Which Digital Camera Brand You Prefer ?

With many expert photographers around I just wanted to know which digital camera brand is liked by most of the people here.

As for me,I prefer Sony and I am using it for more than 1.5 years and I haven't face any issue with it yet !

Share your views and opinions about Digital cameras here. Like, The brand you like.Why do you like it ? etc.

I am using a Sony DSC H50...and very happy with it too.

Oops, Forgot to add the poll.

Can any of the mod do it ?

P.S.--Sorry for inconvenience

These days Canon and Nikon are safe bets for good cameras
in the high SLR end.
Sony is OK at the mid level. so is panasonic, samsung, etc.

I have a Panasonic LC5s which I bought just because it has
a Leica lens.

What about casio? Its exilim series is very good. Olmypus are also good.

I bought a sony because it was a good pro-amateur camera and had a carl zeiss lens.

unless you are making large enlargements or prints, pretty much
any digital camera around 6-8 megapixels is more than enough.

Olmypus. No brand is better than it in my opinion.. But I don't have it. I have casio. Nikon & canon are other good brands.

Opinions can be wrong but I considered it to be true.

Originally Posted by Punch Bala

unless you are making large enlargements or prints, pretty much
any digital camera around 6-8 megapixels is more than enough.

My first digital camera was a polaroid 2 MP.
I got decent 4x6 prints even for that

presently using a Kodak and a Sony.

I use my mobile Sony Ericsson K-750i....
It rocks......
Clarity is superb..... no noise at all ........
And I print photos at 4*6

Originally Posted by Sumit020

I use my mobile Sony Ericsson K-750i....
It rocks......
Clarity is superb..... no noise at all ........
And I print photos at 4*6

How many Megapixels ?

Originally Posted by siddharth

How many Megapixels ?

Just 2 megapixels..... but it simply rocks...
I take all my snaps from this mobile.....
I mean family photos, trip... etc.

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Olmypus. No brand is better than it in my opinion.. But I don't have it. I have casio. Nikon & canon are other good brands.

Opinions can be wrong but I considered it to be true.

why do you consider it to be 'true' ?

Originally Posted by panchabhut

My first digital camera was a polaroid 2 MP.
I got decent 4x6 prints even for that

presently using a Kodak and a Sony.

My first digital camera was 4MP Panasonic LC5s. My current
digital camera is the same ;-) (seven years and going strong)

In fact I am not a big fan of digital. I prefer film.

Originally Posted by Punch Bala

In fact I am not a big fan of digital. I prefer film.

Yeah,But we have a limitation in film.

We can just click a maximum of 36 photos per film.
Then give that to studio to develop the film.And in the end it was a long tedious process.That's what I find useful in DigiCams.No hassles,yo can see the pic as soon as you click .

I have been using Canon Powershot A-560 for almost 2 years now. Its an amazing piece. When it comes to buying a camera, the only thing comes to my mind is Canon. It has got a 7.1 MP camera with 4x Zoom.

Apart from that I also use my N79, it has got a 5 MP camera. The photos taken by N79 are quite good. I would post some of the snaps soon.

I started my photography life way back in 1977 with the elimentary Agfa Click III.



A pretty simple camera, it used the 120 roll and clicked snaps in 6x6 format.

In 1984, I graduated to the Canon AE-1 SLR. It had/has only a single normal f/1.8 lens. It has shutter priority design. I still have the camera and it can still take good pictures. But Canon changed the lens mount sometime in 1995 and the lenses for this camera are now available in the 2nd hand market only.



In 1998, when it was time to upgrade, I had to decide. I chose Nikon and purchased the N70 (F70).



I have Tamron 28-105 mm lens and Nikon 70-300 ED lens with this camera.


I also have a set of filters - Skylight 1B, Circular Polarizer, N/2 and N/8 ND Graduated density filter, Orange 85B, and Yellow filters.

For digital photography, I use the Kodak Z650 that has Schneider lens with 10X optical zoom.

Originally Posted by just4kix

I started my photography life way back in 1977 with the elimentary Agfa Click III.



A pretty simple camera, it used the 120 roll and clicked snaps in 6x6 format.

In 1984, I graduated to the Canon AE-1 SLR. It had/has only a single normal f/1.8 lens. It has shutter priority design. I still have the camera and it can still take good pictures. But Canon changed the lens mount sometime in 1995 and the lenses for this camera are now available in the 2nd hand market only.



In 1998, when it was time to upgrade, I had to decide. I chose Nikon and purchased the N70 (F70).



I have Tamron 28-105 mm lens and Nikon 70-300 ED lens with this camera.


I also have a set of filters - Skylight 1B, Circular Polarizer, N/2 and N/8 ND Graduated density filter, Orange 85B, and Yellow filters.

