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DSLRs are the most afford­able way to get start­ed with pho­tog­ra­phy. Despite the fact that mod­ern smart­phones are equipped with high-qual­i­ty cam­era mod­ules, even the most expen­sive mod­els can­not match the image detail of any avail­able SLR cam­era.

Anoth­er advan­tage of the mir­ror sys­tem is its ver­sa­til­i­ty. Hav­ing bought a cam­era in a “stan­dard” kit, you can eas­i­ly shoot at the ama­teur lev­el — take pic­tures of home hol­i­days and trav­el. Lat­er, you can buy the lens­es you need, and this is where the fun begins. For exam­ple, for advanced land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy, you need a wide-angle lens that will allow you to fit more objects into the frame. And lovers of pho­tog­ra­phy will have to fork out for an expen­sive zoom lens, which will allow you to cap­ture the object in detail from a dis­tance of hun­dreds of meters. Even the most expen­sive smart­phone with four cam­eras will not give you such oppor­tu­ni­ties.

Togeth­er with a pro­fes­sion­al pho­tog­ra­ph­er, Kom­so­mol­skaya Prav­da has put togeth­er a list of the top 10 SLR cam­eras on the Russ­ian mar­ket in 2022. Let’s start, as usu­al, with the most afford­able options.

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Top 10 best SLR cameras according to KP

1. Canon EOS 4000D EF‑S 18–55 III KIT

The ini­tial ver­sion from a pop­u­lar man­u­fac­tur­er from Japan. Per­fect for those who just want to try their hand at pho­tog­ra­phy. There are not enough stars from the sky, but it is easy to cope with stan­dard shoot­ing dur­ing day­light hours. Plus, there are var­i­ous cre­ative shoot­ing modes. Such a cam­era is easy to resell if you decide to upgrade to a more advanced sys­tem.

Main characteristics

APS‑C matrix	18.7 MP
Shoot­ing speed	3 fps
Bright flash	there is
Weight with lens	636 g

Pros and cons

Low price, easy to find in any store

For the price they are not.

2. Nikon D3500 + AF‑P 18–55 non VR

A slight­ly more advanced ver­sion from the sec­ond pop­u­lar man­u­fac­tur­er of pho­to­graph­ic equip­ment. Here you get a faster device, but there are no major dif­fer­ences in entry-lev­el cam­eras. Suit­able for those who, for some spe­cif­ic rea­son, do not want to use Canon equip­ment. Tak­en pic­tures can be quick­ly trans­ferred to your phone or lap­top via Blue­tooth.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

3. Canon EOS 250D Black 18–55 S CP

A good cam­era, which is in the upper lim­it of the devices of the afford­able price seg­ment. It has a high-qual­i­ty swiv­el screen (video lovers will appre­ci­ate it) and the abil­i­ty to shoot in 4K res­o­lu­tion. This cam­era is per­fect for those who, in addi­tion to pho­tog­ra­phy, want to try their hand at video shoot­ing. By pur­chas­ing an exter­nal micro­phone and light, you can record high-qual­i­ty videos for YouTube or Insta­gram.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

4. Canon EOS 77D EF‑S 18–55 IS STM Kit

Anoth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the best SLR cam­eras of 2022 from the Japan­ese com­pa­ny Canon. This is where the semi-pro­fes­sion­al lev­el of cam­eras starts. The capa­bil­i­ties of the device will def­i­nite­ly be enough for an ama­teur, and the Canon 77D is also suit­able for those who want to improve the qual­i­ty of shoot­ing and reach a com­mer­cial lev­el.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

5. Pentax K‑70 Kit

An inter­est­ing option for those who want a cam­era “not like every­one else.” Pen­tax is a well-known cam­era man­u­fac­tur­er in the past, but there are not so many of them on the mod­ern mar­ket. The man­u­fac­tur­er has added the Pix­el Shift func­tion to the cam­era, which con­nects four pic­tures togeth­er at once — the image will turn out to be rich and clear.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

6. Canon EOS 80D Kit 18–135 IS USM

The log­i­cal con­tin­u­a­tion of the Canon 77D, which made it to the list of the best SLR cam­eras. A cam­era with which you can take both high-qual­i­ty pho­tos and videos. The rein­forced met­al body of the SLR cam­era is pro­tect­ed from dust and mois­ture, so even a mul­ti-day hike is not scary with the Canon 80D.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

