Which is your favorite SLR camera and why?

My favorite is my old Nikon F4. It uses ALL my Nikon lenses from my old 1969 version of the 20mm to my nearly new 400mm f/2.8 auto-focus lens.

And it is heavy enough to allow hand holding the camera with long lenses and if necessary a defensive weapon.

I work with a canon rebel xti and I love it. It is my baby I havent had a problem with it yet, takes perfect pictures and lets you choose if you want to use it manualy or fully automatic.

My favorite is my Nikon D200. It's a major step up from the D70's I've been using for years. Rugged magesium chassis, full compliment of controls, and complete compatibility with virtually any Nikon F mount lens ever made make it a winner in my book.

If I had the D300 or D3, I'm sure they'd be my favorite, but I prefer to cherish and explore the assessible, rather than the coveted.

Nikon Digital SLR's have been perfect fits for my needs, showing consistancy of design and great human engineering. I also used for a while a D50 and D70, finding them to be more camera than most people will every need.

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hmmm... Favorite... So far, i've developed a real bond with my Canon AE-1. While it's a quirky little camera at times, I've had nothing but good luck with it, and I like the focusing screen it uses the most (with the prism where when the images match up it is in focus). Using that focusing screen, it's really up to me if I keep my glasses on or take them off, rather than the usual ground glass one.

Special honors go to the Canon EOS Rebel IIE (and T2) - the IIE was my first camera, and I got the T2 to replace it, and the Pentax K1000, because that was the best $5 I ever spent at a thrift store.

Well I have a Pentax but I got it for a good price second hand. If I was buying a new one I would go for a Canon or a Nikon with Olympus as the third option.
I think Canon are supposed to be the best and their point and shoots take pretty sharp pictures.
I'd look at a 40D if you can afford it.

My Minolta XE-7. Buttery smooth film advance, very quite shutter, has multiple exposure capability. It was modified and sold as the Leica R-3 (Leica lens mount and metering system).

Second would be my Minolta X-700 with the Motor Drive 1 and used with either the Power Grip II and 360PX flash or with a 100mm macro lens and the Auto Macro 80PX flash.

Special place in my heart: Minolta SRT-202 and XG-9.

N90's It's a brick sh**T house and never fails.

The pentax k-1000 the greatest selling SLR
ever over 1 million