For digital photography, I use the Kodak Z650 that has Schneider lens with 10X optical zoom.

You have nice collection of cameras man........
Hey what do you think about camera clarity of SE k-750i?
Please reply...

I was previously using K750i. I really miss that phone (I still have it with me). I loved it for 2 reasons: Music & Camera. The clarity of the pictures taken from K750i were pretty good especially the outdoor pictures. But whatever clarity the pictures is, they mobile phone camera can never take the place of Digital Cameras.

Originally Posted by Rameshjeee

But whatever clarity the pictures is, they mobile phone camera can never take the place of Digital Cameras.

Yaa, that's true......
Hey but we are not professional photographer....
Occasional snap and shoot photos we take......
So mobile camera is more than enough.............

So which phone you use nowadays?

I never used Mobile phone for snaps till date.

Originally Posted by just4kix

I never used Mobile phone for snaps till date.

Ok.....try it......
You will get amazed by it......

Unlikely. I have nothing against them. But I am from the old school - use the right device for the job.

I print my own photographs at home and blow them to A4 size. To get good pictures for that size from a camera phone, I will have to invest in a 20K+ camera phone. I would rather put that money somewhere else.

I too am from old school

Originally Posted by just4kix

Unlikely. I have nothing against them. But I am from the old school - use the right device for the job.

I print my own photographs at home and blow them to A4 size. To get good pictures for that size from a camera phone, I will have to invest in a 20K+ camera phone. I would rather put that money somewhere else.

thats why i called you Ajoba

anyways the Sony also good in Digital Cameras.

JFK's cam and lenses looks like my cousin's one. She is a professional photographer and has all these tele lens, zoom lens what not. I just know they are too heavy to carry and she clicks awesome pics. I believe in compact stuffs. As compact as possible.

I am looking to buy D-80 next.

Sony cyber-shot DSC T90 is what I am currently using.

Originally Posted by Swifty

thats why i called you Ajoba

anyways the Sony also good in Digital Cameras.

Olmypus, Canon ,Kodak & Nikon are brands specialising in camera.

Sony is good but not better than them.

Casio come later. I use it.

This all are very nice digital camera just4kix but I like most Cannon camera.Kodak is cheap but I don't think lens quality is so good for Kodak.

Hey check this also Canon 5D, Nikon D700/D3, and Sony A900 this are high end cameras..........

Originally Posted by Vikram09

This all are very nice digital camera just4kix but I like most Cannon camera.Kodak is cheap but I don't think lens quality is so good for Kodak.

What are you saying? Kodak is king of digital photography. Four professional photographers have told me this. Kodak was the first to come up with full frame digital SLR that shot pictures at 14+ mp.

Unfortunately, they had to discontinue the pro-DSLR for economic reasons.

Check this out AnandTech: Digital Camera Section

A160 million pixel camera:Seitz Phototechnik AG - Seitz 6x17

Billion pixel camera is also there.

Cheapest 10 million pixel camera:Cheapest 10 Million Pixel Camera - Windows Live 5000 thousand rupees.
I think these camera are used for different purposes.

Can anyone tell me a good SLR

i m looking for full-Hd vedio, 10 to 12 mp , 40x zoom

budget is 15k to 25k

Earlier these kind of cameras were used to examine the paintings.

Originally Posted by money_ms

Can anyone tell me a good SLR

i m looking for full-Hd vedio, 10 to 12 mp , 40x zoom

budget is 15k to 25k

For upto 25K, your choice is limited. A good D-SLR will be at least INR 40K (with the lens).

First i only want good DSLR then i will collect the lens{ if i need}

I only want decent DSLR for personal use.

Originally Posted by money_ms

First i only want good DSLR then i will collect the lens{ if i need}

I only want decent DSLR for personal use.

How can you have a D-SLR with body only? You will need at least one lens.

Originally Posted by just4kix

How can you have a D-SLR with body only? You will need at least one lens.

ya men when i buy DSLR i will buy 2 or more lens {in collect i m taking about great lens may be 30 lens}

Originally Posted by just4kix

What are you saying? Kodak is king of digital photography. Four professional photographers have told me this. Kodak was the first to come up with full frame digital SLR that shot pictures at 14+ mp.

Unfortunately, they had to discontinue the pro-DSLR for economic reasons.

Actually when I visit few digital camera shop that time most of them are saying that kodak lens is not so good.That's the reason I felt Kodak is not so good.

Originally Posted by Vikram09

Actually when I visit few digital camera shop that time most of them are saying that kodak lens is not so good.That's the reason I felt Kodak is not so good.

No. No. I can assure you that is not true.

A friend of mine is a commercial photographer in Birmingham, UK. He takes photographs of buildings, architecture, interiors, etc. He showed me his Kodak pro-DSLR and the features it had even beat his other camera - the Canon 3D Mark II (the most popular pro D-SLR at that time (2005)).

