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Upgrading my camera after it got stolen

ash03
Apprentice

Hi, so like the title says, my camera and gear got stolen a couple months ago, and through my insurance company, I'm looking to replace them. I had a Rebel T5 and a 18-55mm and 75-300mm that came with it for the past how many years since I got it. It's basically the only camera I've used. I'm currently in college as photography/film major so I've been scouring the web for insights on lots of different models and such. I'd like to stay with a Canon DSLR, I think mirrorless cameras are way out of budget right now, but I'll take any suggestions.

I mostly shoot portraits, candids, and still-lives, and when I shoot video, its mostly simple straight shots.
My budget is about 1k, so I'm also looking at used and refurbished cameras. If anyone has any other suggestions, that'd be very helpful. Thank you!

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deebatman316
Elite
Elite

The EOS R50 & EOS R10 are great mirrorless cameras. Canon has been withdrawing from the DSLR market for years. So repairs to camera bodies and lenses will get hard. Since support has ended. Also the EF & EF-S Mount have no more further development. Everything has moved over to the RF Mount. What do you mean by straight shots. The AF system in mirrorless cameras are a huge step above DSLRs.

-Demetrius
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Retired Gear: EOS 40D, EF 50mm F/1.8 STM & EF 70-210mm F/4
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT

ash03
Apprentice

Hi, I did see that lots of companies have been withdrawing from DSLRs to market more mirrorless, which is why DSLRs are getting cheaper, especially 2nd hand. By straight shots, I mean like medium or close ups. 
I'll look more into the two cameras you've recommended, thank you.

But the problem is how long is Canon going to support the older DSLR camera lineup. Once parts are gone there gone. No repairs done at all.

-Demetrius
Bodies: EOS 5D Mark IV
Lenses: EF Trinity, EF 85mm F/1.8 USM
Retired Gear: EOS 40D, EF 50mm F/1.8 STM & EF 70-210mm F/4
Speedlites: 420EX, 470EX-AI, 550EX & 600EX II-RT

Tronhard
VIP
VIP

A budget of $1,000 is not a huge amount these days, sadly.  Still, the Canon Refurb store does offer cameras that they are selling under that banner: although they may be brand new over-stock, opened but not used, on display etc. If they have been used they have been checked, any remedial work done and come with a Canon warranty - so, good as new.

The website link is: usa.canon.com/shop/cameras/refurbished-cameras

I would echo Demetrius' message about the withdrawal of Canon from the DSLR market.  Now, what that means to you depends on your long-term intentions.  By that, I mean that while I recognize you are a photography major,  if but don't intend to take it on further and are unlikely to want other gear in the foreseeable future, you could pick up a bargain in the DSLR line.  If you decide to stick with DSLRs, then I would suggest the 80D or 90D.  I have owned both, and actually kept the 80D over the 90D because it has better dynamic range and low light performance IMHO.   Pair that with the excellent EF-S 18-135 IS USM lens and you will have a great lens with fast, silent focus for both stills and videos.

On the other hand, if you can see yourself engaged in this as a longer-term activity, then I would strongly suggest that  you have been gifted the opportunity of funding towards what is now the established standard for camera systems - the Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras (MILCs). While I would feel aggrieved at having my gear taken, your insurance is going to give you a cheap way out of an obsolescent platform.  For portrait and video work the face and eye tracking are significant  benefits and you will find they make a significant difference to those kinds of imagery.

Considering you are a photography major, I am going to give you an options for more longevity but similar to what  you had before, I would suggest going for the EOS R10 - it is second only to the R7 in the APS-C crop sensory group (which your T5 was).  I recommend that as it has a lot more flexibility to use different buttons on the back of the camera and will likely feel very similar to your T5 as far as layout goes.  The T 50 has fewer buttons and controls, which can be a bit cumbersome when needing fast functionality, but shares the same excellent features as the R10 - an excellent 24MP sensor, face and eye tracking and great video.  I would personally avoid the R100 - which is more for people who want something a bit better than a cell phone but it lacks the sensor, and many other features of its more sophisticate siblings.

People tend to concentrate on bodies and forget the lenses, yet I hope you are finding that, in fact, optics play at least as important a part as the camera body and often represent a longer-term investment. The EF-S 18-55 and EF 75-300 lenses you used to own were (TBH) pretty mediocre units, but the new optics are much better. 

You will have a couple of possible choices: the RF-S 18-45 and RF-S 55-200 lenses can be found paired in kits, but for general work I would start off with the RF-S 18-150 which will cover all the applications you indicate in one lens.

One day, if you have more funds, you could consider the newly-announced Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 lens, along with several other high-performance optics to be released by them in the forthcoming future - they are more expensive than the Canon units, but you definitely get what you pay for.


cheers, TREVOR

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"All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow", Leo Tolstoy;
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase" Percy W. Harris
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