7. Pentax KP Kit 40mm XS

Per­haps the most com­pact full-frame SLR cam­era on the mar­ket, intro­duced by the Japan­ese man­u­fac­tur­er Pen­tax. Such a crumb can be eas­i­ly tak­en with you on a trip or on nature. The device comes with a small aper­ture pan­cake lens, which is suit­able for all types of shoot­ing. A reli­able met­al case pro­tects the Japan­ese cam­era from exter­nal dam­age.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

8. Nikon D750 Kit 24–120mm f/4 ED VR

Pro­fes­sion­al full-frame SLR sys­tem Nikon. A dou­ble slot for mem­o­ry cards will elim­i­nate even the the­o­ret­i­cal pos­si­bil­i­ty of los­ing impor­tant pic­tures. Nikon D750 will allow the own­er to cap­ture detailed pic­tures even with­out bright sun­light. The pro­fes­sion­al aut­o­fo­cus sys­tem will work even with sub­jects that move quick­ly.

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9. Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Kit EF 24–105mm f/4L IS II USM

If you have $210,000 to buy a DSLR, Canon’s fourth nick­el is your best bet. Rugged and reli­able full frame cam­era. It comes with a leg­endary lens, pop­u­lar among all pho­tog­ra­phers. This set is the place in the list of the best SLR cam­eras of 2022.

Main characteristics

Pros and cons

10. Pentax K‑1 MARK II Kit FA 24–70mm

Final­ly — an expen­sive cam­era from Pen­tax. Here is an incred­i­ble full-frame sen­sor — the detail of the images will be gor­geous. The mag­ne­sium alloy body pro­tects the cam­era from exter­nal dam­age and adverse envi­ron­ment. With such a pow­er­ful fill­ing, the cam­era can be eas­i­ly worn around the neck.

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Main characteristics

Pros and cons

How to choose a SLR camera

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er Adeli­na Mini­bae­va explains that from the very begin­ning you need to under­stand what you need a cam­era for. It is unrea­son­able to expect good and sharp night shots from the start­ing kit for 30 thou­sand rubles.

Full frame and cropped cameras

If you com­plete­ly sim­pli­fy every­thing, then the main fill­ing of a SLR cam­era is a matrix that cap­tures the light that enters it through the lens. Matri­ces are divid­ed into two types — full-frame (CMOS-matri­ces) and “cropped” (from the Eng­lish verb to crop — crop) APC‑C matri­ces. In cheap­er mod­els, to save mon­ey, they use a matrix with a small­er size, on which less image will fall. Accord­ing­ly, because of this, the detail­ing of the frame suf­fers — col­ors and their shades are lost, espe­cial­ly in low light.

SLR camera life

As we have already said, the matrix is ​​​​one of the most impor­tant parts of a mod­ern cam­era. In SLR cam­eras, it works in con­junc­tion with a mechan­i­cal shut­ter that rais­es and low­ers the very “mir­ror” that reflects the image onto the matrix when you press the shut­ter. Of course, the peri­od of use of such a mech­a­nism is lim­it­ed — after a while it sim­ply breaks down.

A mod­ern ama­teur cam­era cost­ing 50 thou­sand rubles can with­stand no more than 30–40 thou­sand shut­ter releas­es. A semi-pro­fes­sion­al cam­era priced up to 70–80 thou­sand rubles, at best, will “mas­ter” up to 100 thou­sand mir­ror lifts.

Pro­fes­sion­al cam­eras cost­ing 100 or more thou­sand rubles are the most durable. Their shut­ter mech­a­nism can with­stand up to 500,000 mir­ror up cycles inside the cam­era.

An inexpensive “complete” camera is suitable for an amateur

In most cas­es, a “cropped” cam­era is also suit­able for ama­teur pho­tog­ra­phers, it’s not always worth falling for the tricks of mar­keters — in social net­works or instant mes­sen­gers you are unlike­ly to notice a dif­fer­ence in the qual­i­ty of pic­tures tak­en under stan­dard con­di­tions for cam­era sets for 30 and 200 thou­sand rubles. Much depends on the abil­i­ty to set up the cam­era and the com­po­si­tion of the frame.

The DSLR mar­ket is going through hard times right now. More and more pho­tog­ra­phers are switch­ing to light­weight and com­pact mir­ror­less sys­tems from Sony, Nikon or Canon. How­ev­er, we have com­piled a list of the most rel­e­vant DSLR + lens kits in 2022.

On the gray market cameras are cheaper

We rec­om­mend that you con­sid­er the offers of offi­cial stores that sell “white” equip­ment with a guar­an­tee. If desired, some kits can be bought cheap­er, but here you will lose the guar­an­tee of the offi­cial ser­vice cen­ter — you will have to repair expen­sive equip­ment in the “left” ser­vice cen­ter.

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