best slr digital camera?

Answer 1

You did not mention price or purpose, but if price truly doesn't matter, get a Nikon D200 and a good lens and use it in "P mode while you learn more about photography. If that's too steep for your budget or your learning curve, get a Nikon D80 or D50. They both have a few "consumer friendly" automatic modes that make it very easy to use, but still offers total photographic control when you are ready to take charge. Get a "decent" lens, such as their Nikkor AF-S 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G ED DX lens and not the "kit" lens. If you want more lenses for the same money, you can get this camera with two "kit" lenses that are decent, but not as good for the long haul as the one I mentioned. When you are ready to add lenses, the sky is the limit with Nikon. Get a 1 GB memory card, such as the Sandisk "Ultra" for decent write speed. You can get these in the $30 range. An "Extreme" is faster, but I doubt anyone would notice the difference except a pro.

Someone else wil undoubtedly recommend a similar Canon camera and I will not dispute that choice. I know Nikons and someone else knows Canons. Both are excellent cameras and you will never outgrow their system offerings.

Answer 2

Definitely choose between Nikon and Canon. This brand has the best market support with many companies making after market parts and accessories for them. (lenses flashes etc) Choosing between these two will pretty much come down to personal preference.

I already had a reasonable Nikon AF lens and so bought a D50. I love it and have ordered a D80.

Don't get too carried away with the megapixel counts of these cameras, as the high quality will still mean superior photos even from the lower megapixel models.

Nikon D50 & D70 = 6 MP
Canon 350D 20D 30D= 8 MP
Nikon D80 D200 & Canon 400D = 10 MP

Answer 3

check out a Cannon EOS. i have had my EOS digital rebel for a little over a year now and its wonderful. the pictures from my Older model 6.1megapixel are amazing. the new 8 mega pixel has to be great. The EOS Digital Rebel is a nice entry level digital SLR. You can control you shutter speed for nice low light shots or blurred movement shots. You can control you aperture value for nice professional looking portraits. The EOS comes with your standard Zoom 18-55mm lens. But you can buy additional wide angle and telephoto lenses for this unit that will work on all Canon EOS models. so if you want to upgrade your camera later you don’t have to spend tons of cash buying more lenses.

you can check out all of canons EOS digital SLR cameras at: http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndexAct&fcategoryid=111

Answer 4

The best entry level digital SLR would probably be the Nikon D50. I have one and it really is a great camera.

Answer 5

I would pick canon not because of their body, but their lenses. Lets face it, years down the road, whichever new model you have now will become old model and you'll be getting newer body. But the lenses you got will continue to serve you with your next model. I am not saying Nikon lenses are not good but Canon do have more choices in lenses. Especially their L lenses.

Answer 6

intro---d80(im a canon boy but xti doest compare now that nikon fixed the noise issue)

mid---30d(2mp dont mean crap for the d80 or xti, a useable iso 3200 speaks for itself)

high 1d...16mp fullframe... but to be honest i dont know much about the high end to compare it to the nikon counterpart...

all i can say is that i love my 20d

Answer 7

entry level will be the canon digital rebel.

Answer 8

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