camera?

[New_Zealand]

My son wants to get his wife a camera for her birthday that can shoot stills and video and use exchangeable lens. He wants something around $500 or LESS. The only camera that came to mind was the t3i. Any ideas from you guys?

[optitek]

Take a look at Sony alpha 6000
This was shot with the kit lens 16-50 power zoom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeHw68RuG1U
Extremely compact, lightning fast accurate auto focus, nice colors out of the box.
My wife got tired of carrying the t5i around- she was looking for something smaller. It looks like the Sony is it.
The only issue is the EVF- not the same as optical.... on the flip side it is brighter however so it works great in low light..

[iamlance]

The t3i has my vote! Perfect beginner's camera for photos and video. If you get it off eBay, you'll save money as well, maybe enough to get a Canon 50mm 1.8, the perfect complementary lens. Here are some links for a new camera around $400 for the t3i body (kit lens not included).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-60...item2ee19415e4
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-Re...item339953495d
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Canon-EO...item43c9adf3f2 (costs a bit more, but it is labeled as Rebel t3i rather than 600D on the body if you care)

[stefanhuberfilms]

i actually sold my 7D for a SONY a6000. The video and stills quality blow the 7D out of the water. If she doesn't need the EVF, he could get her a a5100, which is essentially the same sensor.

[Samuel H]

^ that

[Imamacuser]

Nikon has been doing very well lately in the photo & video department. Maybe a D5300 or the new D5500.

[Samuel H]

I prefer the Sonys because you can use almost any vintage lens on them and because they are smaller, but yes, the current Nikons are also very good. And panasonic has a lot of fans too (though I'm not one of them). Basically: almost anything except Canon :p

[New_Zealand]

Thanks :-)

[New_Zealand]

He wanted to know about these two cameras? Canon EOS Rebel SL1 and Sony A58?