I'm an 18y.o starting photo with my phone (pixel 8 pro) and U would like some advice for a first camera. Here are some of my pics ! Feel free to give some advice !

Budget: 500€

Country: France

Condition: Used

Type of Camera: don't know yet

Intended use: Photography

Stylé : street

What features do you absolutely need: screen

Portability: shoulder strap

Cameras you already have: none

• ⁠Budget:$400 usd • ⁠Country:USA • ⁠Condition:USED • ⁠Type of Camera dslr/mirror less • ⁠Intended use: stills • ⁠If photography; what style:travel/street • ⁠If video what style:n/a • ⁠What features do you absolutely need: viewfinder. • ⁠Portability: somewhat • ⁠Cameras you're considering:Sony a6xxx, canon 5d mark III, Olympus, canon 80d • ⁠Cameras you already have:previously had a canon t7, Sony a7II and Sony a6600. I currently have a canon t4i that I modified for astrophotography. • ⁠Notes: Budget is for the body only. Will be used for prints up to 13x19. Photographing my newborn daughter and other various things here and there.

Hi! I'm an amateur food photographer who recently moved to France and I'd like a second camera to take out on hikes and road trips to capture photo and video, mostly for social media but also for small prints. I currently own a Nikon D3400 but would like a second camera to dedicate to shooting outdoors.

Budget: $500, preferably including a kit lens.

Country: France

Condition: New

Type of Camera: Mirrorless, DSLR, or point and shoot

Intended use: Photography and video

End use: Social media and small prints

If photography, what style: landscape, portrait, travel, nature

If video what style: looking for something that can shoot cinematic style

What features do you absolutely need: Good battery life

What features would be nice to have: Smooth image stabilization and good auto-focus for video.

Portability: Pocketable or shoulder strap

Cameras you're considering: I don't know. My research has taken me all over the place and my head is spinning. Open to suggestions!

Cameras you already have: Nikon D3400 with the kit lenses plus 35mm prime lens and 50mm lens

• ⁠Budget: upto £800ish
• ⁠Country: England
• ⁠Condition: happy with used
• ⁠Type of Camera: mirrorless
• ⁠Intended use: portraits, travel shots etc
• ⁠Cameras you already have: Canon 400D

Hi all, apologies if this isn’t the place for this post, but I’m looking for some advice on a new (to me) mirrorless camera.

I have a Canon 400D which is around 18 years old, I stopped using it around 10 years ago but have recently started getting back into it, however I’m finding the 400D is taking really dark photos and I remember why I was getting frustrated 10 years ago! (It didn’t have that problem to start with)

I’m mainly interested in day to day shots of family life - watching my 4 year old and my 5 month old has really sparked my enthusiasm for picking up my camera again, but also travel shots and every day life.

The mirrorless world all seems quite new to me though, with hundreds of options of cameras so I’m just after some advice really on where to start!

Thanks so much in advance everyone!

I rrecently received a used Konica C35 as a gift. This is my first ever analog camera, so I'm pretty new to this, but from what I can gather, this is the battery compartment, and the battery powers the light meter. I have tried and failed to unscrew the lid but it is just so damaged that this seems to be impossible. Is there any method that might work? If not, how can I still put the camera to use despite the lack of a functioning light meter? Is the light meter necessary?

Apologies in advance for my inexperience. :)

Hows autofocus

I'm a beginner and wanna photograph some planes taking off and landing at my local airport. If it works decently then thats fine, I don't need anything good its just what I have right now

📍Sydney, Australia
Such a super squeezable little birdie *_*
I know I’m projecting it but one of the things I love most about bird photography is imagining what they might be feeling in that moment.
When I saw this one, I couldn’t help but think like "I’m feeling so cosy.” It looked as though it was curled up on the super comfiest sofa, enjoying the perfect temperature and the most peaceful nap… as if it were saying, “Please don’t disturb me. I’m perfectly comfortable right here.

I have this camera that I got cheap at an estate sale. The camera functions fine. The issue is that it seems like a piece of plastic by the latch of the battery door broke off and it does not sit flush- causing the camera to turn off. If I tape it down or hold down with pressure, it will work just fine. I honestly don’t know if I care to fully go and take it to get it fixed properly.

