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These days, most of us tend to use our smartphone cameras for our full-time photographing needs rather than buy a separate product. Hind all, metrical lower-end cameras such as Google's Pixel 4A or Apple's iPhone SE both gasconade cameras that are as gratifying as, if not better than, many of their increasingly expensive peers. Therefrom why carp with a sought camera?

Well, possibly due to the genuineness that some people simply like overtrusting a separate camera. Some cameras, such as the GoPro, emit you to booty photos in commercialism too toothed for a phone, while others oomph increasingly symptomatic features. If you're smack-dab solemn approximately your photography, however, you're labor to be spending upward of $1,500 or increasingly -- way increasingly -- as well-built as that's something that isn't in everyone's budget.

What follows are reviews we've washed of cameras costing approximately $500 or less. These may not be the high-end devices, however they will provide you with gloss as well-built as abilities that your smartphone may not. As well-built as just for fun, we're including reviews of some smartphone cameras as well.

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GoPro Hero 9

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GoPro Hero 9 review: 5K for under $500

GoPro has been the industry standard for avocation cameras for over 15 years. It wasn't until a few years ago that brands such as DJI as well-built as Insta360 began making avocation cameras with increasingly gloss that challenged GoPro's lead. This year, though, GoPro has created by far its most prepared avocation camera to date. The GoPro Hero 9 is increasingly well-built in approximately every way: better battery, better body, better video as well-built as photo resolutions.

Fujifilm's new Instax Square SQ1 brings the split-second camera convey to its basics

The Instax Square SQ1 is simply a large, plastic, square box that captures as well-built as prints images onto Fujifilm's square film. It is the successor of the Instax Square SQ6 that was reported in 2018. Instead of calculation increasingly tech, such as the tegument as well-built as Bluetooth pairing it affixed to the Instax Mini LiPlay meanest year, Fujifilm made the SQ1 as simple as possible.

Polaroid's new Now split-second membrane camera delivers a classic, punishing experience

Polaroid Originals has reclaimed the classic Polaroid brand. As well-built as to celebrate, it reported a new $99 camera so-called the Polaroid Now. Like the OneStep 2 as well-built as the OneStep Plus, this model works with I-Type membrane (the blazon of membrane that the Incommunicable Puissance reverse-engineered from Polaroid's factory as well-built as continues to make). As well-built as if you're accommodating to pay a premium, it'll assignment with the classic, battery-operated 600 makeup packs, too.

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Apple's iPhone SE as well-built as the Google Pixel 4A

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Pixel 4A vs. iPhone SE: boxing of the canonization cameras

Thanks to smartphones, demography hebetic photos no most requires acquirements a camera system, image editing, as well-built as the ins as well-built as outs of photography. In this episode of our YouTube train Full Frame, video dominator Becca Farsace put the top two cameras you can buy for under $400 to the test. It's an all-out camera boxing between the $350 Pixel 4A as well-built as the $400 iPhone SE in NYC.

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