I'm considering upgrading my camera from whatever is in my phone to something that can take a picture of an owl sitting on the roof, or of a zebra standing 30 m away. I have zero background in photography, so other than occasionally fooling around with manual mode I'm likely to use a camera in automatic mode.
Looking at used cameras, e.g. those at cameraworld, there seems to be quite a few options in the R 2000-3000 range. That seems a reasonable range for me - I don't want to spend much more on something that I'm only going to use occasionally.
My father is using a Canon 5D Mark II, so ideally I'd like to be able to borrow lenses from him without having to buy an adapter.
What are good used options in R 2-3k range, and what are typically things to look out for? Canon's model numbers most certainly doesn't seem to follow the "higher is better" trend.
Looking at used cameras, e.g. those at cameraworld, there seems to be quite a few options in the R 2000-3000 range. That seems a reasonable range for me - I don't want to spend much more on something that I'm only going to use occasionally.
My father is using a Canon 5D Mark II, so ideally I'd like to be able to borrow lenses from him without having to buy an adapter.
What are good used options in R 2-3k range, and what are typically things to look out for? Canon's model numbers most certainly doesn't seem to follow the "higher is better" trend.
