM5999 body only.

A7 II is within your budget as you can get it below RM4k for a used unit. Use the extra to get the 28-70 kit lens. Althoguht might not be ideal but still doable for the types of photography mentioned.

Having used Canon, Sony and Fuji (currently) I can personally vouch for Fujifilm's colour science as THEY ARE AMAZING right out from the camera (JPEG or RAW).

Sure, you can always post process each of your pictures but may be time consuming depending on how picky you are.

Some other considerations for event photography:

For pictures of people, get a good external flash unit with a diffuser of your choice.
Busy background? See if you can squeeze in a 50mm f/1.4 lens to get a shallower depth of field (DOF) to blur the busy background. A 85mm f/1.8 lens would give an even shallower DOF but you need to stand quite a bit back.

Otherwise, an all rounder would be a zoom lens or a kit lens that comes with the camera (must have image stabilisation!). If budget permits, see if you can get a zoom lens with a bigger aperture like the Fuji 18-55mm with f/2.8-4 aperture (not sure what are the prices right now).

For inanimate objects like the finer details.. pictures of food, gifts, flowers, etc, a longer focal length is usually desirable to minimize the wide angle distortion which will result in disproportionate size like objects near the lens will appear larger, objects further away will appear much smaller.



This post has been edited by -kytz-: Dec 29 2022, 12:27 PM