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Two ways to look at this…. DSLR’s are practically dead these days due to mirrorless. So either scoop up some old tech and lenses on the cheap or plunge straight into the new tech now. The Sony A6500 would make for a great compromise between the two.

 

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iPhone 14 Pro....and this from a commercial photographer. It's always with you.

That’s the damn truth!! Got tired of lugging shit around years ago.

 

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Cannon m50 add a speed booster and use older used lenses?

Anyone used a speed booster with the smaller sensor on the mirror less?

It’s fun to play around with. But, other than a hand full of vintage lenses($$$)…. The quality is just not there compared to newer glass.

 

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Good glass is paramount.

 

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I’m a fuji fan. The xt30 ii is a good body but I’d go with a used xt4 over a new xt30ii. Also, Fuji glass sells for pretty much retail on the used side of things. They hold their value very well. Here are some samples from my last trip. View attachment 224639
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Great photos!! I almost flipped to Fuji a few years back. Unfortunately I’m too invested in the Canon ecosystem.

 

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Canon 6d
Sigma 35mm 1.4

 

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This was from dad’s canon pocket camera. All generations here.

 

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Lots of good advise here. I sold off about $40,000 worth of equipment a couple of yeare ago and now use my iPhone 13Pro. It’s waterproof and compact. You always have it with you. You can put it on a tripod and trigger it with your watch. It makes outstanding video. It has three lenses and the new iPhone14 Pro is even better. The only drawback is that they don’t have a very long lens. Perfect for portraits, night photography, landscapes or anytime you need to make an image without having to have a lot of equipment. My images can not be differentiated from when I used my professional equipment. The difference is that I treat my iPhone camera as if it were a professional camera. I use Lightroom and Photoshop for editing. The editing is where the difference lies between great photos and snapshots. Having a camera and lenses is only half of the equation. If your girlfriend develops a passion for photography there are tons of videos on line where she can learn how to use her equipment and edit them afterward. Photography is not a cheap hobby but, like fishing and hunting, can provide you with a lifetime of enjoyment. These images were all made with an iPhone and edited in LR on my iPad. View attachment 224796

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They’ll have to pry my 70-200 2.8L from my cold dead hands!! 🤣😂🤣

 

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I don’t do birding or sports, so never got into the tele lenses. And thank god I haven’t!! $$$$. That eagle photo is killer!! 🇺🇸👍👍

 

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@Zaraspook I transitioned to an iPad Pro just last year. The thing is a powerhouse with the M1 and Lightroom. Not the greatest for culling 2000+ wedding photos, but it is still wet behind the ears. I’m hoping I can finally ditch my pc. 🤞🏻

 

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I’d love to do my editing on an iPad. Been using capture one. Any idea if that works well?

I haven’t even bothered to try it. I came from Adobe on my PC’s. Once if found out that Apple and Adobe had partnered up to bring the suite to the M1 chip, I was all in.

Adobe expands Creative Cloud M1 support, claims over 80% better performance than Intel

All seven of the core Adobe Creative Cloud apps now support Apple Silicon natively, less than a year after the first M1 macs went on sale.

www.macworld.com

 

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@Superscroll it seems to operate just fine.