What camera do you use?

[wakeboardgeek]

Shopping for a camera. What camera do you use and why? Thanks.

Erik

 

[BigB7]

Now I just use my phone but before, I had a Canon Rebel XTI with a Canon 100mm Macro and absolutely loved it.. Yea its a cheap camera but the lens made up for what the camera didn't. Plus I'm no professional photographer so I didn't need a $5000 camera body...

 

[clowns101]

Get one of the rebels or the 7d. The 7d is awesome.

 

[returnofsid]

Canon 7D, here. Upgraded, to the Canon 7D, from a Canon Rebel Xt.

 

[SteveT]

First to stand up for the Nikon crowd. I shoot a Nikon D300s

 

[returnofsid]

First to stand up for the Nikon crowd. I shoot a Nikon D300s

Sit back down! J/K

If you go with any of the Nikon or Canon DSLRs, you'll be just fine. They're both great manufacturers. Go to a camera shop and handle both of them. Go with the one that feels best, in your hands.

 

[Dave3112]

Canon 7D and Canon Rebel XSi for me.

 

[Mike&Terry]

Nikon D300s here.

 

[ReefLEDLights]

<~ Nikon in the hizzouse!

D300 for Bill

and I have a d700

-Rick

 

[Wesley42079]

Nikon D60, but no macro lens yet. I also use my HTC Thunderbolt.

 

[Braves Fan]

Sit back down! J/K

Thats jsut ain't right LOL LOL

 

[Mitchell]

Nikon D300 . I've owned both Nikons and Canons. Both are excellent choices.

 

[chestnud]

Nikon D5100

 

[KLR]

Canon 7d

Great camera for the price!

 

[clowns101]

Canon 7d

Great camera for the price!

Its more than just great, haha

The 7d is AWESOME. I was reading a artical on it today, and some of the features on it, are from the 1d series, which is about 2-3 times the price of the 7d! its just simply awesome. Im hearing that there will be a 7d Mark II, but you know how that goes! haha!

 

[CJO]

Nikon D90 because of the lenses I already had.

CJ

 

[cdness]

I don't have a DSLR, but I can get decent pics with my Fuji P&S E550, soon to be an F550EXR. I do want a Canon T2i though one day...

 

[STL]

I've got a 7D too - upgraded from a 40D which was an upgrade from a D60.. been playing with cameras for quite a while :)

I use either a wide 17-40mm F4 lens, or a 100mm F2.8 macro lens - both are L series. I've also got a "nifty-50", but rarely use that.

But you really can't go wrong with a digital SLR and a macro lens. If budget is a concern, put more of your budget in the lens. Lenses rarely change, they last a very long time with decent care, and they depreciate slowly if at all (the 17-40 costs more now than when I bought it several years ago - this never happens with electronics!), where as there is a new body every year with more bells, more whistles, and the old bodies drop in value - just like everything else electronic.

Also, electronics aren't a substitute for optics. Upgrading to the 17-40mm was more of an upgrade in image quality of my photos than upgrading from the D60 to the 40D, and those bodies are several generations apart.

 

[Bernie]

Nikon D60, then on to a Nikon D90.

Like someone already said, best advice, go to a real camera store and play with them. Also check out lens prices before you commit to a manufacturer.

 

[polysacman]

+1 on what STL said. Camera body means very little. It's all about the lens with a SLR. Canon 100mm macro f2.8 for me.