61 models · about 3 min
Which camera fits how you actually shoot?
Every current body that matters — full-frame to pocket compacts — ranked against your photography, not a marketing budget.
Bring the right gear
into focus
Not the body with the loudest launch video. Tell DownTo1 Cameras what you actually shoot — subjects, light, size limits, budget — and watch the whole market re-rank live, with the reasons attached. Cameras and lenses each get their own guided quest.
Pick your quest
65 models · about 2 min
Which lens deserves the next slot in your bag?
Primes, zooms, macros and telephoto glass across six mounts, ranked against what you actually point them at.
Popular answers
Six decisions the engine has already worked through — the pick, why it wins, and what came close.
- Best camera for portraits, under €6,500Sony a9 III
- Best lens for landscapes, under €3,000Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM II
- Best camera for wildlife, under €2,000Canon EOS R7
- Best lens for video work, under €1,800Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS
- Best camera for street photography, under €6,500Ricoh GR III
- Best lens for one lens for a whole trip, under €500Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM
Guides
Guides
What to buy, what it should cost, and how to get more out of the body you already own. Every number here comes from optics, a named rule of thumb, or the same catalogue the finder ranks — so you can click through and check it.
- How to choose a camera: the five questions that actually decide itWhat you photograph, how far you carry it, what you print and what glass you already own. Five answers that cut 61 cameras down to about three.
- Do you need a camera, or is your phone already enough?Your phone is genuinely better at most everyday pictures. Here are the four situations where physics still wins, and what to buy if none of them apply.
- Sensor size explained: what it changes, and what it does notThe real dimensions, the crop factor applied honestly to field of view, depth of field and light, and when a smaller sensor is the better buy.
How it works
Answer what you know
Subjects, light, size, budget — in any order. Skip what you don’t care about; the app asks the highest-value question next.
Watch the field refocus
Every answer re-ranks all 126 models live, with movement arrows and the reason each one climbed or sank.
Get called out
Ask for a pro sports body on a starter budget and the app will say so. Honest tension warnings beat quiet bad advice.
Leave with reasons
The result is a pick plus the argument for it — strengths, trade-offs, and the runners-up worth handling in a shop.
