Q. ....other? (best in terms of being a digital SLR camera)
Answer
Canon and Nikon are the top brands with the longest following among professional photographers. They split the market fairly evenly and still hold about 80% of all DSLR sales. This is due in large part to their legacy from 35mm SLRs in the film era. The advantage of Canon and Nikon is that each offers about 60 different lenses for their cameras while their nearest competitors (Sony and Pentax) currently offer only 30 lenses. Nikon is currently the top dog for overall image quality with Canon not far behind. It could be argued their roles were reversed prior to 2007 when Nikon still used CCD sensors and didn't yet offer a full-frame camera.
In recent years, Sony has spent a great deal of money in marketing to convince people that they are selling more DSLRs than is really the case. That's not saying Sony doesn't make a good product. They do and Sony has done a great job continuing the old Konica Minolta line by making it their own and beginning to offer some of the innovation that Sony was known for in the electronics industry. Specifically, Sony is becoming known for cameras with very wide dynamic range which is important for image quality and shouldn't be a surprise given the fact that Sony supplies Nikon's imaging sensors. Sony's recent implementation of the "Live View" feature in their midrange cameras is better than that of any other manufacturers according to some. This is because Sony's version it doesn't require the reflex mirror to flip up and the camera can continue to use it's normal, passive AF system which is much faster and accurate than contrast detect systems other cameras often use while in Live View mode. That said, its my personal opinion that Sony doesn't match Canon or Nikon for overall image quality especially at high ISO. This is surprising to me given Sony's role as a supplier to Nikon.
Olympus is well known for making smaller than average DSLRs with good image quality and great value for the money. Olympus was a developer of and is fully committed to the Four-Thirds and micro Four-Thirds camera/lens system along with Panasonic. This has lead to the introduction of compact cameras with interchangeable lenses that aren't really DSLRs because they lack the reflex mirror and mirror box assembly. Instead, they all use electronic viewfinders or simply use the rear LCD display like any other compact camera. What seperates these cameras from other compact cameras however is their larger sensors and superior image quality like that of a DSLR. I see these as potentially being great travel cameras that you can still take into places that will stop a "normal" DSLR on sight and say no "professional" cameras are allowed. Rangefinder cameras share similar advantages in this regard.
Pentax (can't forget to mention them) probably has the widest collection of available lenses in the world, second only to Nikon. They only offer about 30 lenses in their current catalog. However; like Nikon their mount hasn't changed in decades and this means manual focus lenses made in the 1970s can often be used on current Pentax cameras. Pentax has always offered great image quality and their K-7 rivals Canon 50D and Nikons D90 in terms of overall performance and image quality. It's certainly a tough little camera and built like a tank. Pentax, along with Olympus, offer the cheapest weather sealed camera bodies and lenses on the market. If you need something a little tougher than your average plastic DSLR but can't/won't pay $1700 for a Nikon D300s or Canon 7D, this may be your camera.
Canon and Nikon are the top brands with the longest following among professional photographers. They split the market fairly evenly and still hold about 80% of all DSLR sales. This is due in large part to their legacy from 35mm SLRs in the film era. The advantage of Canon and Nikon is that each offers about 60 different lenses for their cameras while their nearest competitors (Sony and Pentax) currently offer only 30 lenses. Nikon is currently the top dog for overall image quality with Canon not far behind. It could be argued their roles were reversed prior to 2007 when Nikon still used CCD sensors and didn't yet offer a full-frame camera.
In recent years, Sony has spent a great deal of money in marketing to convince people that they are selling more DSLRs than is really the case. That's not saying Sony doesn't make a good product. They do and Sony has done a great job continuing the old Konica Minolta line by making it their own and beginning to offer some of the innovation that Sony was known for in the electronics industry. Specifically, Sony is becoming known for cameras with very wide dynamic range which is important for image quality and shouldn't be a surprise given the fact that Sony supplies Nikon's imaging sensors. Sony's recent implementation of the "Live View" feature in their midrange cameras is better than that of any other manufacturers according to some. This is because Sony's version it doesn't require the reflex mirror to flip up and the camera can continue to use it's normal, passive AF system which is much faster and accurate than contrast detect systems other cameras often use while in Live View mode. That said, its my personal opinion that Sony doesn't match Canon or Nikon for overall image quality especially at high ISO. This is surprising to me given Sony's role as a supplier to Nikon.
Olympus is well known for making smaller than average DSLRs with good image quality and great value for the money. Olympus was a developer of and is fully committed to the Four-Thirds and micro Four-Thirds camera/lens system along with Panasonic. This has lead to the introduction of compact cameras with interchangeable lenses that aren't really DSLRs because they lack the reflex mirror and mirror box assembly. Instead, they all use electronic viewfinders or simply use the rear LCD display like any other compact camera. What seperates these cameras from other compact cameras however is their larger sensors and superior image quality like that of a DSLR. I see these as potentially being great travel cameras that you can still take into places that will stop a "normal" DSLR on sight and say no "professional" cameras are allowed. Rangefinder cameras share similar advantages in this regard.
Pentax (can't forget to mention them) probably has the widest collection of available lenses in the world, second only to Nikon. They only offer about 30 lenses in their current catalog. However; like Nikon their mount hasn't changed in decades and this means manual focus lenses made in the 1970s can often be used on current Pentax cameras. Pentax has always offered great image quality and their K-7 rivals Canon 50D and Nikons D90 in terms of overall performance and image quality. It's certainly a tough little camera and built like a tank. Pentax, along with Olympus, offer the cheapest weather sealed camera bodies and lenses on the market. If you need something a little tougher than your average plastic DSLR but can't/won't pay $1700 for a Nikon D300s or Canon 7D, this may be your camera.
Can someone name the differences between a digital camera and a DSLR for me?
Q. I wanna get a Fujifilm Finepix 2800HD camera. In a review it said that it had the model of a DSLR camera but it wasn't ACTUALLY a DSLR camera.
Answer
The term DSLR generally refers to cameras that resemble 35 mm format cameras, although some medium format cameras are technically DSLRs.
Most digital single-lens reflex cameras (digital SLR or DSLR) are
digital cameras that use a mechanical mirror system and
pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera.
The reflex design scheme is a major difference between a DSLR
and an ordinary digital point-and-shoot camera, which typically
exposes the sensor constantly to the light projected by the lens, allowing the camera's screen to be used as an electronic
viewfinder.
The term DSLR generally refers to cameras that resemble 35 mm format cameras, although some medium format cameras are technically DSLRs.
Most digital single-lens reflex cameras (digital SLR or DSLR) are
digital cameras that use a mechanical mirror system and
pentaprism to direct light from the lens to an optical viewfinder on the back of the camera.
The reflex design scheme is a major difference between a DSLR
and an ordinary digital point-and-shoot camera, which typically
exposes the sensor constantly to the light projected by the lens, allowing the camera's screen to be used as an electronic
viewfinder.
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