Fujifilm Cameras

for me just my opinion and likely to be shot down - i would get the bridge camera - you then can do most of the photography you want
if you are happy with used then may be the RX10IV
when i researched years ago and reviews etc - that was the camera to have
when i talked to LCE this morning and asked what would be near that - they said the Nikon COOLPIX P1100 https://www.nikon.co.uk/en_GB/produ...XXkQIzztOxmO5kUE3Xx9kQNFOgEHVQLKnKOz5ZTff9eAD

they also mentioned the leica Q3 - but did say no good for wildlife type photos - you just point shoot and crop as loads of quality in the 60mb file

OR i have recommended and family and friends used a few sony Sony Cybershot HX400V
its old but was a good spec in the day - £250-300 and see how you get on with any sort of camera

i think that fixed lens will just frustrate you a lot , again what iphone

or iphone and crop the image accept the limitations and as i mentioned go out take a load of images and see where it falls over and why
not sure what iphone you have how many camera

drop images into photo app and you can edit crop

i gave the PPI for various sizes - BUT if just viewing on screen , i suspect some will be good
and you can pinch zoom (digital zoom so quality will go )

my iphone 13 mini has 2 lenses the main lens is 4032 x 3024 so that will print in TOP quality 4032/300 and 3024/300 so will print 13x10" if its a poster on a wall then 200ppi will do
2-x15"
so now you can crop down and still print , and if own various editors you can crop to a pixel size so you could set up for A4 or what ever 6x4 photo paper
depending again on printer

try a few of the images you have
and so pinch zoom in
 
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ok,have a real play on that - now serious about photography go out and compose and see the limits at the point of shooting maybe
i also got my brother years ago an iphone digiscope - dont really know how that went as he went blind

however how about these iphone images
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i have looked through all those website some stunning shots there and the video on safari - wow , i did also get my brother the bluetooth remote
But i have an applewatch which also does remte camera stuff for the iphone - never used it , but seems it has a lot of control - do you also happen to have an apple watch
 
i had a play with chatgpt - so this may have errors and got it to do a comparison of what i saw as the top 3 bridge camera from reviews and things (so my call and maybe wrong) - ALSO as mentioned a few times - DONT just buy on line - you really need to go in and use the camera in your hand and check you like the settings layout the weight how it all feels LCE will let you do that and even if you take your own sd card - let you take a load of photos to then go home and review - at least my local one did a few years back -
These Are just bridge camera may be others to consider - the fixed lens cameras you mention I dont think I would buy , even the leica Q3 at £5K (again just my opinion ) - if i wanted to use any telephoto and capture like horse jumping (which i have done a shoot for a stable) or airshow done loads of those and red arrows shots , may even still have some of those from Bournemouth - i used to shoot in RAW and JPQ
fairs , landscapes, events , 18th birthday , 21st birthday - loads of weddings, portraits for people , DOG club - loads of arty type things sold via shops and in cafe's etc , kids FARM , with the kids and parents for shots - a lot printed out , framed and sold for them, website images, before after and products , - This was all wayback in early 2000's
I did do a weeding for my nephew using the HX400 bridge camera , it was staged at some wildlife park in kent , and part was a ride around the park on a trailer with us all in carriages thing - then created a slide show and also used one of the websites to create a book - i have helped quite a few people making the books

LCE gain as mentioned is a great store - and you may have one near you - https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/ they also do used , again as mentioned

I have never purchased vamera gear online - other than a few accessories here and there , as keeping the shops going for good advice

these cameras are all new and well under budget
 

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A camera I bought a dozen years ago is Panasonic Lumix TZ100.
Big (ish" sensor, 1"
10x zoom, equiv 24mm at the wide end. I wouldn't want a zoom to start longer than that.
Very good in low light.
Slips in a jacket pocket !!!!!
Big enough aperture, at the wider end
not so good at the long end, but not too bad.. FIne for web images.
(NB there were some pictures in one of the above links, of the photographer's friend. "Chris," I think. Those are web images, so only extremely low resolution required. Printed A4 they'd look poor)
There was a version with a 3:1 zoom which was optically better.

I used it as a spare/backup/lightweight camera.
There were so many modes and setttings it drove me nuts, but the performance was always "pretty good".
At least it HAS a long end.

Very good in dim light, for the size. The TZ110 is slightly better.

It's always a compromise, that's a pretty good one. There will be more modern equivalents.
Things like a flip screen, which it lacks, may be important if you're the sort who wants to do vlogs and pictures of themself all the time. I think you might be one of those!

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A quick fact - "f2.8" is a number telling you about a measurement on the lens. Useful for setting exposures, but DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IF THE SENSOR SIZE CHANGES.

