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.
Would Canon EOS R50 be a better option than the ones you’ve mentioned? And would you recommend a specific lens for that, too?
For image quality, unless it’s in particularly low light and in that low light you’re shooting something fast moving so can’t take advantage of the IBIS that the Olympus cameras have to have a longer exposure, I doubt you’ll see any difference.
The R50 looks to have a better autofocus system. By every other metric it’s extremely similar. So if you’re going to be taking lots of photos of fast moving objects, like sports I’d say the R50 would be the way to go.
If you intend to buy new then the R50 would also be the way to go, as the most recent version of the e-m5 (now o-m5) would be way out of your budget and there’s not been a new e-m10 in sometime. However you’ll get a lot more camera by going secondhand however. Somewhere like mpb.com if you’re concerned about buying peer to peer.
Don’t really know much about canon RF lenses. I know there’s not nearly as big a range of options.
I’ve tried doing a comparison purely for size (i have no clue if the canon would be in budget with these lenses) with as closely equivalent focal length
The shorter focal length https://camerasize.com/compact/#633.92,904.948,ha,t
The longer (couldn’t find a native RF mount lens so it’s an EF with an adapter) https://camerasize.com/compact/#633.95,904.232.5,ha,t