I'm just getting into the hobby so I'm not sure how this will be received by people who know more than me, but when I was looking at cameras I wanted something small, cheap, and like you said,...
I'm just getting into the hobby so I'm not sure how this will be received by people who know more than me, but when I was looking at cameras I wanted something small, cheap, and like you said, noticeably better than a phone. I decided on an Olympus om-d em10 and I'm pretty happy with it. Not every shot is consistently better than my phone, but in good conditions it's night and day. I think I'd recommend going a step up and getting the slightly more expensive em5 though, since mine isn't waterproof, which worries me a bit.
I started with a good olympus prime and added another cheap chinese-made prime, which are both fun. But I recently upgraded to the olympus 12-40 f2.8 which is really nice, and way easier than switching lenses. Again, I think I made a slight mistake though, and would probably take the 12-45 f4 if I could choose again, just because of the size.
I'm just getting into the hobby so I'm not sure how this will be received by people who know more than me, but when I was looking at cameras I wanted something small, cheap, and like you said, noticeably better than a phone. I decided on an Olympus om-d em10 and I'm pretty happy with it. Not every shot is consistently better than my phone, but in good conditions it's night and day. I think I'd recommend going a step up and getting the slightly more expensive em5 though, since mine isn't waterproof, which worries me a bit.
I started with a good olympus prime and added another cheap chinese-made prime, which are both fun. But I recently upgraded to the olympus 12-40 f2.8 which is really nice, and way easier than switching lenses. Again, I think I made a slight mistake though, and would probably take the 12-45 f4 if I could choose again, just because of the size.