What's the best SLR camera you know? (Detail>>)

Canon T2i is the best one I know. It’s the one I’m saving up for because it takes great video too and it’s only $850. I’d use it for photography once in a while, but it’d be mostly useful for filming for a Web Series my friends and I are in the process of writing and developing (preproduction). It shoots in 1080p, but specializes in photography as it’s a DSLR.
If you have more money you might want the Canon 7D, which is around $1300 I believe. More features than the T2i, but same quality.

@comicalmayhem Thank you but this is the common camera I was talking about. I’m searching for something that specializes in photography only – no videos. Try google imagine the Nikon DX3. It’s really amazing. And it’s worth the amount of money.

Imaging*.

How much experience do you have taking pictures, and what equipment have you used so far?

Before you invest in an expensive camera, I would suggest spending some time reading Chase Jarvis’ The Best Camera Is the One You Have With You before you decide what you need to buy.

The Nikon is only worth the money if you’re a great photographer to begin with. If you can’t see the shot, it won’t give that to you.

I am a great photographer. Not bragging, just saying.

Do you know what a megapixel is?

What are you using to shoot with now?

I don’t intend to come off as a smartass, but I have purchased photography for a living for years, my daughter was in a respected photojournalism program in college, and I have an extensive network of professional photographers, that I have maintained contact with even though I no longer work for ad agencies.

My daughter’s university suggested purchasing a Nikon or Canon body for around $750, and then adding lenses individually. We ended up buying a Nikon on eBay from a shooter for Rolling Stone; he was replacing his camera. We then added three different lenses.

You aren’t going to find anything remarkably “better” than the DX3 in that style of camera.

If you want images which ARE remarkably different, you need to move up to medium format, or better yet shooting 4×5 or 8×10 film and getting high resolution scans.

@johnpowell Why are you testing me?

@BarnacleBill The Sony A55

He’s testing you because you sound like you’re mesmerized by buying a $7500 camera, when you may not know shit about how to use 20% of it. Expensive equipment will not make you a better photographer. It will, however, impress people that you might be a photographer, if they are impressed by ownership of expensive gear.

If you are moving up from a Sony A55, then you will be pretty happy with a Nikon D40 or 90, and dropping money into Nikkon lenses to assemble a decent kit. The a selection of lenses will make the differences in your shots. You will also need different types of lighting, depending on what you’re shooting. the higher megapixels only matter if you are going to have images that are retouched and blown up to the size of the side of a building. If you’re going to want to do a lot of image manipulation, you’re going to want to shoot RAW. Keep in mind that the bigger the stored image, the more clarity at enlarged size you will have. However, if you’re intending for images to be viewed on a computer the dpi resolution is low and the file size doesn’t really matter.

It’s very easy to drop a ton of money on lenses and the proper storage cases for them. Depending on where you live, you will want to keep lenses as dry as you can, as mold can grow in them if you’re not careful. Good lenses are a good investment, and Nikon AI lenses will work on all Nikon bodies.

If you’re seriously thinking of moving to equipment that will cost well over $10,000 (including lenses) I don’t think Fluther is your best place to get advice. Find professional photography forums.

Megapixels =/= picture quality. It’s just a good thing to remember when buying, as a 14 megapixel camera can take far better pictures than a 20 megapixel.

Don’t waste your money on a camera that really isn’t any better than your average 10 megapixel point and shoot.

@BarnacleBill Thank you.
@Rarebear True.
@dverhey True.

I did read a few photography forums and I found that all of its owners praise it, and most people who own them aren’t professional photographers. They say it’s a great camera for photographers/non photographers. They say it’s very quick, all they do is shoot without having to edit contrast. I’m not sure if I should get it but a person posted an example of a photo they took: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d3/images/examples/D3R_0454.JPG
(But this one is with the D3 not the DX3)

And as far as I remember the D3 was in the 4900s range.

And just an extra correction; The camera is called ‘D3X’. Apologies.

For the cost of a D3X and a few G lenses, you get my weekly rate to shoot your job with an a900 and a full collection of 20 year vintage Maxxum primes. You do like green to be green… don’t you?

Or just wait for Alpha a77. The world of photography is about to change forever.