ILCE5000/B

That's ..painfully expensive. It really isn't very hard to scan yourself using a simple digital camera / macro lens. Base cost probably $300 (if you don't have any camera yet) or $150 if you have a body, but no macro lens & no film holder. There are various kits with film holder, light panel & vario

I think people care too much about the camera body when really anything that fits your budget is fine, i saw a person make a short film with a £20 camcorder from Ebay and it was so moving and I personally liked the quality better than a phone screen where everything is overly sharp and the colours a

for that price an aps-c dslr like a Canon Rebel or Nikon DX series are quality cameras to learn the fundamentals and still make great images. maybe you could find a sony a5000 series mirrorless camera and a cheap lens, it uses e-mount so you can keep the lenses and upgrade the bodies later to more c

I learned basic photo editing via Lightroom first, then bought a Sony a5000 as my first camera. I took lots of good photos with it, then upgraded to the Sony a6000, which I took all over the world. To me, it’s an excellent entry point into photography and a good budget camera.

At that budget a used Olympus TG-6 or TG-7 are about the only recent cameras I can think of that do acceptable macro photography. The JJC ring led attachment and flash attachments can help with lightning as well. They are not the greatest cameras due to the small sensor but punch above their weight

I once had a D750 by Nikon, beautiful full frame camera and it was the first DSLR camera that i first owned, but then i got broke so i had to sell it, now im thinking of buying another one just for photography, not video and im thinking of investing in the sony line-up starting by a sony A5000 or A6