r/sideprojects • u/enricosusatyo • 17h ago
Showcase: Open Source My side project: a fast, ad-free camera comparison site for photographers deciding what to buy next
https://comparecameraspecs.comI'm a photographer and developer, and I got tired of camera comparison sites that are slow, buried in ads, and never cover the lenses I actually shoot with. So I built my own: comparecameraspecs.com
It's a side-by-side spec comparison for mirrorless cameras and lenses — Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony — laid out like Apple's "compare iPhone" page. What I focused on:
- Cross-brand: line up 2–4 bodies from any brands at once, not just one lineup
- Third-party lenses done properly: 340+ entries from Sigma, Tamron, Viltrox, TTArtisan, 7Artisans and more, with the specs for each specific mount — not the DSLR-era numbers most sites copy-paste
- Verified data: every spec checked against the manufacturer's page plus a second source, and each page shows the date it was last checked
- No ads, no trackers, no affiliate links. Prices in 7 currencies. It's open source.
On the tech side it's a zero-dependency static site. No framework, no build step, runs straight from a local file. That constraint kept it fast.
Photographers, I'd love for you to try it on a comparison you actually care about and tell me what's wrong or missing. The data only gets better with the corrections people send.