I’m totally new to photography and want to get my first camera. I’ll mainly be using it for nature photography while hiking and traveling.
My only focus is on photos of the highest possible quality.
My budget is around $600, and I’ll also need essential accessories, but don’t know what I’d need, like a lens?
Not open to refurbished, as I’m buying in Vietnam.
It’s really going to depend on your use. Feel free to try 90 first. I default to the highest because it is relatively cheap compared to the rest of the equipment to just get the best. This will affect how quickly you can take pictures back-to-back.
I recommend taking shots in RAW so you can edit them properly later (Canon should include basic editing software for free). Most programs cannot read RAW images, but there are various free programs that can. I’m pretty sure GIMP can, but I’ve never tried using GIMP for this. There should be an option to take images in RAW+jpeg if you want an immediate jpeg copy in addition to RAW.
You can shoot directly to jpeg, but I recommend keeping RAW copies of at least the images you like so you can edit them later if you don’t start out editing. RAW files are much larger than jpeg, but are meant to be edited and then exported as a jpeg or something else afterward.