if you have used both you will understand what I mean, who can suggest the right camera to buy. I want to be able to use it manually as well There is no direct match between a film camera and a digital camera. They are different in many ways. But any good digital camera will have some 'magic' in it. 8^)
The best thing about digital photography is that you correct and adjust all your photos on the screen of your computer. You can optimize brightness and contrast and levels for each shot, and even adjust color. The disadvantage is that no digital camera has the resolution of a film camera, though that difference means less and less as time goes by.
The best digital camera would be an SLR. They are about the size of a 35mm SLR but considered big and clunky and inconvenient as digitals go. Just about any SLR would allow you to set focus, f-stop, shutter speed manually. They have interchangeable lenses, though zoom lenses are getting so popular now they sort of eliminate the need for more than one or two lenses.
I would trust any of the major brands--Sony, Canon, Olympus, Nikon, etc. etc. I would pick one based on the features I wanted. In my case, I wanted a good optical zoom range and image stabilization (which comes in very handy at a long zoom, also in low-light conditions). Since you already have the lenses, get either the Canon 5D or Canon 1Ds Mark II. Both are full frame DSLR's and will use all your lenses. |
