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I require an New Camera. I have an Old Camera which has a slightly smaller sensor than my phone does, and the kit lens on it stopped auto-focusing some time in 2016. I cannot be bothered fixing it, or hurling money at the camera equivalent of the toner cartridges they supply with your new printer, only to screw it onto something which takes lower resolution pictures than a phone. So, new camera.
I know close on nothing about cameras. Literally every camera I've ever owned - including the film one that is one month younger than I am - has been a Canon, and the upshot of that is I'm looking at a Canon EOS 800D, which pretty much appears to be the 2019 version of the EOS 450D it'll be replacing. That's the sort of market point that I'm after - and it'll be used for photographing cars that aren't moving. Maybe also sometimes cars that are moving, but usually not.
That means I'll buy that, regardless of what anyone in this thread suggests, because that's how advice threads on the internet work However, I'd appreciate suggestions on alternatives and why I should ignore them less readily (preferably not in camerese, which I don't speak) because I know close on nothing about cameras. I'm vaguely aware that there's a Nikon at the same sort of level (D5600), and there's probably a Sony Alpha too.
I need to take photographs with it. I don't need video (or 4K video). From what I understand, the 800D can be paired to your phone and used remotely, which sounds useful if I ever get my telescope set up again. It does the same stuff in the same order as the 450D, so has the advantage of being incredibly familiar, but about a decade of upgrades to everything. It has a 45-point autofocus instead of nine, which I'm sure is super.
All advice gratefully received and then straight-up ignored
I know close on nothing about cameras. Literally every camera I've ever owned - including the film one that is one month younger than I am - has been a Canon, and the upshot of that is I'm looking at a Canon EOS 800D, which pretty much appears to be the 2019 version of the EOS 450D it'll be replacing. That's the sort of market point that I'm after - and it'll be used for photographing cars that aren't moving. Maybe also sometimes cars that are moving, but usually not.
That means I'll buy that, regardless of what anyone in this thread suggests, because that's how advice threads on the internet work However, I'd appreciate suggestions on alternatives and why I should ignore them less readily (preferably not in camerese, which I don't speak) because I know close on nothing about cameras. I'm vaguely aware that there's a Nikon at the same sort of level (D5600), and there's probably a Sony Alpha too.
I need to take photographs with it. I don't need video (or 4K video). From what I understand, the 800D can be paired to your phone and used remotely, which sounds useful if I ever get my telescope set up again. It does the same stuff in the same order as the 450D, so has the advantage of being incredibly familiar, but about a decade of upgrades to everything. It has a 45-point autofocus instead of nine, which I'm sure is super.
All advice gratefully received and then straight-up ignored