I am an decent amateur with a couple good bridge cameras (Sony RX10IV, Nikon P1000, etc.). They serve me well for the stuff I like to do. BUT, a friend recently asked me if I would take some portrait shots of her and her dogs. I really don’t do portrait photography, and don’t have much of an interest in it, and none of my cameras are very good at getting really creamy bokeh effects unless you’re doing macro. Bridge cameras just don’t have large enough sensors or the right lenses for that.
However…I’d like something that would be good for the occasional portrait that won’t completely bankrupt me. Can I get anything, used would be fine, that would be around $300-500 bucks? I read an old post (2011) that suggested something like a Canon 1000D body and a Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 lens.” I see you can get a 1000D dirt cheap on eBay, and probably a used lens too, but I want to ask people here what might be a better idea considering that the Canon 1000D is a pretty old camera. Any suggestions would be really appreciated! I don’t care if you suggest a camera that is a total one-trick pony, as long as that trick is what I’m looking for. It would be nice to have something that would do decent portraits, with the ever popular bokeh effect that everyone is crazy about, that would not break the bank.
Thanks!
Michael
