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Best Cameras Under ₹1 Lakh in India

28 compared·₹50,958 to ₹99,999·Checked

What decides it at this price

One lakh rupees buys a full kit for serious photography: a capable mirrorless body with a good lens, or a full-frame body on its own. This is where the camera becomes an investment in a lens system that can last many years.

Full-frame sensors give better low-light performance and shallower depth of field, but the lenses are larger and more expensive. APS-C bodies are smaller, cheaper to build a lens collection for, and very capable. Decide based on how much you will spend on lenses, not only on the body.

Autofocus and video features differ widely. Subject detection for eyes, animals and vehicles makes moving subjects much easier to capture. For video, check recording limits, heat management and whether there is a headphone jack.

We list 28 cameras under ₹1 Lakh, from ₹50,958 — 33% of the 84 cameras we track. Canon accounts for the most of them with 10, across 5 brands in all. Every price was read from the shop's own page and carries the date it was checked, and the order on this page is cheapest first.

All 28 cameras, compared

DJI 4K Action Camera

Action camera · 38 MP CMOS · 8K video · 1x optical zoom.

₹50,958₹64,990

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Side by side

The specifications this group actually documents. A column appears when most of these products record it, so an empty cell means that one does not — not that the figure is unknown.

CameraCheapestCamera typeLensLens mount
DJI 4K Action Camera₹50,958Action camera——
DJI OSMO Pocket 4 Action Camera (standard combo, Black)₹51,990Action camera——
Sony Alpha ILCE-6100 Mirrorless Camera (Body only, Black)₹53,990MirrorlessBody onlySony E
Sony ZV-E10 Mirrorless Camera (Body only, Black)₹54,489MirrorlessBody onlySony E- mount
DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Action Camera (creator kit)₹60,990Action camera——
Sony Alpha ZV-E10K Mirrorless Camera (16-50 mm kit, White)₹61,490Mirrorless16-50 mm kit lensE- mount
Sony ILCE6100KBQ IN5 Mirrorless Camera (Black)₹62,990Mirrorless—Sony E
Canon EOS R50 V Mirrorless Camera (14-30 mm kit, Black)₹62,990Mirrorless14-30 mm kit lensCanon RF
Canon EOS R50 Mirrorless Camera (18-45 mm kit, Black)₹64,989Mirrorless18-45 mm kit lensCanon RF
DJI OSMO Pocket 4 Action Camera (creator combo, Black)₹64,990Action camera——
Canon EOS 200D II DSLR Camera (18-55 mm+55-250 mm kit, Black)₹65,995DSLR18-55 mm + 55-250 mm kit lensEF mount
Canon EOS R50 Mirrorless Camera (18-45 mm+29-72 mm kit, Black)₹66,999Mirrorless18-45 mm + 29-72 mm kit lensCanon RF

The first 12 of 28. The rest are in the cards above.

Other cameras worth comparing

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By brand

Canon cameras10Sony cameras9DJI cameras6Nikon cameras2Fujifilm cameras1

84 in allEvery cameras we track, with filters

Straight answers

Questions people ask

5 answered here. Tap one to open it — every answer is written out in full, not summarised.

01

How many cameras are there under ₹1 Lakh?

28 on this page, each one priced from the shop’s own listing rather than from a brochure. The cheapest sits at ₹50,958 and the dearest at ₹99,999, and the list is rebuilt from the current prices every time the page is served. This page starts at ₹50,000, because that is the money people with this budget are choosing between; cheaper cameras are on the lower budget pages.

02

Which brands sell cameras under ₹1 Lakh?

Canon, Sony, DJI and Nikon between them account for most of what qualifies here. The page lists whatever the catalogue holds at this price, so a brand appears when it has something in the band and disappears when it does not.

03

Is the price on this page the price I will pay?

It is the lowest price we read on a shop’s own page, with any card offer worked out separately and its terms shown beside it. What you pay is whatever the retailer shows at checkout, so confirm there — a price can move between our reading it and your opening the page.

04

Which of these cameras under ₹1 Lakh is the cheapest?

The DJI 4K Action Camera, at ₹50,958 at Amazon India. That is the lowest price a shop we check is asking today for any of the 28 on this page.

05

Which of these cameras under ₹1 Lakh scores highest?

The Fujifilm X-M5 Mirrorless Camera (Silver), at 77/100 for ₹85,499. The score is worked out from its specification sheet and price against similar products.