I want to have a good Digital Camera to be used for photography, any suggestion?

Hi tkleyr, Before I begin, I would like to stress that art and photography is 2 different fields. Although people always mistakenly assume that this 2 is always there. Equipment (such as digital camera) is one of the equipment to make the art. To me, no matter how good the equipment, the art result will depend on the person holding that equipment. Of course, equipment will depend much on your budget, there are few hundreds dollars cameras to few thousands dollars cameras to choose from. If your budget is really high (we talking about 1000 dollars above here), you can choose the high end Nikon DSLR such as D300 or D3. But if you just wanna try something for entry, Nikon has D60 which cost around $400-$500. There also mid-level which is D80 & D90 which cost around $1000. ok, now lets talk about those small species you want to capture, standard DSLR lens will not allow you to capture those small species, you need to buy another lens. If you really want to just capture those small species, basically you need to find cameras which capable of 'macro' photography. But remember, compact camera results will not close to professional cameras. Now, DSLR has becoming very cheap, but if you want to do macro photography, you need to buy seperate lenses called macro lens. regards, aerobrain

Canon cameras are some of the best. I recently got one and I'm loving it. The quality of the pictures I take are amazing. It helps me when I'm out traveling around and see some perfect pictures to take even when they are a mile away. Deffinintly look into a canon.

If you are looking for a good digital camera I would suggest looking at one of two cameras. First is the Canon A590, with image stabilization (IS). This camera can be used in the full Auto mode or you can set the camera for full manual or anything in between. A great camera for a beginner who wants to take good pictures and the camera will grow with you as you learn more and become a better photographer. I believe you can pick one up for under $150. The second one is the canon G series. I have the G9 and it is a great camera but they have come out with the G10. This camera has a better sensor and processor (close the the professional level ones) than most point and shoot cameras. Again you can go from full Auto to full manual and everything in between. You will get better detail, sharper photos and you can produce bigger prints. The drawback is the price. It is between $450 and $500 on Ebay.

"The camera professional photographers use" is not a brand, or even a type of camera. Some photographers use medium format cameras costing US$30,000 and upwards; pro sports photographers tend to favour full frame digital SLRs with fast telephoto lenses (80% use Canons); Portrait Photographers seem to like a very wide range of tools, but digital SLRs from Nikon, Canon and Pentax predominate... Some pros swear they will never give up film, especially those who shoot mainly landscapes and panoramas, or stage and theater. You are interested in macro. You are lucky! Any decent mid to high range digital compact camera can focus down to a few millimetres and produce startling life-sized close-up images of insects, flowers - any tiny creature or object. Cheaper cameras have this facility, too, but avoid cameras that do not have a separate viewfinder, and that have any "shutter lag" - tiny objects move, shake, quiver, and that movement is magnified in the camera when you are very close. You want the camera to take the picture the moment you press the shutter, not a few moments later! By the same token, image stabilisation and a tripod or other support is very important in macro work. Look for a camera with a a long zoom (taking a spider with your lens in the web gets a bit dicey) and avoid more than about 12 megapixels (8 to 10 would be better) unless it has either a DSLR sized sensor, or a CMOS sensor. Why fewer rather than more pixels? Because except in ideal light, in a compact camera, crowding too mny pixels onto the tiny sensor results in degraded, "noisy" images. Noise that may be acceptable in a landscape of family snapshot will ruin the fine detail needed for a good macro image. If you buy a Digital Single Lens Reflex, the standard lens supplied with the camera will not usually focus close enough for you to get the kind of photos you want. Ignore the word "macro" embossed on the lens barrel: it in't true. The best you will get is about 1:3 magnification~ that is, a 3mm caterpillar will be just 1mm long on the sensor. That may be enough, because it will look bigger if you enlarge or crop the picture, but enlarging/cropping reduces your image quality. True macro is 1:1 magnification and there are several ways to get it with an SLR: 1. buy a macro lens - they start at about US400 2. buy a bellows or a set of close-up tubes; these fit between the camera and the lens, and you will usually lose some automatic features unless you spend a great deal of money: either is an unwieldy option, but the results are high quality pictures; 3. buy a set of close-up lenses (also called close-up filters); for about $30 these convert your existing lens to a macro and give very good results, although not so good as a dedicated Macro lens. One important thing to remember is that, no matter where your interest in photography lies today, you will want a camera that is versatile enough to take you into whatever field of image making takes your fancy tomorrow.

the digital cameras iv had have been Olympus, HP, and Canon. i didnt like the Olympus, but that was my first one and really low quality, i was only like 13 when i got it... the HP was nice only prob was it ate up a lot of batteries fast (and it was only a snapshot camera) the Canon i have is my favorite so far, im in school for photography and this is the camera im using. its a Sureshot, it was $350 at walmart. my friend is on the geek squad and he suggests Canons or Nikons (Nikons are more expensive than Canon i believe, at least when i bought my Canon the Nikon for the same mp and zoom was significantly more expensive) a lot of people love the Canon Rebel! my dream is to get one when i have the money... depending on quality of Rebel you want, they get really expensive.

My husband's most endorsed digital camera is his CANON Powershot A710 IS with 7.1 megapixel and 6x optical zoom. You better do a research regarding this model from Canon for you to find out that what I'm telling you is one of the best digital cameras.

I do not know if you want a normal camera or an SLR. But for professional photography you would need a good SLR camera. I can suggest you only two brands. One is Sony, and another one is Cannon. I am using Sony Cybershot, and I am completely satisfied with it. But sony will be more costlier than Cannon. So you better do some market research before buying.

Hello There! I prefer Sony Cybershot camera, the pixels and the shots are finesse. That is my camera but I am trying to save my money to buy an Olympus camera the one that is shockproof and waterproof because we love going in the pools and beaches when summer vacation with friends and family so I need a waterproof camera. Lolz… but I heard that there is a waterproof camera from SONY already, I will check that out. Goodluck and thanks for the discussion! Happy Mylotting! Cheers!

I always suggest the sony brand.Am owning the sony digicam and it's best of all i have ever owned.It is much of clarity and has got a very good style too.Am impressed with it.It is different from other cameras of today

hi. if you are a beginner..then i would suggest you try CANON A720 IS..i've been using it for 6 months now..and i must say its pretty good..its has a8 mega pixel camera..a 6x zoom..it has a image stabilizer..aperture priority and shutter speed priority..the lens is really good too..there are so many modes you can shoot in..it also has a video mode..and when i bought it..it came with a 2gb memory card..around 14k[indian rupees]..there are also sony and nikon models that have simillar configurations but i somehow found this one more user friendly and it certainly made me more passionate about photography..:)