What is the best professional digital camera out there? No limit on budget?

by ˙Cаvin 〄

Answer by Dremiza
a top secret government one available for ONLY $ 9999999 dollars
howabout that then ?

Answer by jeff l
the one that you buy in a store.

Answer by more than a hat rack
hard to beat the Canon IDsMkII… there may be a replacement coming soon, but for now, go buy this one.

Answer by the_big_v
Your answers will vary a lot! People are very brand loyal when it comes to cameras and of course it depends what type of photography you are dong.

But that aside, I’m going to say the Nikon D2Xs

Answer by punodostres
Canon’s are pretty excellent these days. You can get a honestly priced DSLR for under $ 1000. Check out the Canon EOS, Rebel, 20D… research on cnet.com!

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Canon 24-80/2.8L

like the one with the best featurs,quality,sharpness. the one that has the most profecional qualities. UNDER 800$ !

Answer by Mark G
The canon powershot series is pretty excellent

Answer by AHelpfulFriend
Here is a VERY excellent camera!

You should get the PENTAX Optio W30. It has TONS of features, VERY excellent picture quality, its sleek & stylish. And to add to all that, its waterproof! You can see the camera here: http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/digital_camera–Optio_W30/reqID–9587364/subsection–optio
I have had the PENTAX Optio W10 (a slighty grown-up version) for a few being now and I absolutely LOVE it!

Answer by antoni m
a nikon or canon DSLR are what most pros use

sharpness is about the lens quality, so spend on the lens, the body doesnt really matter unless you need alot of speed

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Answer by Dr. Sam
Your budget pretty much determines what you can buy. You will have to be content with getting your foot in the door with an entry level DSLR that you can buy better lenses for later. As Antoni said, the sharpness comes from the lenses more than the camera itself. My favorite lenses lonely exceed your budget. Look into a Nikon D40. The Canon Rebel XT is in your price range, but the D40 seems to me to give sharper images, even though it has fewer pixels.

Here’s my stock D40 recommendation:

The Nikon D40 is a fantastic small camera, very simple to use and quite reasonably priced. It has a few “consumer friendly” really automatic modes that make it very simple to use – including a “Child Photo” mode – but still offers total photographic control when you are ready to take charge. It will get you in the Nikon family which is a fantastic house to be. If you buy accessories and lenses, you will be able to use everything on any Nikon that you might upgrade to later on.

Check out Nikon’s “Picturetown” promotion, everywhere they handed out 200 D40′s in Georgetown, SC. http://www.stunningnikon.com/picturetown/

Here are a few reviews, in case you have not read them yet. Be sure to note that they are numerous pages long and some of the reviews also have some sample images that you can look at.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/nikon_d40.html
http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3756/camera-test-nikon-d40.html
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40/d40-recommendations.htm

I despise to see people slam the camera because it can’t autofocus with grown-up Nikon lenses. It is right that there is a “slight conundrum” with grown-up Nikon lenses not autofocusing on the D40, but if you do not own a bag full of grown-up lenses, it is not going to be a conundrum. It is barely a conundrum anyhow. If you check www.nikonusa.com for “AF-S” lenses, which are ALL 100% compatible with the D40, you will find 23 lenses, including 7 “VR” (vibration Reduction) lenses and one right macro lens with “VR”. There are another 25-plus lenses in the current catalog that provide all functions except autofocus as well as many (possibly dozens) “out of print” lenses that will work just as well. In addition, although these lens will not autofocus, most of them will still give focus confirmation. From the D40 manual: “If the lens has a maximum gap of f/5.6 of quicker, the viewfinder focus indicator can be used to confirm whether the part of the subject in the selected focus area is in focus. After positioning the subject in the active focus area, press the shutter release button halfway and rotate the lens focusing ring in anticipation of the in-focus indicator is showed.” (See http://www.members.aol.com/swf08302/nikonafs.txt for a list of AF-S lenses or see http://www.nikonians.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=16715&forum=DCForumID201 for even more…)

The D40 only has 3 autofocus zones arranged horizontally at the center, 9 o’clock and 3 o’clock positions. This might be considered a limitation, but realistically, most people will find this impeccably adequate, especially if you are moving up from a point and shoot with only a center zone.

There is no “Status LCD” on top of the camera, but Nikon chose to use the rear LCD for this information. This is really a nice go, as the show is larger than the top show and you aren’t by the read LCD for anything BEFORE you take the picture anyway. This is not a step backwards and it really makes sense to me.

You can get the D40 with the 18-55 kit lens at B&H Photo available through Yahoo! Shopping or at 1-800-622-4987) for $ 525 (June 2007). Add a Lexar Platinum (60X speed) card for $ 25 or 2 GB for $ 35. Or – get the D40 with 18-135 lens and 1 GB Lexar card for $ 750. This is a decent lens and it is very versatile. You will find it suitable for pretty much anything you want to do, other than really long telephoto shots. It will let you explore the range of focal lengths to choose everywhere to start filling in your lens pool. If you don’t want to buy any more lenses, this one will carry you through pretty much everything. B&H also have used D40′s with the lens from $ 475.

Answer by coconatz
go for the D40. if you are coming from a point-and-shoot camera the D40 is a nice intro to the DSLR world. i was able to teach my friends the fundamentals of DSLR’s by this particular camera.

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