Digital Camera Companies

With all the camera companies selling cameras today it's hard to know which brand to choose. Here are some tips to help you find a digital camera from a reliable camera manufacturer.

From Samsung to Casio every company that makes some sort of electronics seems to have their fingers in the digital camera industry. Why not? It's lucrative. There are plenty of people in the world looking to buy a brand new camera.

When you're ready to buy which name should you trust?

There are over 100 companies in the world today in the digital photography market. Here is a list of a few:

Aigo, Canon, Casio, Fuji, GE, Hasselblad, Kodak, Leica, Mamiya, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Samsung, Sigma, Sony, Vivitar

You've probably heard of most of these camera makers. If you're buying a compact camera I think that any of these brands could work well for you. My compact camera is a Fuji Finepix and I've had no trouble with it at all. It's a nice, convenient, little camera.

If you're looking to purchase a DSLR camera I'd suggest sticking to one of the better known manufacturers. Most people who own DSLR cameras have purchased cameras made by one of two camera companies: Nikon or Canon. Both of these companies make high quality cameras available in a wide price range. The top of the line Canon right now is the Mark III running about $7000 for the body only. While the entry level Rebel runs about $500.

Nikon has a similar price range for its DSLR cameras. At the high end there is the D3x for nearly $8000 and at entry level they offer the D3000 for about $500.

The advantage of buying from these two camera companies is that there is a wide variety of lenses made by these companies and third party companies for these cameras. You're also more likely to know someone who owns the same camera as you that you can borrow a lens from and try it out. That said, don't think you're limited to these two companies for your DSLR needs.

I own a Sony a700. It's an older camera that Sony doesn't make anymore, but I like it. Since my first DSLR was a Sony I'm likely to stick with Sony in the future when I buy a new camera. The reason most people stick with the camera company they started out with is lenses. Once you start buying lenses with mounts to fit a certain brand camera you don't want to have to replace all of those lenses when you upgrade to something better.

At the time that I'm writing this page, Sony has recently released a new type of camera called a SLT . SLT stands for single lens translucent. These cameras use a digital viewfinder allowing the mirror in the camera to remain at the open position all the time. Because I'm a Sony owner I'm quite excited about this new technology and can't wait to get a SLT camera for myself. Sony still makes DLSR cameras too. Their high end model is the A900 averaging about $3000. Their entry level is the A230 runs about $350.

These are the major camera makers that I'm most familiar with. There are two more major players in the DSLR scene though. They are Pentax and Olympus. I used to shoot with a Pentax film camera, but I don't know much about their digital line. The good thing about Pentax is that their film camera lenses fix on all of their digital cameras. If you're already a Pentax user for film sticking with them for digital makes a lot of sense.

No matter which company you decide to go with make sure you do your research before you buy.

I hoped these tips on camera companies have helped you. Find out more about buying a camera.