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for most of us our primary camera is our smartphone it takes good photos and it's always in our pocket or our hand and makes an ideal portable camera but a smartphone isn't a particularly capable camera and if you want to do something like take photos in low light or a fast-moving subjects you're going to want something better that's something better is a mirrorless camera there are a ton of mirrorless cameras to choose from and every single one of them takes better photos in your smartphone for under a thousand bucks you can get a great camera with a lens that can actually really expand your photographic capabilities a great mirrorless camera not only takes great photos it's easy to carry around as fast and reliable has lots of buttons and dials to help you control your photos and has lots of different lenses that you can attach to it when you want to change things up for under $1000 you can't do better than Fuji films XT 10 it's not the smallest mirrorless camera but it's compact enough to fit in most any shoulder bag the size is easy to hold and there are lots of buttons and dials on it that make it easy to adjust things when you're shooting of course there's also a dead simple Auto mode for when you just want the camera to do the work for you the xc10 is a great viewfinder which not every camera offers it also has a tilting screen which makes it easy to get shots from various angles the autofocus system is quick and reliable and it can take great photos and all sorts of lighting conditions at your smartphone won't even touch the lens that comes to the xc10 is a basic zoom but it's optically stabilized which helps with low-light shots fujifilm also has a wide variety of really great lenses that you can add to the xc10 when you outgrow the kit lens and when it's time to edit and share your photos xc10 is built-in Wi-Fi to make it easy to transfer images right to your phone the X de 10 is not the smallest or cheapest camera you can get but it does offer the all-around best package but if you do want something smaller and cheaper you should look at Olympus's brand new e/m 10 mark 2 the e/m 10 mark - as many of the features we look for like a tilting screen great viewfinder and built-in Wi-Fi Olympus also has a broadest range of mirrorless lenses to choose from when you want to add to your arsenal its controls are slightly less intuitive however and it can be daunting to pick up if you're new to photography there are many other options to look at such as nikons weirdly compact 1 j5 or Panasonic's beefy g7 neither of which hit the ideal size we're looking for sony has been making great mirrorless cameras for years but its a6000 is nearly 2 years old and due for a refresh samsung packed lots of technology into the NX 500 but forgot to add a viewfinder which makes it less appealing than our winners no matter which camera you pick you're going to get something that takes great photos in all sorts of lighting conditions but if you want something that you can grow into with a great selection of lenses and lots of controls you're going to want the Fujifilm XC 10