This is mostly about how you want to use your camera and how small you want it to be. Bigger, higher-resolution, higher-contrast, and higher-refresh-rate viewfinders are all going to be immediately noticeable.įixed Lens vs Interchangeable: Fixed lenses provide compactness and you (usually) get a better lens for the money, but there are obvious drawbacks in terms of flexibility and upgradability. Viewfinder Quality: Since nearly all viewfinders these days are really just small electronic screens, you'll want to prioritize this spec. This isn't to say that the video features will necessarily take away from stills features, but brands like Fujifilm, Ricoh, and Nikon are generally more stills-focussed than Canon, Sony and Panasonic (this is a gross generalization, but use it to guide your research). If you think you'll be using video heavily, make sure you're looking at the video specs, but if you're in it mostly for stills, it might be worth looking at brands that don't emphasize video as much. Photo/Video Balance: This one's a little bit more straightforward, but certain cameras (and brands generally) will heavily emphasize video features (Sony often comes to mind). Once you pick an ecosystem, it's far more cost effective to stay in it as you upgrade. All the brands on this list make great lenses, but it's worth doing some fun window shopping and thinking about if you were going to upgrade your camera and which brand's high-end body you might want. If you're looking at a camera with interchangeable lenses, it's worth spending some time thinking about how deep you might go into this whole "photography" thing. They hold their value well and (generally) have a greater influence on overall image quality than camera bodies. Lens Ecosystems: An often-repeated fact of photography gear is that the lenses are where you should be spending most of your money. The naming conventions of sensor sizes are seemingly tailor-made for confusion - we've found that this diagram from helps. The sensor sizes you'll most often encounter when shopping for a camera around this price range are 1" (good), APS-C (better), and Full Frame (best).
An iPhone's sensor is (relatively) quite tiny, which hampers things like background blur and low light performance (it's why phone makers have had to use software trickery to help these). Sensor size and lens size/complexity are the key factors to outperforming your phone's camera. Sensor Size: Camera sensor size can be a tough spec to grasp, but generally, just think 'bigger is better'.
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