What brands of digital cameras are amung the best? why?

I am looking at buying a digital camera, and not just one of the click and shoot models. I want a more profesional type camera. What type of (reasonably price, not over $1000) camera/brand would be a good choice.

I have had my eye on a fuji Finepix s3100 with 4mp. is it a good choice?

You have me confused a little.

You want a list of the best digital cameras, but not point and shoots models.

One that is more professional

One that costs less than $1000.

Then you tell us you are looking at a very NON-professional camera because all pro (and advanced amateur) photographers use are DSLR's and have interchangeable lenses.

The S3100 is an OLD camera that was produced over three years ago.

For a level starter DSLR camera under $1000, look at the Nikon D40x with the lens kit.

i thumbed UP the answer above,

im answering the first question the rest is a collection of contridictions!

the best are nikon and canon mainly because of lens range and selection


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fhotoace and Antoni are telling it right. Canon or Nikon would serve you best. For Canon, look at the Digital Rebel XT.

Personally, I'd recommend the Nikon D40. It's about $200 less than a D40x, so you could get the camera with a 18-55mm lens and have enough money to buy a Nikon 55-200mm zoom as well.

The Fuji's a nice 'bridge' camera, but once you open the box, that's all you've got. A DSLR is a system that will grow with you as your interests, and skills grow. Don't lock yourself in.

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In alphabetic order with some of my opinions in parenthesis - Canon (Most popular brand, good quality, wide selection, IMO not best value), Fuji (Inovative, wide selection, good quality, economical), Kodak (Lagging in the market but has several good "point & shoot" models), Konica-Minolta which has been acquired by Sony, Leica (Top quality but Very Big $$$), Nikon (Good quality but high $$$), Olympus (inovative, good quality, wide selection many good values for $), Panasonic (Associated with Leica but much lower $), Pentax (Good quality & value, associated with Samsung but Pentax is much more experienced camera maker) and Sony (Has serious Customer Service problems, very little experience in still cameras).

If you want a good quality camera that is very inexpensive and still has many of the capabilities of a "pro" camera but DOES NOT have interchangeable lenses you might look at the Fuji FinePix S700. More expensive but still in your budget and with interchangeable lenses are the Olympus E410 or E510 (just released) and the Pentax K10D available in "kits" with camera and one or two lenses for under $1000. The E510 and K10D each have "Image Stabilization" / "Anti Shake" functions built into the cameras, a very desireable feature (and MUCH less expensive the having the function built into lenses which is what Canon & Nikon are doing).

A good resource to get objective information about cameras and many links to buying sources and manufacturer's web sites is Steve's Digicams (See link below).

Hope this helps, good luck! You can email me if you have more specific questions.

I got my wife a S3000 about 3 years ago and I had my eye on a Fuji S9000/S9100. When it came down to it, I started looking at a Nikon D40x (10MP) or a Canon XTi (10MP). I went with the Canon because I still own 3 Canon 35mm cameras, New F1, A1 and T-90.
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Again, before considering the Nikon D series or the Canon Rebel series, look into how they handle "image stabilization/vibration reduction." Should purchase a telephoto lense, you have to find out how to control your shaking the lens and do you want to drag along a tripod. Therefore, check into the awarding winning Pentax KD DSLRs beginning with the Pentax K100D starter kit with two Pentax lenses: 18-55 mm. normal and a 50-200 mm. telephoto. The starter kit sells for $600 at samys.com. The Pentax lens system is far more affordable than Nikon or Canon lenses.

Should you have a limited budget, perhaps consider a digicamera with image stabilization such as the Canon PowerShot S2-IS [5.0 mp] [$300] or the S3-IS [6.0 mp] [$350] with a 12X optical zoome [39-435mm] along with built-in stereo microphones for recording sound video [i.e., live piano recording is quite good]. They operate on a set of four rechargeable AA which provides at least 200 shots per charge and uses inexpensive SD memory cards. The sales prices are from amazon.com or samys.com.

Good luck!

First of all, your request is not unreasonable. That particular camera is old and obsolete though. For you, I'd recommend the Olympus SP-550UZ. 1. It has a range of ISO from 50 to 5000, which good quality the whole range. 2. It can shoot night shots up to 8 minutes. 3. It can shoot in RAW format, which you might want when you're more experienced. It also has an 18X optical zoom and two image stabilization technologies. It's $500.

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