What is the best camera for photography?!?

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Jaebird

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I am a photographer who is trying to get into event shooting. Weddings, parties, babies, kids, engagements, stuff like that. I would like to spend around $500. I know I want it to have a quick shutter speed, the camera I have now is sooo slow I always miss the shot :(. The big requirements for me is that it has high resolution, quality images and is quick, I don't want to start charging people and then give them crappy pictures, you know. I do like a manual zoom, but it is'nt a requirement. Also, I want digital. I have read reviews up the wazoo, but they can be extremely persuasive. I would just like to know what other photographers are using and love. I am soo afraid to spend that amount of money and end up hating the product. Any ideas? And please don't respond if you are just going to say the latest camera you heard about, please be an actual user and know something about camera's :)
Also, is there a camera that just takes good quality images without having to buy various lenses and all that?
 
> The big requirements for me is that it has high resolution,
> quality images and is quick, I don't want to start charging
> people and then give them crappy pictures, you know.

Cameras don't make good / great image. Photographers do. Even the lowerest 6 MP cameras will make very good prints up to 13x19 (or sometimes 20x30). I've done it.

A 6 MP camera has 2000 dots in short dimension.
A 12 MP camera has 2800 dots in short dimension.

So that just 800 dots more!!! Not much !! So forget about it.

And the same goes for shutter, etc. They are all about the same.
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Many pros use Nikon or Canon. And if you ask a Nikon user, they are the king. And the canon users feel the same.

What is MORE important is what lens can you afford with that system.


Good Luck...
 
While I have a Nikon D40 I would opt for the D60. I have one of those as well and there is a definite difference in quality between the two. I know the D60 is more money but I think it is worth it. I scored one at eBay for $350 for the body (new). Since I already had a couple lenses it was a good investment.
 
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