I’m totally new to photography and want to get my first camera. I’ll mainly be using it for nature photography while hiking and traveling.
My only focus is on photos of the highest possible quality.
My budget is around $600, and I’ll also need essential accessories, but don’t know what I’d need, like a lens?
Not open to refurbished, as I’m buying in Vietnam.
Start out using your phone. Get enough experience taking pictures that you have a better sense of what you might want in a camera that your phone doesn’t already do. Take at least a few hundred careful, thoughtful shots that way to see what it is that you can and can’t do with the phone. Then come back and discuss your findings in detail and we can make more suggestions.
^ This - Plus “nature photography” is a WIDE category. You need a totally different setup for landscape photography than you do for close up macro photography.
This:
vs. This:
Are both “nature photography” but need different gear and settings.
Figure out what you want to do, then figure out where your current technology limits you.
I actually would really love to do close-up macro photography. What camera would you recommend in a 600-700usd range for that? Can Canon EOS R50 do that?
Like the above user says, start with the macro settings on your phone, take a BUNCH of pictures, then figure out what the limits are and invest in the gear that gets you over those particular humps.
It’s hard for anyone else to guess at what makes you satisfied or not, but if you’re happy with the macro settings on your phone, you can invest in data storage, tripods, bi-pods, etc. for the camera you already have.
https://amateurphotographer.com/buying-advice/best-smartphones-for-macro/