BEST Budget Wildlife CAMERAS and LENSES For 2023!

What gear offers the best bang for your buck? Can you take amazing shots on budget gear? I answer these questions by sharing amazing shots taken by my wonderful subscribers using budget gear. I hope you enjoy, Cheers, Duade
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Chapters
00:00 Best Budget Gear
00:32 Budget Categories
01:10 Second Hand Gear
01:55 Sub $500
05:55 Sub $500 Images
08:40 Sub $1000
11:30 Sub $1000 Images
14:09 Sub $2000
17:45 Sub $2000 Images
21:00 Gear Is A Tool
21:45 What Gear
22:35 Why I Chose Images
24:01 Subscriber Images
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[robertlawrence]

You must be one of the best ambassadors on YouTube for wildlife photography Duade. And I really mean the photography. Your reviews of gear is great but you always place the emphasis on results and not the kit.
Very best wishes.

[blackbird]

I'm doing bird photography with a 55-250mm lens at the moment. I can't afford a 1000$ CAD 400mm lens for bird photography. I have a rebel T7. And so far, all the second hand I've found for a better lens are still really close to the completely if not at the brand new lenses. I did manage with my 250mm lens in shooting a solitary plover bird (very shy of people) and a double crested cormorant on a rainy day (again, another bird really shy of us). And I covered my camera with plastic bag that I had cut the end of it. I'd like to shoot chimney swifts, but they fly and never land as they can't really do it or only on steep rocky wall.

[simonthibodeau]

Has to be one of my favorite vids you ever made. This work is invaluable to the community! I'm sure this will get more people into wildlife. It's so easy to be turned off by the hobby looking at forums with people touting their expensive gear and gatekeeping the hobby, saying it's not worth pursuing unless you spend the big bucks.

It's true that bad gear can throw you off the hobby quickly. If you can't get any decent pictures with bad gear it can discourage you very quickly. But there are budget gems out there and I think your compilation of them was pretty exhaustive. Thanks a million. So great to see all the amazing pictures by everyone, this was a real treat! Cheers!

[johnkirkelionis]

Just goes to show it is the photographer getting out there to shoot and not the gear that are the most important factors in getting great images. Excellent information and images as always Duade. Your enthusiasm to educate really shines through.

[woodygreen]

It was really fun to see all the viewer submitted shots, thanks for that. I agree that used is the way to go to stay within a budget. That's how I was able to ultimately afford a couple of very nice prime lenses that were just too much new. Finally, I'll say that this video is of great value to a large number of photographers out there. The new mirrorless cameras and great new lenses are featured in a great number of videos, but the majority of us can't afford a $8, 000 plus kit. Thanks for making a video for the masses :)

[UrbaneHobbit]

Another killer video Duade! Thank you for working up these lists and in particular for including them as graphic overlays while you are explaining everything! It is also extremely encouraging to see all of the incredible shots taken by other viewers. All in all this makes for a great service for all of us just picking up this terrific hobby.

[KelpiesRock]

Love the Nikon D500 with the Nikon 200-500.❤️

[karlswanderlust]

Another great video! Very informative as well as entertaining! Thank you!

[simon_dentremont]

Wonderful as usual Duade! Great topic too, as premium gear can be so out of reach for many.

[tomgodzik]

I just got a Nikon Z50 camera with the 50-250mm lens and I was blown away with the sharp pictures. I only shoot in JPEG because I don’t want to spend time editing. I also bought the Nikon 180-600mm lens new on eBay for $1600. Now it’s time to enjoy taking pictures. ❤❤❤ Top notch video. ❤❤❤

[nsbhagwat]

Thanks a lot Duade for featuring the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher.
Thanks everyone for sharing your fantastic images with Duade.
And Duade thanks once again for bringing these fantastic images to us.

[jonrobert]

Best video ever for someone getting into wildlife photography, thank you!

[gras]

Hi Duade,

Thanks for another fantastic video and for showing me my Cuban Tody photo. Not only do I have fantastic memories of taking this photo, the bird also shows its amazing color palette and is a tribute to the overwhelming nature of Cuba.

Grtz.,
P.

[Reteti]

i must have watched about a hundred videos about which sub 500 lenses to get and not one of them has even come close to how helpful this was . thank you, very much .

[frederickmcdonald]

What an awesome video. I have to say that I started with buying all this lower priced gear but became enthralled with wildlife photography to a point that I extended myself and bought the best gear I could afford! It all turns out that I've spent a lot of money over a short period of time and after thinking about this I should have just jumped right to the expensive gear and saved myself a lot of money that went to waste on lower priced gear that I no longer use. I did get lots of nice images with the less expensive gear but I have to say that with the R7 and RF 100 - 500 that the images are so much better. Thank you as always for such engrossing video Duade, take care and be safe out there....

[johng]

Great video Duade. I agree. The gear choices are endless but it all comes down to the enjoyment of this hobby.

[ryanreed]

This was super fun, thanks Duade! Love this channel and community. I know it was a ton of work for you, but it would be amazing to get a video like this from time to time. I think we all had a blast!

[takeoffthesunglasses]

Watched a lot of these videos but this is exceptional on all counts.

[TomazNMelo-tfsc]

What a cool video Duade. I loved seeing so many beautiful pictures of colleagues around the world. Your channel is what I like the most on YouTube, as you are the only one that, in times of more and more super releases in the world of mirrorless, strives to show that nature photography is for everyone, the most important thing is the passion for what we do. I currently use a Canon 7D mk II and Sigma 150-600 C mm and it's an amazing kit. Sometimes I think about investing in an R7, but on the other hand I think about saving the money and traveling to see more species, because my current kit fulfills what I need and I think that's the most important thing, to be satisfied with the photos you equipment allows you to do.

[bboycyphur]

Wow, this video is really inspirational! Kudos to all the folks who submitted and to you for sharing your thoughts and opinions in such an organized and thoughtful way. Also, thanks for adding the titles and artists for the song list.