Street photography camera recommendations?

The best choice would be to switch to a mirrorless camera. Fuji X100 series are among the best. Also Sony A6000, A6300, A6500 packs incredible performance in a small package. Olympus/Panasonic, have a smaller sensor, but great for street photography when you need to be inconspicuous and not get tired of carrying a heavy, big camera. I had the Fuji X100S - the most beautiful camera design, for this purpose. Try to get a good deal on the X100T, the following model (now, X100F is the latest). Don't be scared of the prices. Big sensor, incredible JPEG quality, great feel, solid metal build and the 23mm lens (35mm in full-frame format) is ideal for street, candid, documentary and journalism photography. Professionals use it for street, travel, sometimes environmental portraits, weddings!

You may be interested in looking into a mirrorless camera. They have the same quality as a DSLR, have interchangeable lenses, and some are even full frame. By getting rid of the mirror you get a smaller and lighter camera with the same quality. I would recommend looking into the Sony A7 or A7r. Both are great cameras and also shoot great video!

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Your camera is all right. Just show to everybody that you're shooting. In less than 30 minutes, they'll forget all about you and your camera leaving you free to shoot around. I'm pretty sure if you use your 18-55mm, you'll get better shots up close. Don't be scared and stop thinking about other people.

A 200mm lens for street?!

Buy yourself a Canon pancake lens, either a 24mm f/2.8 or 40mm f/2.8, and your camera shrinks into obscurity.

The Leica M series of film cameras are the classic of this type. Leica and Fujifilm both make digital cameras of this type. The newer Sony mirrorless digitals are well reviewed also.

Youtube is loaded with many videos related to your question.

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Short of the Leica M series which is "the" street camera, the top cameras would be those from Fujifilm and the Sony alpha series.

One of the old Fuji bridge cameras perhaps, especially one like my old Fuji S9100 (9600) which you can flip out the LCD panel and look down into at waist height. You don't get noticed as much if you do that. But usually it's the little 'touristy' walk-around cameras that work best in plain sight. A new Canon G9X isn't going to be all that noticeable. An old Nikon P340 would be like that too, just have it already configured right to take the shot without fussing with settings.

Uhhhh what are you trying to do? Do you want photos or video?

Nothing you hold up to your face to view (including a smart phone) is going to be subtle. People are going to know you are taking pictures.

Nothing with a telephoto lens is going to be subtle. You are going to have to get close to your subject.

My first suggestion would be an action camera like the Yi Li which is about half the price of a GoPro. The 'action' cameras are small and rugged and are NOT designed to be held up to your face. You can mount one on a backpack strap.

You could also investigate "Dashboard Cameras" which can be small and designed to be un-obtrusive.

None of these solutions will give you photos as good as the DSLR can produce. These are more 'security camera' quality rather than quality you get from a good camera.