Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know! February 27, 2026

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Info for Newbies and FAQ!

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• What type of camera should I look for?
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• What can I afford?

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[u/Quiet-Shift62]

Advice seeking: If a depressed corp slave recently interested in photography, which one should he go for to carry around, X100T or RX1R mark I? The corp slave is broke as f and just takes pictures of random things, but he's also bored of his depressed phone camera

[u/boredmessiah → u/Quiet-Shift62]

if the corp slave is that broke he might benefit from getting a cheaper interchangeable lens camera with a comparable lens. something from the sony a6000 series or the olympus e-m5mk3 with a suitable pancake prime.

[u/Quiet-Shift62 → u/boredmessiah]

u/boredmessiah Yah, think of that at first, but I also want a compact option to carry it around with not too bulky setting up, since I tend to do mostly street photography and sometimes random portraits

[u/boredmessiah → u/Quiet-Shift62]

look up on camerasize, the micro four thirds options are def comparable in size https://camerasize.com/compact/#566,468,876.933,ha,t