Which camera to buy for shooting content?
 

Okay guys, I've decided to shoot my own content for my next paysite, the big question is... what camera should I buy and why?

Digital

Here you go, so you can make an educated decision ! Personaly I just bought the Nikon D100 ! Why, because I like it !:Graucho
http://www.dpreview.com/

Captain Obvious strikes again.

dpreview is great - my choise is canon D1s(coming soon ) or D1 - pro stuff , Nikon D100 is the top of semi-pro stuff - like canon D60

Yeah, I was planning to spend around $500 but I've been looking around and it seems like I'm gonna have to budget a lot more for a camera than I expected.

Then go to Olympus E20 - great price , great images results , but slower a little bit - 5 mpixel

If $500 is your budget, the Nikon D100 is too much at $1999 without the lens. I'd try to save another $500 and go for the new Nikon 5700. The images are pro level and its priced at $999 or lower online.

Canon has the G3 out which is supposed to be great though I've only seen G2 pics and don't think they are as good as a Nikon.

There's a new high end Kodak out at 14 Million pixels that is supposedly at beyond film level in terms of the file size it can generate. Not sure of the model number though.

The Sigma SD9 produces incredible pics with the new Fovean chip but its running over your budget also and is priced in the D100 range.

I just bought a Nikon 4300 for $499 and the images are top notch as close to fine as any pro camera I've seen samples of.
The only time you need pro level is if you are doing print work. For the Net I've not seen anything past 1600 x 1200 and the only site that really goes that level in a big way that I've seen is alsscan.com. I don't know what camera they use, but they produce some of the best looking pics out there. Check this out for example.

http://www.alsscan.com/budapest/miastone002.jpg

yeah you know the stuff..:thumbsup kodak announced a great price rate for their new 14 mpix camera about 5000USd I think - that's a great price

How about one that can display 72 pixels per inch?

I think even a fisher price camera can do it.

Ain't the camera - it's the dude holding it.

The new Kodak camera due out this month is called the DCS Pro 14n priced around $4000.
But a 14 meg file will take forever to open in Photoshop and is way, way more than you will ever need for web work. The Canon range would be my suggestion or Olympus have some good pro cameras at about $1500. still more than you would need for the web .

:GFYBand

Thanks for the feedback, anybody else have something to say? :)

I have the Olympus E20 + extras and love it.

Of course, it will run you up to $1600 for the camera.

If you get a lower end digital model, make sure you can use the IBM microdrives. 1 gig drive cards are nice to have :)

You should ask Aaron (ampcontent.com) what he uses for his amateur shots. I forgot offhand but it did a nice job for him and I think it was in your target price range.

Good luck!

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