Best Mirrorless Cameras by Price: Want a good mirrorless camera? How much are you willing to spend? http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-mirrorless-camera-budget/...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Want a good mirrorless camera? How much are you willing to spend?

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-mirrorless-camera-budget/

jeffhacker Loc: Dallas, Texas

I have an Olympus OM-D EM5 Mark II. I like it very much. A bit pricy, competitive with my Nikon D7200, and picture quality is similar. Only problem with a Mirrorless (and it is a big problem) is that the electronic viewfinder is very slow.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

jeffhacker wrote:

I have an Olympus OM-D EM5 Mark II. I like it very much. A bit pricy, competitive with my Nikon D7200, and picture quality is similar. Only problem with a Mirrorless (and it is a big problem) is that the electronic viewfinder is very slow.

Yes, the electronic viewfinder isn't my favorite, but it's better than none at all.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I'm heartbroken. Mine are not on the list.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bsprague wrote:

I'm heartbroken. Mine are not on the list.

That list is based on the author's opinions. Another list will have different cameras.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

jerryc41 wrote:

That list is based on the author's opinions. Another list will have different cameras.

Mine showed up on recommended lists for a very short time. One reviewer put together a narrowly constructed test for "shutter shock" and proved he could make it suffer from that affliction. Now my beloved mirrorless camera, great that it is, continues to slide down the obsolete lists!

snfapm1983

Funny they left the A6000 off the list.

MtnMan Loc: ID

bsprague wrote:

Mine showed up on recommended lists for a very short time. One reviewer put together a narrowly constructed test for "shutter shock" and proved he could make it suffer from that affliction. Now my beloved mirrorless camera, great that it is, continues to slide down the obsolete lists!

Such lists depend on your interests. If picture quality is most impotant than at least an APS-C sensor and range of good lenses counts most: Sony or Canon.

If light weight is most important, and you really want a viewfinder, my Panasonic GM5 topped my list (making me buy it). While the 16MB Micro 4/3 sensor is pretty good you can't crop much because it only uses 12MB on 4x6 aspect ratio and the high ISO performance is weak compared to an APS-C sensor. Of course Panasonic discontinued it and the replacement 850 lacks a viewfinder.

I was adament on needing a viewfinder because I am usually in bright sun and my previous camera's LCDs were impossible to see. I have to say the GM 5 LCD is so good in bright sun I'm changing my view. I find myself composing with the LCD more and more. This is abetted by the touch screen focus of the LCD.

MtnMan Loc: ID

snfapm1983 wrote:

Funny they left the A6000 off the list.

It has been superseded by the A6300 (on the list) and A6500.

HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

Seriously looking at hiring a Flintstone's woodpecker to simulate my photos...I get miffed at how many "comparison" price lists come out almost daily. Mirrorless, has been my go-to camera (Sony A6000), and haven't looked back at my Nikon. (I'm just hoping the woodpecker isn't going to demand $15.00/hr...Barney said he could do a chalk drawing for 50 cents. Gonna hold him to it!! Tethering the bird has proven to be a bit complicated...)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

snfapm1983 wrote:

Funny they left the A6000 off the list.

It doesn't matter. It's on my list.

jsenear Loc: Hopkins, MN.

jerryc41 wrote:

Want a good mirrorless camera? How much are you willing to spend?

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-mirrorless-camera-budget/

I made the right purchase for me. I bought a Nikon 1 V1 Camera and the 10-100 video lens from KEH and I have never looked back. Love it. Not only did I get into Mirrorless but I got into it for a song. Sure the size of the sensor has been knocked from the day they came out. I don't do enlargements so that has not bothered me at all. My DSLR's come out only for special occassions now. Otherwise my V1 is the camera I use 90% of the time. I loaned the V1 to a photographer friend for a weekend. When he returned it he asked me "Why the hell was I told this was a bad camera? I loved it" I told him I belong to a couple of online Photography groups and when I mention how amazing the V1 is I never get one reply from anyone. That's fine with me. It keeps the price down for those that do want to buy that Camera used or refurbished.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

jsenear wrote:

I made the right purchase for me. I bought a Nikon... (show quote)

I have the V2 and V3 with a full set of lenses and accessories and these are my go to cameras when my back does not feel like carrying the heavy DSLR's or their heavy lenses. You can't distinguish the IQ between the V series and the DSLR photos.

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

So many choices out there! A good start is to buy an old model and then buy good lenses for it.
I have the old Olympus EPL-1 and the Olympus Pen EP-5. Both bodies perform well to fit my needs.
Because Panasonic and Olympus have a joint venture the lenses of one company fit the bodies of the other. I use often Panasonic lenses with my Olympus bodies.
The new bodies from Olympus are dynamite. The optics are excellent.

Jer Loc: Mesa, Arizona

a6000 is incredible for the price even if the price was four times as much.