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Best budget beginner camera and lenses

cameras13
Apprentice

Background: Im a 15 year old boy who plays basketball but wants to start taking photos for jh boys and girls basketball games and highschool boys football games, so I think I want good tracking, I know I want good battery and good photo quality , and I know I want good build quality, also I like the flip out articulating screens. I will be buying used from MPB or from anywhere else recommened I have a budget for camera and a lense of around 500 plus I would like to be under actually a great deal under closer to 400 for basketball I’ll be courtside but may be in stands at away games for football I’ll be on bleachers so I need reach for that but close up for the courtside

1. I looked at a Canon Eos Rebel T6i a T7or a Canon 60d or a Canon 7d keep in mind what I said I liked earlier

2. For lenses I have no clue where to start I think like a Canon EF 55-250 or a Canon EF 55-200 but I don’t know if I need the Is or the Is ll or the Is STM remember budget when recommending both

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normadel
Elite
Elite

What do you mean by "good tracking"?  If you mean ability to follow the action, that's a YOU function, not a camera function. Do some reading on action photography and sports photography to learn good techniques. Cameras have settings to follow-focus moving subjects (like AI-Servo focus mode on Canons) but there's more to it than that.

Practice, practice, practice!

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