Which camera should I buy, a Nikon or a Cannon?

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This depends on your personal useage.. Both of these companies are great camera companies, and you can almost do no wrong by just choosing either company. However when choosing a camera or camera company, you need to assess what you need the camera for, what you would like it to do, and evaluate your budget for getting a list of candidates. After that you can be in a position to make a decision.

Personally, I like the line of Canon "point-and-shoot digitals better than the Nikons, having a much broader line to work with. When you get into the digital SLR's and film camera lines, both companies are a good choice. IMHO Dean .

In my humble opinion.... I will not favour one brand over the other when it comes to either Nikon or Canon since both have a very large following of professional photographers, the two barnds comprise more than 75 % of the pro market out there. The worst thing that you do is to hurry up in buying one. Take your time in doing a bit of research and narrow down your list to just a couple of them.

Once you do that you can go to the store and ensure that you handle the camera and see how it feels in your hands and how are the controls set out. This is a tool so one needs to be comfortable with it. Besides, you will be buying a system camera, once you decide on a brand that you like you will be better off sticking to it for future upgradability.

Generally anyone who buys a particular brand sticks to it for a long time. I bought Minolta back in 1984 and switched to Nikon in 1991 and never made another change. Some of my lenses I used in newer bodies after good two decades.

That is because I did not want to give up on my favourite lenses over the period of time. Another important thing to consider when you are doing your research is that there are a few sites which are having extensive reviews on the digital camera’s, my suggestion is to read up on the same model on differnt sites so that you are well informed and can make judgement about the biases towards particular brands or models by a website. One of the site which is usually not regularly mentioned is imaging-resource.com I find this site to be very good from the practical aspects of using the camera.

The other good sites you should check are as follows: dpreview.com (for reviews) http-//steves-digicams.com (for reviews) photo.net (one of the largest community of photographers on the web) When you start looking at the models from Nikon and Canon you will actually end up with a couple from each based on your budget. So essentially you will need to decide one of the four you end up short listing. The Lens that you select is an important consideration: for landscape you would be better of if you can get the lower number to 18 (wide angle) and preferably 55 (short telephoto) or higher on the other end of the scale.

These numbers are based on the digital lenses and not corresponding to film camera lenses. This range will serve your purpose well for the type of photography you are going to do. I do not wish to confuse you with technicalities of choosing the right D-SLR here but you can always get the answers either on the web or by asking questions in the store.

You are also welcome to PM me here at Askville if you so desire. The last piece of advise that I would like to give to you is not to allow others to influence you into buying something, especially a DSLR. You need to select one on your own, of course you can get all the advise and proceed in the right direction.

You start with a budget and your entire budget should include the cost of the body, lens, memory card, some kind of case or bag, a tripod if you plan on doing landscape photography, a more powerful flash if you think you will be doing a lot of indoor photography. But if you are tight I would say start with a body and a lens now and add other things later as funds are available. I wish you good luck in your search for the ideal camera for yourself Sources: Personal experience of being a photographer for over 3 decades .

Knowledge is most important, hands on experience is next. Check the newstand for the latest photo magazines. You should find articles reviewing the latest and greatest from Nikon and Canon, as well as Pentax, Olympus, Sony and several others.

Decide how advanced a camera you want, and how much you can afford to spend. If considering a DSLR, remember that only a kit lens is usually supplied. These are not usually top shelf lenses, and the best is costly.

A good start may be a Canon Rebel with the decent kit lens. Best advise is to try several cameras and find the one that feels most comfortable to you. Not too large or small, controls feel right, manual is understandable, and it falls in the price range... perfection.

Good luck, there are many fine cameras out there.

2 It depends. Are you buying a point and shoot or a DSLR? If, P&S, I vote Canon.

If DSLR, do you already have lenses? If so, you will probably want to buy that brand so you don't have to replace all the lenses. If not, I know a lot of people are going Nikon right now.

For my personal use, I think Canon has the best lenses and I have always been happy with my Canon DSLR's. I'm on my 5th one now...

It depends. Are you buying a point and shoot or a DSLR? If, P&S, I vote Canon.

If DSLR, do you already have lenses? If so, you will probably want to buy that brand so you don't have to replace all the lenses. If not, I know a lot of people are going Nikon right now.

For my personal use, I think Canon has the best lenses and I have always been happy with my Canon DSLR's. I'm on my 5th one now...

I am trying to buy a camera - SLR Digital - I wanted to know what are the mahor diff between cannon and nikon.

Need camera for sports photography aroun $500.

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