The discussion about expensive versus lower budget gear is age-old and well-discussed. However, you always need to remind yourself of how much you can achieve with your images without buying the latest and greatest cameras. And what better way than to see images from the same shoot with a cheap and expensive one side by side.
I have seen many comparisons of cheaper and more expensive cameras than I can remember. The message is generally the same: more expensive is better in what ways, but the difference (for most applications) is negligible. In this video, Nigel Danson shows his followers which one they like better, and as you might expect at this point, it’s far from cut and dry.
The most important point in this video, and one that is rarely brought up in this kind of discussion, comes at the end. One of the main differences between cheap and expensive cameras is the user experience. The most modern and expensive cameras come with all the mod cons and design improvements from the last decade or so and many of them great quality of life improvements.
I still have old DSLRs that I still haven’t sold and use occasionally. The difference between an older DSLR’s images and my modern mirrorless cameras isn’t day and night – I could certainly shoot with both and get good results – but the user experience is much worse.
What do you think is the main difference between an expensive camera and a cheaper camera?
