Now, we’ve discussed this with professional photography in mind before, but we’ve never really talked about it when choosing a camera for simple, casual, everyday family needs.

And I am talking about the ever-heated mirrorless vs DSLR debate, of course.

Interestingly enough, for such buyers it is really a question of which type of camera to choose rather than which model, or at least it should be. And the answer to the first question is usually very simple – everything. A lot of people really only want a camera for family pictures – something a bit more capable than your average compact, something that would work in darker environments and be able to defocus the background a bit more, too, because it makes images look prettier. Truth is, not everyone is looking to take up photography professionally or even invest into more than one additional lens to accompany the kit zoom. Almost impossible to answer without additional context as it spawns a number of followup questions – what are you planning to photograph? Are you going to invest more into the system? What lenses would you like to own? Are you planning to take up photography professionally? And for a beginner to be able to answer all these questions in return requires a certain amount of research.

Even though this topic has been touched on numerous occasions, I still get asked this one question rather often – which camera to buy? For someone who’s into photography, it is a very vague question.

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