whats a good basic digital camera for beginners?

[Erni]

Awesome info here, thanks for helping me get started. I know nothing about digital photography. My last camera was 35mm, yeah, I'm that old...

Curious what you ended up doing ?

[MarkCO]

Curious what you ended up doing ?

Me too.

I'll toss in my opinion. While I shoot sports with full frame digital mirrorless from Canon, and I like Canon, my go to has been the Olympus Tough series. I have a TG7, but you can get a TG6 for under the $500. Quality images, lots of accessories (ring light, screw on zoom and wide angle, built in scenes, microscope function. Wifi and a full function GPS as well. Really nothing under $500 touches it for the feature set and ease of use. When they said they were going to discontinue them, I bought the TG7, but I still have 3 others, just older. The outrage convinced them not to drop it.

https://explore.omsystem.com/us/en/tough

[Robb]

I ended up buying a refurb Nikon 5000 from b&h photo. Didn't want to go that direction as the lenses are a line dedicated to that camera and are no longer being made, but that's what my son & Daughter in Law wanted. I was leaning Canon OIS I believe as that camera and lenses are still being produced. I had a Nikon F2 & F3 when my kids were young, think that's why my son wanted to stick with Nikon. All I've seen so far is baby pics. They do a ton of camping so I'm hoping for some great landscapes.