I have lenses, most of which are on microscopes, which cost small fortunes and push the physics to give the absolute best possible resolution which anyone will achieve, ever.
Microscopists lenses (objectives) have a "numerical aperure" from which you can work out the "f number", but that's not useful. There's a front NA and a rear NA - it gets a bit more complex than normal cameras but the same physics does apply.
It turns out, that if you want high resolution, you need the widest possible cone of light between your subject and your lens (Actually the entrance pupil, but those don't get a mention).
So it's the physical, ruler-measured measurement which matters for resolution, in the end.
So a phone camera would have to be the same physical dimensions at the front, as any other, to give the same resolution on sensor, which obviously they can't do. The focal length for a given angle of view, is waaay smaller of course. Everything scales, but not the way you'd think. If you want a couple of pages of hard explanation, I could find it for you. It doesn't simplify in a way that photographers would think.
I have dug deep into this stuff and listened to far better brains - don't tell me I'm wrong!
It's the reason you cannot get a narrow depth of field on a small sensor - the wavelength of light is the limiting factor.
It also means you need a lot more light for a big sensor - so you need a bigger hole.... it all gets counter-intuitive quite quickly. All other things are never equal!
iPhones have the best lenses (as do some others) which can be made for the application, and do well. In the older days they used sensible sensors like 8MP. but the public wouldn't have it, they thought they needed dozens of MPixels. So that's what apples provides now, but they do things like combining 4 into one on their 48MP sensors, to make a more reasonable 12 MP, and clever image processing to make things look sharper than they are. That gets into the MTF curve - interpolation and deconvolution - and other rabbit holes.

It's not really a quick fact.
 
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i had a play with chatgpt - so this may have errors and got it to do a comparison of what i saw as the top 3 bridge camera from reviews and things (so my call and maybe wrong) - ALSO as mentioned a few times - DONT just buy on line - you really need to go in and use the camera in your hand and check you like the settings layout the weight how it all feels LCE will let you do that and even if you take your own sd card - let you take a load of photos to then go home and review - at least my local one did a few years back -
These Are just bridge camera may be others to consider - the fixed lens cameras you mention I dont think I would buy , even the leica Q3 at £5K (again just my opinion ) - if i wanted to use any telephoto and capture like horse jumping (which i have done a shoot for a stable) or airshow done loads of those and red arrows shots , may even still have some of those from Bournemouth - i used to shoot in RAW and JPQ
fairs , landscapes, events , 18th birthday , 21st birthday - loads of weddings, portraits for people , DOG club - loads of arty type things sold via shops and in cafe's etc , kids FARM , with the kids and parents for shots - a lot printed out , framed and sold for them, website images, before after and products , - This was all wayback in early 2000's
I did do a weeding for my nephew using the HX400 bridge camera , it was staged at some wildlife park in kent , and part was a ride around the park on a trailer with us all in carriages thing - then created a slide show and also used one of the websites to create a book - i have helped quite a few people making the books

LCE gain as mentioned is a great store - and you may have one near you - https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/ they also do used , again as mentioned

I have never purchased vamera gear online - other than a few accessories here and there , as keeping the shops going for good advice

these cameras are all new and well under budget
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Good advice.
A standout for me on that comparison may pass you by - the short end of one is 21mm.
If you like "creative" that is significant.
One of my SLR lenses is eqivallent to 12mm iirc - it's great fun.
My Samsung ultrawide is about 120 degrees field of view - about a 13mm on full frame 35mm. QUIte fun too.
 
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Back to cameras and looking at the 5D IV at LCE 2nd hand used - low camera shutter
@motobiking mentioned

Around £900 - lest say 1K

Lenses
I think i tried some of these years back now
maybe a 50mm F1.8 as i mentioend loved this lens back in the day £50-60 - depending on budget maybe a F1.4 £130 ish
Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8 L - £800 usm is - i think i tried this one years ago maybe it was a longer range - lot more expensive then - @motobiking mentioned in post 21 I felt the difference in USM and IS
Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM £800

Flash 580ex ( i think i have that myself, maybe 560 - it was the best they did at the time ) wow £50

available now 2nd hand @LCE

1000 + 130 + 800 + 800 +50 = £2780 ish depending on specfixs - may even come in at 2.5K
Bag, spare battery + off camera flash cord + converter + extension rings for macro
i'm suspect if you went to LCE and tried to do a deal - they did with me back in 2010 - But who knows now

thats a lot of kit - to carry around
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That lot would have been over £5k new.
 
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Good advice.
A standout for me on that comparison may pass you by - the short end of one is 21mm.
If you like "creative" that is significant.
One of my SLR lenses is eqivallent to 12mm iirc - it's great fun.
My Samsung ultrawide is about 120 degrees field of view - about a 13mm on full frame 35mm. QUIte fun too.
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Fisheye's are good for group photography and estate agents. A bit of fun, but they are the least used.
 
you can guess what i think just by looking through all my posts here again and my suggestions and recommendations
It is beautiful and will fit in my pocket. A work of art to look at too.
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yes , if that was the criteria for a camera
it is the smallest and lightest of the camera suggested on this thread i think
OM-1 , 5D , P1100
I think you will be just as frrustrated as you are with the iphone , if you dont buy a range of lenses as suggested

i thought i would add in the iphone 17 pro (better camera then the iphone 13) by just a little chatgpt produced comparison chart

Anyway
I am now nearly at the stage of pulling the trigger on this.
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Hope it works out as what you want and the compromise is good for you , and it handles well
its a very very old design from the 60's film camera - so it should be OK, if you get on with it , as i mentioned Nikon just doesnt work for me

Claude AI and Chatgpt comparisons - MAY contain a lot of errors , but thought it worth adding here
 

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