Hi everyone! I’ve been working on “bestof”, a huge list of the “best” things in every category.

I came to the conclusion of these picks using both online reviews (both videos and articles) as well as online consensus in various different forums. A lot of them probably aren’t very good, please lmk if my picks are terrible! I want to eventually turn this into a really useful source for people looking to buy X thing.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if there’s any alterations I should make to my picks! Also, I would like feedback on how to improve the site as a whole!

improvements that others have suggested already:

  • higher contrast colour palette
    • What colour schemes do you think would fit this? I still want there to be a pop of colour, but right now it is very low-contrast
  • more information on WHY I picked the things I did
    • p.s. How should I go about this? Should it be a note at the bottom, a link, a tooltip, or something else?

anyways here’s the link: https://swarbler.github.io/bestof/camera-gear/camera-gear/

Note that for the camera section, I’ve split it into different sections based on FF, APS-C, and M43, with subcategories for the different brands. Each brand has their own merits to their cameras. Should I add that to the site?

I do think that I should add in Olympus (or are they OM-System now?) cameras soon, but which ones are good options? Is the OM-3 any good? How about older models? I’ve heard that the OM-1 mark one is good value.

  • sbird@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    9 days ago

    This list originally was intended for myself when I first created it, but it slowly grew and I decided to show it off to the public because I thought it could be helpful.

    Most of my “picks” are sourced from online reviews and forums. I would definitely not use this list as the sole source of a purchase, you shouldn’t do that with any source and it’s better to look at other reviews as well.

    Yes, I should probably include some wildlife photography lenses in there. What are some good options? Also yeah you’re right, a lot of my picks are probably biased towards my own preferences, and I should really mention that, probably at the top.

    Thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it!

    • KevinFRK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Ah, that’s a good attitude.

      On wildlife lenses - I only know the Canon RF range and on Full Frame cameras, and even there I don’t know both sides of an interesting debate: there’s an RF100-400mm lens I’ve never used, but because its zoom it gives users more options (e.g. mixing wildlife with other photography without lens changes) and 400mm is enough for a lot of wildlife. On the other hand, the RF600mm F11 lens has distinctly more reach, and I know its good for birds, having used it a lot for that. However, a Prime Lens with fixed aperture has its own limits.

      I currently use the RF200-800mm - which I really like but is very expensive and heavy so hardly a sensible recommendation for your list to make - learn via the above two. You can see what it achieves in my posts over on the !birding group (and indeed, pretty much the above discussion of lens).

      • sbird@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        okay, I’ve added supertelephoto lenses to my list, once I get back to my computer I’ll push the changes!