Best Camera For Landscape Photography

I am a beginning photographer looking to buy a Digital SLR & trying to figure out what type of camera I need. Landscape, up-close nature, & portraits are my main interests. You can be as detailed as possible... the more info the better. Thanks.
With all the "extras" for sale, how do I know what I really need to start. Just the basics.

Ah, well, portraiture and landscape have very markedly different requirements.

Any modern dSLR and a good lens is very capable of producing wonderful portraits, however, landscapes are best captured with a Medium Format or Large format film camera. Intrinsic acuity and final print size is a real and ultimate concern to quality minded landscape photographers.

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If you must shoot landscape with a digital camera then you might look into the Nikon D700 or Canon 5D Mark II. Those two cameras are almost universally considered the minimum for landscape.

2009-02-25 19:13:08 by Jennifer

a light-hearted look in the bag

Its more important to have control over the aperture so you can set the depth of field.

Autofocus may focus where you don't want it to, its a good idea with landscapes to have something in the foreground to give depth and that needs to be in focus too.

Chris

2008-07-01 02:13:43 by Photon

Price: $24.99

I want to be a landscape photographer but the problem is I don't know what camera to buy. I'm looking for top of the line or great and affordable.

I'd like a example of both.

-Please and Thank You

Landscape photographer?

No P&S camera has a wide enough lens for shooting great landscapes. For that you need the equivalent of a 24 mm lens (or shorter) on a 35 mm camera.

Most P&S cameras have lenses no shorter than 28 mm, usually more like 35 mm. Until a company decides to include this in the optical zooms they sell, you will have to budget for a DSLR at a minimum.

When you say "landscape photography", one has to ask you where your final product will be sold.

If you are producing high quality digital files for sale at a stock agency, then any of the current Nikon or Canon DSLR's with a super wide zoom lens will be fine.

If your goal is to sell posters or large photographic prints, you will find yourself buying a good medium format camera and most likely shooting with film (at least until you can budget for a medium format digital camera) and if high quality 16x20 colour prints is your true goal, you will need a field 4x5 view camera and wide angle lens like a 90 mm or even 65 mm.

Samples?

Nikon D700 with 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens (About $4,500)
Canon 5D, Mark II with 16-35 mm f/2.8 lens (About $4,200)
Mamiya 645 with 35 mm f/3.5 (About $3,500)
Sinar 4x5 view camera with 65 mm f/4.5 (About $2,500 plus accessories and tripod)

2008-11-21 16:43:26 by •♡Jennifer♡•

Price: $24.95

I'd eventually like a film camera but i don't have the money to keep buying film. So what's the best digital camera for taking still photography, nature pictures, landscape pictures, and that i can put get a fish eye lense for?

Canon is really good in my opinion;

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Best-Canon -Digital-Camera-Reviews&id=1022138

2009-09-09 15:26:26 by CannedUs

You can find lots of professionals in this area of photography online. I would contact some of them and see how they have built careers out of this artform.

2007-07-05 12:19:02 by onlock