Wednesday, May 25, 2011

What is the best digital camera for professional quality pics?

What is the best digital camera for professional quality pics?

Answer by Windseeker_1
You can read user reviews on most electronics on cnet.com for excellent info. C-net also does their own review on most products. I don’t buy anything anymore without thoroughly checking it out there first.

Answer by Jeff
For pro quality, you should definitely get a digital SLR. But there are many models to choose from, just research for something you like.

Answer by Earl D
Well, that varies widely!

Kodak makes backs for Nikon F and Canon F-1 cameras that are 12 MP and cost a bundles, but you need to own a Nikon F or Canon F-1 to use these!

Canon, Nikon and Pentax all make 6 – 8MP SLRS, such as the Rebel XT. These are priced from $ 700 and up.

They use 32 bit color techonology, CMOS instead of CCD technology, they save in RAW (bit map) as well as compressed (JPEG) formats. They have far more sophisticated lenses and you can interchange these lenses (1.6 magnivation factor). They allow you to use fish eye, bellows mount, macro, large F stop portrait and normal lense (f/2 or faster).

Answer by barneys_assasin
well, the best pics for under $ 1k
is canon rebel eos digital with 10.2MP cost: $ 949.99

but you can spend anywhere up to $ 6.5k on a 16.7MP nikon digital camera which is like the best quality digital pix on the market at this time.

Answer by Panacea
The Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II. That’s an $ 8000 professional SLR camera….top of the line. Are you a professional photographer? That’s the camera you want in your studio.

But you probably mean, what is the best camera I can use as a normal person to take professional looking pictures.

The answer to that is the Sony DSC-R1 camera. It will run you about $ 800 if you wisely shop online and buy it before September (Sony currently has a $ 100 rebate going on that camera).

The R1 is a fixed lens camera with lots of advanced features to help an amateur photgrapher take professional looking pictures. The lens and electronics are top quality.

You could get a better camera. But it will cost you twice as much and take alot of skill on your part to take good pictures. A number of SLR cameras are out there and some of them (not all of them, however) are good. Stick to Canon if you go this route. The cheap ones run about the same price as the R1. However, the lens that comes with them, all suck balls. You need to buy a decent piece of glass to get these cameras to outperform the R1. That can easily run you another $ 800 or more.

For most people who want top of the line, though, the R1 is definitely the way to go. Be sure to also purchase a 1 gigabyte, Sony brand memory stick pro. Some place sell these online for butt cheap (like the DELL computer site for example).

For more than you ever wanted to know about the R1, follow these links:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/sony/dsc_r1-review/index.shtml

If you actually want to play around with the camera, it can be kind of tough to find someone who stocks it, depending where you live. If not of the camera stores near you have any of these, look up on the Sony website the list of Sony Style Stores near you. They always have one. Unfortunately, they will also gouge you on the price so don’t buy it there.

A good place to get one is online from Royal Camera. Don’t use their website to buy it though as they foolishly put the import version of this camera on the website. Since this doesn’t come with the battery or other needed stuff, you don’t want that. Instead, call them up and tell them you want the USA model. Should cost like $ 800 plus you can get a $ 100 rebate after you buy it from Sony. So more like $ 700. What a deal. The MSRP is $ 1000.

http://www.royalcamera.com/

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Sparrow
best professional digital camera

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I know most teens like the portable little silver ones but I am looking for a professional one with great shutter speed, memory card able to hold at least 300 or more photos, and good battery life. Would be nice if I could get some experienced profesisonal photographer input as well. (Please do not just pick out a camera if you`ve never used one before) I really don`t care how big it is or how much it costs. Feel free to give some pictures or links with your answers.

Answer by TomTom
my suggestion
go to yahoo shopping
digital cameras
digital camera GUIDE
be sure to check titles on the left side
the guide should answer your questions

Answer by AHelpfulFriend
You should get the PENTAX Optio W30. It has TONS of features, VERY good 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 older version) for a few years now and I absoloutly LOVE it!

Answer by brian_rmsy
I would go for Nikon D200, but there’s a rumor that a new model is coming out in a couple of months that will replace the D200. So you might want to wait.

Answer by Bob G
If cost & size is not a factor then the D200 is agruably the best pro-sumed dslr. Beats any Canon Sony or Pentax. But it is big and heavy and complicated to use becuase it has so many features.

The Nikon D80 has most of the features of the D200 but is smaller and lighter and has more consumer-friendly features (e.g. scene modes, in camera image adjustment, etc.). You will probably never miss the 10% of the features the D200 has the D80 doesn’t.

Here’s a link to a review:

http://www.cameralabs.com/features/10Megapixel_DSLR_test/page6.shtml

also visit www.kenrockwell.com for more information.

I have the D80 and love it. You will also want to get the excellent nikkor 18-200VR lens ($ 700 but worth every penny).

Answer by VicSEO
Again, before considering the Nikon D series or the Canon Rebel series, look into how they handle “image stabilization/vibration reduction.” Should purchase a telephoto lense, you have to find out how to control your shaking the lens and do you want to drag along a tripod. Therefore, check into the awarding winning Pentax KD DSLRs beginning with the Pentax K100D starter kit with two Pentax lenses: 18-55 mm. normal and a 50-200 mm. telephoto. The starter kit sells for $ 600 at samys.com. The Pentax lens system is far more affordable than Nikon or Canon lenses.

Should you have a limited budget, perhaps consider a digicamera with image stabilization such as the Canon PowerShot S2-IS [5.0 mp] [$ 300] or the S3-IS [6.0 mp] [$ 350] with a 12X optical zoome [39-435mm] along with built-in stereo microphones for recording sound video [i.e., live piano recording is quite good]. They operate on a set of four rechargeable AA which provides at least 200 shots per charge and uses inexpensive SD memory cards. The sales prices are from amazon.com or samys.com.

Good luck!

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