Should I buy a Canon EOS Rebel T5 DSLR (only with kit lens), or a Canon Powershot S540 (non intercha

ivyphoto wrote:

I am looking to buy a camera and I'm having a hard time choosing either the Canon EOS Rebel T5, (comes with kit lens 18-55 mm), or this Canon Powershot S540 (non interchangeable 24-1200mm lens). I want to be able to take good portraits, but once I buy the DSLR, I have to stick with the kit lens and my budget does not allow me to buy another lens. But in the long run, I'm afraid that the powershot will be outdated in a couple of years and it doesn't have interchangeable lenses, and I think the DSLR will be useful in the future when I earn more money to buy lens. But then I'm going to be stuck with the 18-55 mm lens for a while. So which should I buy?

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if you was going to do a bit of everything on  a tight budget i would say  the s540 (or similar} this type of camera tends to be a jack of all trades but master of fuw ....

however you mentioned portraiture that a different kettle of fish

you mentioned the T5   or 1200D in the UK ...the T5 is a VERY stripd out camera and not so good value

have a look at the SL1 /100D...in the UK   the SL1 was cheaper than the T6 was at launch  and the SL1 out spects it in every way never mind the T5

the SL1 normally comes with a much better STM 18-55 IS lens ..some lenses i see with the T5 are not even image stabilized .. the SL1 gets you  canons VERY good touch interface,  auto sensor cleaning,,a slightly better sensor ,much better LCD ,bigger viewfinder ,much better LV/video AF, bigger buffer (12 vs unlimited jpeg)  faster FPS ,better build, external mike jack .spot metering....SL1 has the Digic 5 processor as opposed to the Digic 4 of the T5....this should make the SL1 a bit more snappy to use    and its still the world's smallest DSLR

when funds permit if you do portraiture the 1st lens to get is the 50mm F1.8STM  $125 new or less S/H on ebay or gray market

a DSLR and a 50mm stm will be in entirely different league compared to the S540 for partairture