What is the most popular DSLR Camera?

[Ritasdigs]

There's some really great photos in th LO's & I'm curious as to what the most popular cameras are. After all, it's the photos that should really be the main focus of the lo. I have an Olympus Evolt 300, which I like okay but the lenses are so expensive that I'm trying to decide if I want to stay with it or go with a Cannon or Nikon, whose lenses are less expensive. :confused:

[Priss]

Won't get into the Canon>Nikon wars. The best camera is the one that fits both your pocketbook and your hand. I'm a Nikonian, and have been for decades. My in my purse camera is a Nikon S6 and my DSLR is A Nikon D200 with just one incredible lens, the Nikkor 18-200 (AF-S, VR). I don't have any other specialty lenses for that camera, and waited MONTHS for it to become availalbe. I have also run a D5700, --marvelous little point and shoot--and a D40, which I was totally in love with and had a number of lenses for, including some Sigma lenses, which are very, very nice too. It's not what camera you have, but how the capture mechanism works as well, and what your purposes for it become. If you want excellent articles that OBJECTIVELY compare DSLR cameras, go to megapixel.net and STUDY the reviews of all the cameras that are available today. I don't know whose lenses are less expensive--you can get that information from nikonusa.com or from canon.com (then their camera site). I've never held an Olympus, but any DSLR lens will be pricey, no matter who the body-make of the DSLR camera is.

[Wendy]

I'm a Canon User ...

Several years ago I bought the 300D (the Rebel in the US) and this is how I can to choose it.

I made up a short list of cameras then went into a camera shop to see them ... quite a few were very similar in specification so I just picked them up and tried then in my hand .. The Canon just felt right and I still love it :)

Wendy
PS .. It wasn't actually on my original short list :eek: ... but I saw it in the shop and just fell in love with it :D :D

[troush]

I agree with Wendy and Priss - go to a camera shop and feel them in your hands - with the lens you want. I went and tried a Canon Rebel, but the guy at the shop also handed me a Nikon D50 and it just felt better in my hand. But, that will very by hand size and finger length. Both are Excellent cameras, it's just what you prefer ergonomically.

-Trish

[chris.orrell]

I have the canon 400(rebel xd in the states), and love it, have only had it a couple of months but it has been on my wish list for ages, it has a great feel to it, I have big hands and some of the other brands felt too small wheras the canon fitted my hands/ fingers perfectly. I also have an olympus (point and shoot compact, waterproof,) that is a wonderful litlte camera that lives in my purse and gets pulled out frequently(we can't always have the largeDSLR on hand!

[Wendy]

Hi Chris ...

I kept my point and shoot (which I used to really like) but I sort of got used to carrying the Canon around with me so eventually I let one of the kids "borrow" my point and shoot :)

Wendy

[ConnieK]

There's some really great photos in th LO's & I'm curious as to what the most popular cameras are. After all, it's the photos that should really be the main focus of the lo. I have an Olympus Evolt 300, which I like okay but the lenses are so expensive that I'm trying to decide if I want to stay with it or go with a Cannon or Nikon, whose lenses are less expensive. :confused:

I'm a Canon girl myself. I have a Rebel XT. I love it. It's so simple to use, takes great shots even with the stock lens. Prior to the XT I used a Canon PowerShot G3 which I also loved. However, my father-in-law bought a Nikon D70 which is also very nice. His photos are stunning. Of course I think it has more to do with the nice Tamaron lens he bought. ...With that said, I agree with the comments made here. Go to a camera shop, try them and I'm sure one will call your name. One other thing, don't be afraid to dicker prices even in the camera shop. I did and was shocked that they actually lowered the price.

Best of Luck,
Connie

[Ritasdigs]

Thanks for all of the comments. When I went to the camera shop to get my first DRSL I had always used Nikon but they didn't have them or the Cannon in yet (2005), so I bought the Evolt 300 w/ the two kit lenses. I really like the pictures that I get if I'm outside with natural light, but for indoor pictures, I just can't get enough light into the camera (lowest aperture is f/4.5) & I really do not like to use the flash. When I increase the ISO I get a lot of noise. Anyway, what I know that I need is a faster lense & I'm trying to decide rather to invest in a lense for my Olympus Evolt or start over with a completely different camera. A 50mm f/2. Prime lense for my camera is $500. compared to the same for the Nikon which is a 50mm f/1.8 is $100! Once you get over$1000. invested in a camera (as I have) it's hard to start over with a different one! Im just trying to decide what to do!

[Wendy]

Oh my goodness that is a price difference :(

Wendy

[troush]

And that Nikon 50 mm is a great lens. People love it. Nikon is known for less noise at higher ISO than canon - especially the D40/D50. But, you can also get a hot shoe light and bounce it off the ceiling for nice indoor shots. I can't decide myself if I want a little P&S to go with my D50, or get the speed light.

-Trish

[Priss]

Good advice Trish---the ability to direct the flash (and bounce it off the ceiling) might be your answer to your indoor shots. Thing that's SO NICE though is that you can post-process the "temperature" so easily in Camera Raw or Lightroom, and NOW you can push any jpg into that camera raw editor in Photoshop. Maybe your answer is photoshop and not a new thousand dollar lens!?? That'd be a good thing!

[troush]

Priss,

In PSE 5.0, you can also open any jpg in the Camera Raw Editor too, so no need to jump to Photoshop. (A speedlight for my Nikon is $250, Photoshop $650, perfectly exposed indoor photos: priceless!)

-Trish

[Ritasdigs]

I do have an external flash with bounce & it does help in certain situations, providing the ceilings not too high & depending on the color of the ceiling! Thanks for the comments, I'm leaning towards the Cannon XTI but still just not sure yet!! (I hate decisions!) It seems they're always coming out with something better!

[dmrdm]

I was an Olmpus fan since my first film SLR in the mid-70's. First digital SLR was a E-10 and non-SLR a C-4040. While I continue to use both of the digitals went to a Nikon Coolpix (tiny one for my pocket) and bought the D-80 late last year. I agree with other people on this thread...you've got to go and feel them, hold them and see if they fit your hands and look at what features are important to you and how much you want to spend and what types of shooting you are going to do. Everyone loves their own brand for their own reasons. I will continue to stay with Nikons from here on out. I wish I would've bought one when I bought my E-10, because I had to buy a new external flash for my Nikon. The new batteries in the D-80 (and I believe the D-40) are just so wonderful also. You can shoot so many shots it is unbelievable. I have 4 digitals, all of which I use for different reasons. Nikon people love their Nikons, Canon people love their Canons. Go to the photo websites and you'll see the wars. The real photo geeks have some indebt threads going on that will bogel your mind. Go to a local real photoshop if you can.....where the people know their products and check out the cameras. (love the VR lense on the Nikon also. Also have a great Nikon external flash-bouncing is a must to get rid of those shadows!). If we decide to upgrade to the Nikon D-300 when it comes out, the lense and the flash should fit the new camera, so it won't be that expense the next time around. It's all personal preference, just like anything else. A few years ago I went to buy a Trek bike and came home with a Canondale - same reason....it felt better. Good luck!