Shone Jarvis wrote:
What type of camera should i buy since I'm a beginner
This is the same question I'm wrestling with for my second daughter. Faith sees my Nikons and a6300 and she wants a "real camera". I have given her a couple of P&S, but since her sister, Anne, is using my old D7100 to shoot weddings and children, Faith thinks she needs one too.
For a beginner, there are several considerations.
Will you want to make large prints of your images. Sensor size comes into play in this. It doesn't make much difference how many megapixels, if the sensor size is small, you will not be able to make big prints. On the other hand, if all your images will be confined to the Internet, smaller sensors are fine.
Lenses. DSLRs and MILCs using interchangeable lenses require that you buy, carry and change those lenses. Bridge cameras have one non-interchangeable lens, but that lens tends to cover wide to very long telephoto. Unfortunately there is a tradeoff. Those with long tele capability require that the sensor size be smaller. Again, small sensor size means reduced print size capability. The Bridge cameras allow quick transfer of an image to a cellphone or wifi.
DSLRs are usually much larger and heavier. They usually need accessories like extra lenses, tripod, etc.
On the other hand, DSLRs and MILCs have larger sensors with much improved images and retain more of the photomic information. They also usually do RAW files so that you can manipulate things better than with the typical jpeg from bridge cameras.
I plan to recommend a bridge camera like a Canon, Pentax or Panasonic as a first. But if she absolutely wants a DSLR, then it would be impossible to do better than a Nikon D3300 (Or the new D3400) (Older Nikon DSLRs can do the wifi and cellphone transfer with the WU accessory. New models often have it built in. I assume the same is true for Canon.)
I'm buying this for her birthday and my budget is low, but all the above are available factory refurbished--All my cameras for the last 10 years have been factory refurbs--except my a6300.
FIRST YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN PHOTOGRAPHY.