What is the best slr digital camera?

Question

Best bang for the buck?

any opinions on the Sony Alpha? and thanks for the feedback everyone!

Answer 1

Go for the Canon Rebel XTi or the Nikon D80. Personally, I favor the Canon. It has better image quality. It's worth every penny and has been voted in the top 3 for weeks together at CNET as well!

Answer 2

The cheapest DSLR that is worth owning is probably the Pentax K110D, and this is coming from a Nikon fan.

Check out this set-up. You can get the body, the "kit" lens and 2 GB card for under $600.

This is a decent camera. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=pentax_k110d

As far as bang for the buck, everyone thinks Nikon is insane for introducing a camera with as many features and as much quality as the D80 for under $1,000. They are intercepting many of their own D200 sales.

I own a D70s and D200, so I can't really comment on the D80, but between the size and feel of the D70s and the sensor and processing of the D200, I have formed an opinion. One of these articles is subtitled, "Psst - Want a D200 at half the price?" If the D80 came out before I bought my D200, I may have bought that and been happy enough to stick with it. There are only a few tricks the D200 can do that the D80 can't and the D80 can even do a couple that the D200 can't. Here are a few links, in case you have not seen this material yet. They will give you more pros and cons than I could dream of.

http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3476/editors-choice-10mp-dslrs.html

http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3231/camera-test-nikon-d80.html

http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3157/nikon-d80-competitive-set.html

http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/2794/hands-on-nikon-d80-dslr.html

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Nikon/nikon_d80.asp

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond80/
(Note: There are 30 pages to this article. Don't stop after reading page 1.)

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=nikon_d80
(Note: There are over 60 owner opinions, including pros and cons in almost all of them.)

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/nikon_d80.html
(Note: There are 11 pages to this article. Don't stop after reading page 1.)

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d80.htm

Answer 3

Olympus Evolt E-500 Digital SLR would be my pick...of course you have Canon Digital rebel XT and XTi also.

Answer 4

One with a "full frame" sensor. You can talk megapixels all day long -- the best photography is to be had by a camera which can take in the entire shot in one pass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_frame_digital_SLR

Answer 5

i say go for the canon 30D... its worth the money! b&h is the place to check it out.