Originally Posted by just4kix

I started my photography life way back in 1977 with the elimentary Agfa Click III.



A pretty simple camera, it used the 120 roll and clicked snaps in 6x6 format.

Sorry J4K, but my Click III looks slightly different than yours.

It was my first camera. My mother gifted it to me when I was 12. Used it for almost 6-7 years. I preferred the B&W format it gave. still have the prints of lots of them. Then had to abandon it as spares became a problem.

Still have it for nostalgic value.

Originally Posted by just4kix

No. No. I can assure you that is not true.

A friend of mine is a commercial photographer in Birmingham, UK. He takes photographs of buildings, architecture, interiors, etc. He showed me his Kodak pro-DSLR and the features it had even beat his other camera - the Canon 3D Mark II (the most popular pro D-SLR at that time (2005)).

Ok as you said its good
then next time I will check Kodak digital camera also.

@kixi, Very nice collection :thumbup1:

Originally Posted by just4kix

In 1998, when it was time to upgrade, I had to decide. I chose Nikon and purchased the N70 (F70).

what a coincidence kix. I have the same camera!
Love the interface. Everyone hated it.

-F

let me take pics of my cameras and post it soon.

Topic was:Which Digital Camera Brand You Prefer ?
Not what you have. I prefer Olympus. Kodak ,Nikon & Cannon. They specialised in cameras. Not sony which some have & not casio which I have.

We should create a new thread for that.

my cameras are Kodak C913 and Nikon D3X
latter i dont use much cause it gives very good pics and not the regular ones..

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Topic was:Which Digital Camera Brand You Prefer ?
Not what you have.

I prefer what I have Luke.

-F

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

We should create a new thread for that.

Or we can simply edit this thread's title to "Which Digital Camera Brand you Have/Prefer".

That will serve both purpose.What say L.S. ?

i also have Yashica MF2 camera, the old 1984 camera is a nice cam too..
i like my cams..

Originally Posted by Sid

Or we can simply edit this thread's title to "Which Digital Camera Brand you Have/Prefer".

That will serve both purpose.

Yes.


@Farce. What we want & prefer , & what we get is rarely same. You are really lucky. I want a billion pixel camera. & prefer it.

btw i have 6 digital cameras if you include mobiles with camera too(someone wrote my Sony Erriskon)

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Yes.


@Farce. What we want & prefer , & what we get is rarely same. You are really lucky. I want a billion pixel camera. & prefer it.

hmmm. that's a subtle bait and switch you did there ;-)

I did not use the word 'want'. I said 'have' and 'prefer'.

Of course I want the best. But among the cameras I can
afford and get, I get the ones i prefer as opposed to
things I don't prefer, so tautologically I have what I prefer.
Make sense?

-F

p.s what you did was called a strawman argument.

Prefer means to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation , also it means what you choose.

So there is a bit draw here. I am right also. As I prefer best camera for using even though I don't have it. You prefer best but you can't afford it. You therefore prefer a camera you can afford.

Also you are lucky to have what you prefer as you were able to get it. But there mght camera at that price you can afford but not available.

PS: Check my latest poem.

Originally Posted by money_ms

ya men when i buy DSLR i will buy 2 or more lens {in collect i m taking about great lens may be 30 lens}

30 lenses? A professional photographer does not need more than 5 lenses and a serious amateur can do with just 3. How are you ever going to carry 30 lenses?

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Yes.


@Farce. What we want & prefer , & what we get is rarely same. You are really lucky. I want a billion pixel camera. & prefer it.

Come now. Talk sensible. Do you even have the equipment to process 1 bp images?

Originally Posted by Luke Skywalker

Topic was:Which Digital Camera Brand You Prefer ?
Not what you have. I prefer Olympus. Kodak ,Nikon & Cannon. They specialised in cameras. Not sony which some have & not casio which I have.

We should create a new thread for that.

Exactly as Farce said, I prefer what I have and I will buy what I prefer.

somedays back i heard a 1pixel camera.. what it would be like??

Originally Posted by mickey

somedays back i heard a 1pixel camera.. what it would be like??

Almost Like a VGA one

no it said it was going to change the cam revolut.

Originally Posted by farce

what a coincidence kix. I have the same camera!
Love the interface. Everyone hated it.

-F

let me take pics of my cameras and post it soon.

Farce, LOL.

Next we are going to discover that we have same clothes also. Hopefully different underwear.

I have posted Kuekenhof pics in my album. They are scanned photographs.

[QUOTE=just4kix;229081]Farce, LOL.

Next we are going to discover that we have same clothes also. Hopefully different underwear.
[\QUOTE]
:lol::lol:

I have posted Kuekenhof pics in my album. They are scanned photographs.

Nice pics Kix.

Just saw them !