Top 10 Digital Cameras for Serious Amateurs

Hi all

Here's an interesting article I found about the best digital cameras
for serious amateurs.

Check it out at:
http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/top-10-digital-cameras-for-serious-amateurs.html
Regards
Chris

 

when you see the Sony 828 in a top ten, you know something is wrong... And
the 10D is not available anymore.

 

Yes, somewhat out of date, Nikon D70, Pentax *ist DS, Canon 20D, the new
Minolta's, Fuji S2 Pro?? Sony's ?????

 

Looks dated to me.

 

And it doesn't list the Nikon D70 at all...

 

IMHO:
*Any* article whose title begins with the words "Top Ten ..." is probably
not worth the cost of the paper (*or* electrons) it's printed on.

 

Did you ever shoot with one?

 

Interesting, the only Nikons were CoolPix ZLRs - not one Nikon dSLR in
the bunch.

 

I'm a Canon guy, but that is just silly.
No Nikon D70, or D100, and yet there are all these point-and-shoots???

Ridiculous.

 

Have you looked at images taken with it?
It doesn't have a lot to like in terms of noise.

 

It was after all the amateurs lists guys.

 

I reckon that it's an old list, the fact that the D70 and 20D were missing
tells me that this list is out of date.

 

The list is over a year old, I suspect just about the time the Drebel was
released. The site is for a small time retail store, so hardly an
influential site.

 

Im pretty sure the word Amateurs in the link sets the tone for the cameras
chosen.

If the article was about serious PROS the choices would be different and
wouldn't include the point and shoot cameras.

Not ridiculous, just limmited in scope.

 

There is nothing wrong with the Sony 828 at ISO 64 and ISO 100, but it IS un-
useably noisy at higher ISO settings.

I've shot over 7000 (7,820 to be exact) pictures with an 828, and I just know
better than to use the higher ISO levels with it. Limiting??? Yes, very, but
it still does very well for some uses.

It is a list of cameras for AMATEURS, not PROS.

 

The list is way out of date.

 

1. : Canon 20D

2.- 10. : Who cares?

 

I own one, and the noise issue is way overstated. Noise at 64 and 100 is
low, and the camera is more than usable up to 400. 800 is for those times
when a bad image is preferable to no image. But the Sony is an excellent
cam, and anyone who's actually used one for more than a few simple test
shots would probably agree.

 

With the 10D, 3200 is what I would call emergency use, but surprisingly
decent...
....1600 is VERY usable,
and 800 is spectacular for the ISO.
400 is nearly noiseless.
200 is incredible.
100 is the cleanest image you'll find anywhere.
The Sony just doesn't compare at all well when taken within context of the
competition.

 

Whatever cameras have been mentioned might b gr8 but where is olympus..
the C650,C700 .. with a 10x OPTICAL zoom and host of manual features
can any amatuer afford to ignore this.