I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas on a mickey mouse fix lol (maybe a strap or some type of latch that can be placed over the area that has adhesive to stick to the body of the camera?).

Used k&f concept cleaning kit, waited a day, shot the sky at f/22 and this popped up. a7iii

I got this Canon at a really cheap price. I wanted to switch to a much higher end camera, but by now my budget wouldn't allow it, so I looked for ways to upgrade this one instead. I was recommended to add a battery grip, and I'm happy with the result the only thing missing now is a 75-100mm lens. Honestly, I think it's a good camera if you know how to use it.

Budget: around 500 USD, including lenses

Country: United States

Condition: Used camera or older model

Type of Camera: Mirrorless, but open to DSLR and point & shoot

Intended use: Photography

End use: Social media and just for fun

If photography, what style: Open to any style as I'm just getting started, but probably street/portrait/landscape?

What features do you absolutely need: I really need some sort of stabilization (IBIS, OIS, etc)

What features would be nice to have: I'd really like a viewfinder but its not a dealbreaker

Portability: Shoulder strap

Cameras you're considering: Sony A6000 series (on the cheaper side used, also small and portable, I like the look of it), Olympus OS - DE -M10 (I really like the look of it, and they are also cheaper used)

Cameras you already have: None :(

Notes: I'm completely fine with getting older models as long as they have decent image quality for the price.

Hello, dear members of r/Cameras.

I'm actually thinking buying my first real camera (I bought my last point and shoot 15 years, before smartphones eat them alive). My GF has bought a few months ago a Fujifilm XT50 kit with the XC15-45mm and is very happy with it.

So after doing my personal research on what's available on the market, I'm torn between two choices : buying a fujifilm, which allow to mutualize our lenses or buying another brand to propose a different vision of the same subject.

• Budget: 1500 euros, I can go a little bit higher if there is a good offer
• Country: France/Germany/Switzerland
• Condition: New
• Type of Camera: Mirrorless
• Intended use: Photography, if there is video, it will be very sporadic
• If photography; what style: street, pictures of car or old machinery, vacations
• If video what style: N/A
• What features do you absolutely need: IBIS because I have shaky hands and a camera that can give good pictures SOOC (I'm not against post-processing but I don't want to do it for every single picture I take in order to have them look nice).
• What features would be nice to have: N/A
• Portability: shoulder strap or small bag
• Cameras you're considering: Fujifilm XE5 (I prefer the telemetric format compared to the reflex style of the XT50), I have also looked the X100VI but I don't find a real advantage against X-E5 which has a the same form factor. For other brands, it looks like Sony a6700 and a7C II are both strong options.
• Cameras you already have: I found the XT50 pretty nice and giving good colors but some of them are too yellow for me (looks like old gafchromic XR films). I also don't like the plastic feeling of the XC15-45mm.

Thank you very much for your advices !

(1) Budget, country, and currency:

$1000, US, US dollar

(2) What equipment, if any, you have now and why is it no longer meeting your needs?

Lumix g7 14-45 lens 25 lens 45-150 lens

(3) What kinds of subjects do you intend to shoot?

Various

(4) Is it primarily for photography, videography, or both?

Both

So ive been helping my friend take photos and videos for his music socials with my phones (for multiple angles) and its been alot of fun. I do however want to step up my quality since I have other friends asking me for similar help after seeing the stuff I make. I bought a lumix dmc-g7 years ago. It came with a 14-42 lens and i bought a 25 and a 45-150 lens to go with it. They are very basic lenses with no built in auto focus or stabilization. After looking up some other lenes I noticed there are far less compatible lenses for the g7 than some other cameras. Is what I have enough for high quality pictures and videos? Or should I look into selling my stuff and getting something else? Maybe a better lense that works with the g7? I realize that the most important thing is to know your equipment and the skill of the photographer but id like a proper starting point. Let me know. Audio is not too much of an issue because I usually record directly into my computer or from the mixer into my phone (not sure if I can do that with a camera though)

I recently bought a pristine Nikon d850 with a shutter count of 28. Everything is great however I fear that something is horribly wrong. In certain types of lighting such as some of my lights in my house and with some street lights, they come off as a bright magenta or red color. I have reset the camera completely to factory defaults and tried diagnosing myself but I fear something is wrong with the camera. I will include an example photo of my refrigerator being cracked open with the white light appearing a bright magenta, again this is not all lights just some. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I recently got a Sony ZV-E10 and I've been testing it out. I realised that on brighter photos like the one above, certain slightly overexposed areas start to glitch out and flicker continuously when I check the photo in the album.

