Cheapest mirrorless setup for birds?

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So my dad is looking for a camera that can be compact when he needs to it to be for holiday etc. but also something that can be used for wildlife (mainly birds). I suggested a mirrorless as sort of the best solution for this.

It's not going to be totally hardcore so doesn't need to be megabucks, he'll probably buy it and then hardly use it tbh.

I have no idea about whether he's best going m4/3 or aps-c and which manufacturer to go for.

I'd figure he's going to be looking for a compact zoom or prime for normal out and about stuff and a tele zoom for bird stuff.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

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You could go m43 with a GX80 or G80 and start with the Panasonic 100-300mm (prob worth spending the extra on the mk ii version).

A GX80 and a 100-300 ii would be under £1K. Although the G80 would be much nicer and isn't hugely more, I'd pay the extra personally.

Surprisingly there doesn't seem to be much of a price difference looking at used lenses on the bay, £230ish for the MKI and £270ish for the MKII. With the GX80 costing £430 or £330 used, could have setup for as little as £600 there!


Actually more surprised at how relatively expensive the primes are there tbh! 50mm f/3.6 equiv for £290 seems very expensive compared to the Nicanon's 50 f/1.8 lenses!

Sorry, maybe I should have stressed the importance of a compact body more, G80 or Olympus OM-D M1 are are large as an SLR.