ILCs are available for that price
What are ICLs?
Not fragile, but I like to be able to pull my camera out even when it’s raining hard. Also it usually is rattling around in an outside pocket so is exposed to weather and sweat, so I want a camera that can survive that usage.
Mine won’t be subjected to such extreme use! I have an old crappy compact for that sort of thing.
jimw; that’s very interesting, thanks. I’ve recently been taking quite a few ‘candid’ portraits of friends and children, as I find that genre very interesting and satisfying, and I find the DSLR a bit too obtrusive, plus if it’s in a bag it takes time to get it out and ready. So I want something small and pocketable, yet still capable, without being to obvious. Something I can snap a quick candid pic in a bar etc, without it looking like I’m a ‘photographer’. I use natural light mostly, so a fast lens is important, as is low light capability.