Best cameras under $300
The bottom of the used market: older DSLRs, entry mirrorless from a generation back, and compacts that still take excellent photos. Great places to start without committing serious money.
12 models match the filter. Default rank: current price as a percentage of MSRP, so the camera at the steepest discount sits at #1. How we compute this.
- 2Lowest now$169$2,699 MSRP6% MSRP
- 3Lowest now$284$3,499 MSRP8% MSRP
- 9Lowest now$249$799 MSRP31% MSRP
How we built this list
Camera Shelf tracks used prices across the major used-gear sites every night. This list filters the catalog to cameras that match the criteria above, then ranks by deal score, so the camera at the steepest discount from its launch MSRP comes first. Prices and rankings refresh whenever the crawler completes (typically once per day).
See the methodology page for how prices are collected, how seller conditions are normalized, and what the deal score does and doesn't measure.
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