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Buying a mirrorless camera tonight - recomendations?

378 40 December 31, 2021 at 10:58 AM
Hi Everyone!

I am going to buy a mirrorless camera tonight

I have around 2k-ish to spend and am looking for advice.


My priorities are

Best Eye active auto focus (I have 3 young kiddos and they are the focus (lol see what I did there?) Almost all of my pictures will be of them/ family. So razor sharp eyes and snappiness are a must above all else
Full frame - I am coming from a Nikon D5100 and I want to see what I am missing (get it? missing from a the cropped sensor?)
Some weather proofing would be nice but is not necessary ( I will not be heading out in rainstorms, but it would be nice if a misting would not matter
A decent auto functionality. I try to read up and learn what I can, although the more I learn the more I know I do not know! My wife will do full auto, every time.

I do not care about brand at all.

I will not be buying a ton of glass either. Maybe a prime


Again, I am coming from a D5100 so I assume anything is a huge step up! I think none of my glass would be useful (except to sell or give away to a school). I did like to shoot with either my 35 g or 50 g and would sometimes use my 18-55mm. My 55-300mm would usually collect dust even though I love nature. The kids have always been the focus.

Video capabilities would be nice, but we have a Sony AX-53 and I love the BOSS stabilization on that!

There are a few that I have in mind, but I would love to have any of you chime in with your recommendations, biased or not. I may buy two to test and keep the winner if return policies allow.


Thank you so very much! I will let you know what I end up with!
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