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Cheap Photo: Mirrorless Camera Deals and Lenses for Under $600

Chris Gampat
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03/17/2019
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Just because Uncle Sam took a chunk out of your wallet doesn’t mean that you can’t get a sweet new camera or lens.

We’d like to call this a recession special of sorts, but it really isn’t at all. However, we totally know that many of you are still looking to get your hands on a few more affordable lenses, cameras and more. So we went through and rounded up a number that we really like.

Cameras Kits

Lots of you are still looking for your first camera but you don’t want to spend a whole lot. You’re on a budget, and we get it. We’ll be the first one to admit that cameras are getting more expensive. You’re not getting a top of the line camera and honestly you don’t need one if you’re just starting out. So check these out.

  • Sony a6000 + 16-50mm zoom lens and 3 months of Adobe Creative Cloud: $598
  • Sony a5100 with 16-50mm lens: $548
  • Panasonic G7 with 14-42mm kit lens: $497.99
  • Fujifilm X-A5: $499
  • Olympus OMD EM10 Mk II: $549

Lenses

Lenses more than anything else help you make the image quality for a photographer. That’s really important. So these are some of our favorites.

Sony E mount and FE

  • Sony 85mm f1.8 FE: $578
  • Sony 18-105mm f4 G OSS: $548
  • Sony 50mm f1.8 FE: $223
  • Sony 50mm f1.8 E mount OSS: $273
  • Sony 35mm f1.8: $423
  • Rokinon 12mm f2 $226.20
  • Sigma 16mm f1.4: $395
  • Sigma 30mm f1.4: $279
  • Sony 28mm f2 FE: $423
  • Sony 20mm f2.8: $298
  • Rokinon 35mm f1.4 AF: $598
  • Samyang 35mm f2.8: $269

Panasonic and Micro Four Thirds

Fujifilm X Mount

  • Fujifilm 35mm f2 R WR: $399
  • Fujifilm 23mm f2 R WR: $449
  • Fujifilm 50mm f2 R WR: $449
  • Fujifilm 35mm f1.4 R: $599
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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.