Looking for a Camera for my mom. 650$ Budget~

[Hashiyan]

Alright guys, my mother approached me today asking me to help her find a camera around 650$ in total. I know some things about Camera's, enough to get around a bit but i'm no magic mike about what is current and what is the best thing from today's standpoint. I'm hope that one of you guys could give me a hand? 

 

To start off my mom was looking at Mirrorless Camera's. She really enjoys the fact that they can swap lenses, there small and light and they take quiet decent photos. 

My question to everyone else is are they reliable? Future proof? Worth the money over a DSLR Camera? I don't know to much about this, but my mother is really digging it. If we can find an option that's under mirrorless that would be pretty cool, and my mom would be happy. If we need something else, thats not mirrorless than that is fine too. ANYTHING GOES! 

 

Requirements!

1) Under 650$ Total!

2) 2 Lens options!

3) Must be light and a little bit smaller! My mom does not want to lug around a big bag!

3) Lens must be cheap to afford! My mom does not have a lot of money to pump into extremely expensive lenses!

4) 100+mm zoom!

5) Great lowlight performance and good shutter speed!

6) A little bit future proof

 

Optional) Mom likes the color white, if you can find something in white, O well but if you can thats an added bonus.

 

Good luck hunting!  

[LNW]

Interesting..gonna follow to see the outcome.

[AMICLG]

Nikon D3300 with two lens perhaps.

[Hashiyan]

Nikon D3300 with two lens perhaps.

 

Took a look online and stumbled upon a Amazon Bundle for around 700$ 50 over budget but thats not a bad thing tbh. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I5094ZE?psc=1 

 

Its also the number 1 seller on Amazon! Il keep this in mind! Thanks man! 

[ShadowCaptain]

 

SNIP

 

 

Sony A5100 in white with 2 lenses, small light mirrorless

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-Digital-16-50mm-E-Mount-55-210mm/dp/B00N1896PS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1437382787&sr=8-2&keywords=sony+a5100+white&pebp=1437382800827&perid=171XHPDTVRFCW4AFA8FP

[danieltoruno]

Took a look online and stumbled upon a Amazon Bundle for around 700$ 50 over budget but thats not a bad thing tbh. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I5094ZE?psc=1 

 

Its also the number 1 seller on Amazon! Il keep this in mind! Thanks man! 

I know this from experience, you NEVER want to buy those camera DSLR bundles like those. ALL of those extra things that come with the camera are utterly cheap. You will likely end up throwing away or not being able to get efficient use out of them and because the DSLR was "bundled with all those additional items" you will end up paying an extra $100-200 for crap instead by the body of the DSLR you want yourself and get yourself a few lenses. The BEST cheap lens you can get for starters is the canon 50mm 1.8 ffor $100 and it gets those beautiful low depth of field (blurry background) shots that are very popular! 

 

TL;DR Don't buy DSLR bundles. $200 extra for garbage addons. 

[1823alex]

I'd say you may want to look into a T3i or a T5i, If you scour eBay for a bit you can find both for some really good prices if you're ok with buying used. Also bundles aren't worth it as @danieltoruno said, most of the stuff is utter crap. It's better to buy everything separate in my opinion, buy what you really need. 

[bob345]

sony a6000 if you can go a bit over budget, or a sony a5100 to meet your budget.