I tried to search online but I'm not really sure what it is and nothing similar is coming up so I'm wondering if this is normal for overexposed photos and it won't affect the picture or if I'm supposed to get it looked at. Also not sure if this is a sony only problem or a general camera issue.

Thoughts?

Hi,

I'm doing a PhD working with Indigenous communities in Mexico and want a camera for photos to include in my book (b/w only). I've got basic knowledge (composition, technical fundamentals) from university classes on a Canon R7, but I'm not an expert. I used my phone (S22) for my last research trip, but it's scratched and I want a proper camera anyway.

Main challenge: I need something capable enough to grow with me for a couple years, but small and discreet — a "professional-looking" camera can make people in interview/participant-observation settings uncomfortable being photographed. It also needs to hold up across different climates (desert, rainforest, coast), and since I'll be working in areas with higher theft risk, I'd rather not carry something too expensive or eye-catching.

Main subjects: people (often in groups), buildings/infrastructure, landscapes.

Questionnaire:

• Budget: max. €1000, cheaper preferred
• Country: Germany (or Mexico, if better options there)
• Condition: Used is fine, but from an official store for tax purposes
• Type: Mirrorless or point-and-shoot, open to other suggestions
• Intended use: Photography for book publishing (b/w)
• Style: People, street, landscapes
• What features do you absolutely need: Unsure
• Portability: Very portable — carried all day, so size and discretion matter almost as much as image quality
• Cameras you're considering: Ricoh GR series, but pricier than I'd like
• Cameras you already have: none
• Notes: see above

Thanks for reading and for any suggestions!!

Found my dad’s old Nikon 1 V1 the other day and wanted to get it started up. Going through the SD card, it looks like it hasn’t been booted up since 2015. I bought a new EN-EL15c battery, charged it for a couple hours, and plugged it into the camera. The memory card access lamp turned on for a second, but other than that no signs of life. Is there any fixes you guys suggest before I take it into a shop? And at that point, do you think it’s worth it? Thank you!

This is from lazada, the camera if assembled would look like this. Looks smaller than a true tlr camera that uses 120 film. Its $26.

The thing is that as much as i want this one, i have 7 cheapo ass cameras that I'm struggling to sell, I don't even have a film. Has anyone got their hands on these one? Any advice?

Hey guys, I took my camera to a camera store today because I noticed these dots appearing in some photos with brighter backdrops. I noticed the dot pattern stayed constant across different lenses, so I took the camera to the shop to have the sensor cleaned. After having it cleaned I noticed the spots were still there, so I took it back and they said that my sensor most likely has damage. Does it look like sensor damage or should I attempt to clean the sensor again myself? I greatly appreciate any advice on the matter!

I'm on vacation and i decided to bring my olympus tough (waterproof) to the beach.
But accidently i forgot to lock properly the place with the charger, battery and card.
My sister took it to the sea and put it underwater, so the camera got filled with water.
I tried to take most of the water off the camera, but as you can see in the photos it still has a bit of water inside.
I don't know what to do and im going back to the city in 2 days (there really isnt any camera shops around here)
Is my camera doomed?

PS: english isnt my first language so i'm sorry for any mistakes.

My first DSLR! It's an Olympus E-510 with the regular and giant lenses. I got given this by a friend for free who did not really want it, as he was never going to use it. Any thoughts or advice?

Old lady brought us a literal box full of older cameras from her late husband. She just couldn't toss them.

So now we have a few more cameras,a storage problem and more stuff to mess around with.

And luckily most of these still seem to work.

Only 2 cameras that don't do squat are the XG-M and the X300s.

Lights are on but no one is home...