Question by Jen: What is the best dSLR camera out there right now?
I’m interested in photography and I want to know what is the best quality dSLR out there right now? I’m a beginner, so I probably would need something that is user-friendly, but also the best of its kind. My price range would be anything from 0-2000. If you could recommend anything for me, that would be great!
I would also like to know, how can you tell a good quality camera from an okay one?
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Answer by “Shots”
Canon 50d. very fast and light weight and has built in flash for in a pinch situations, it has many automatic features and is user friendly. but if you can get an want to carry an external get the 5d its a semi pro camera. most any semi-pro cams from Nikon or Canon are going to be good but im partial to Canon because that is what i started with and love their gray-line lenses. just stick with one line because glass is expensive no matter which line you pic, unless you have unlimited resources. good luck and welcome to a rewarding ,frustrating, expensive, fun and did i mention expensive hobby!!
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I think the Nikon D90 with its 18-105mm VR kit lens would be a good choice. It has the lowest noise DX sensor currently available. It offers a brighter viewfinder than the Nikon D500, which uses the same sensor. It has fancier features for working with off camera flash.
Well, the 18-105mm is a tough call. The 16-85mm is reputed to be better, and sometimes 16mm is good to have. The 85-105mm range is useful enough often enough that it could be worthwhile to avoid excessive lens changes.
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I would recommend Nikon D90 Fast – focus, frames per second, and card access.High ISO range.Images quality are excellentcolor are true and you have money for another good lens
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and good camera from an OK are Nikon D40.Nikon D60,Canon Rebel XS,Canon XSi,Nikon D5000,Cabon T1i,Canon 40d Canon 50d
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If you are a beginner, don’t make the mistake of spending a bunch of money on the camera body for controls/features you don’t need. $600 is plenty to get a very good camera. Spend the rest on your lenses that have a more significant impact on the quality of your images and your ability to capture them. $2000 can easily cover all the kit you’ll need for several years.
“Best of it’s kind” is subjective. All DSLRs offer the same basic photo graphic controls. Some basic models, in an effort to be “user friend” to beginners are actually “user hostile” once you’ve mastered controlling exposure and want to be able to adjust more than one setting without taking your eye out of the viewfinder or trying to hold down a button with a thumb while spinning a command dial with another finger. These sort of minor annoyances, when they are found to slow our ability to get our work done in a timely manner, are usually what bumps shooters into the “semi-pro” or “advanced” SLR market.
On the entry-level end of the spectrum Canon offers the Rebel XS (1000D) with an 18-55mm kit lens for just under $600 while Nikon offers the D40 with it’s own 18-55mm lens for just under $500. Either is capable of taking images that can readily be enlarged to 13×19 inches without a problem. The “best” and most current models at this level from Canon is the Rebel T1i (500D). Nikon’s best is probably the D5000 but to many, the D90 is also an entry level camera that offers more advanced controls than the D5000 or T1i.
The next step up would be an advanced to semi-pro DSLR. From Canon, that’s going to be the 50D. On the Nikon side, some will say it’s the D90 while others say it’s the D300. Both a great cameras but the D90 is smaller, lighter, cheaper and offers HD video that was not available on any DSLR when the D300 was introduced in 2007. The D300 is also at the upper limit of your budget and we haven’t discussed any lenses yet.
Again, it’s recommended that your spend as little as necessary on your camera body and invest the rest in lenses. Think of it this way, what would be the point of buying a big expensive camera if you can only afford dinky, plastic lenses that obscures the camera sensor’s ability to “see” the images you want to capture.