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A compact body with a small fast prime is about as light as an interchangeable-lens kit gets.Photo: AlbertGy · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page How to choose
The decisions that actually change what you end up with.
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The gold contacts in the mount ring carry the signals that let the body drive the lens.Photo: Nulcheck · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page Comparisons
Like-for-like comparisons on the specifications that matter.
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A body sold without a lens ships capped, with the mount and grip the main things to judge by hand.Photo: Amitabha Gupta · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page Budget and prices
What the total comes to once everything is counted.
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A pancake prime adds barely any depth, keeping a mirrorless body pocketable.Photo: nbela67 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page Setting up
Getting it working properly the first time.
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The rear element and mount flange, the parts that decide which bodies a lens can be adapted to.Photo: Dmitry Makeev · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page Performance
What the numbers mean in day-to-day use.
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An old manual lens and its mount adapter, the aperture and depth-of-field scales engraved on the barrel.Photo: Dmitry Makeev · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page Common mistakes
The expensive errors that are easy to avoid.
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