Nature photography encompasses a wide range of subject matter, from landscape vistas to birds in flight. Naturally, some cameras are better for some types of photography than others. For example, most would prefer a pro DSLR over a “flat”-style mirrorless camera for birds in flight. But today’s DSLRs and mirrorless cameras are quite good across the board, and you don’t have to spend a fortune to get a highly capable nature photography camera.
In this article, we’ve selected the top sub-$1,000 interchangeablelens models from the major manufacturers. For each camera, we’ve highlighted the basic facts about it, what kind of photographer we think it’s best for, and its unique features and strengths. In some cases, there was a model hanging out close to $1,000 that we wanted to identify, as…