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| Camera | Type | Recommendations | Price | Features | ||||||||||||||||
| DCamInfo | CamLabs | DPRev | M-Pix | Lens | Card | Movie | Wide | Zoom | Mass[1] | FLF[2] | Sensor Dims | AD[3] | LV[4] | AS[5] | Comments | |||||
| Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III | SLR Pro | HR | $ 7,219 | 21.1 | none | CF & SD | 1205 g | 1.0 | 36 | X | 24 | L | Full 35 mm sensor size | |||||||
| Nikon D3 | SLR Pro | $ 4,417 | 12.9 | none | CF | 1240 g | 1.0 | 36 | X | 24 | L | Full 35 mm sensor size | ||||||||
| Nikon D700 | SLR Pro | 692.59 | HR | $ 3,219 | 12.9 | 24-200 mm | CF | 24 mm | 8X | 995 g | 1.0 | 36 | X | 24 | L | Full 35 mm sensor size | ||||
| Canon EOS 5D | SLR Pro | 654.08 | $ 2,600 | 12.8 | 24-105mm | CF | 816 g | 1.0 | 36 | X | 24 | L | Full 35 mm sensor size | |||||||
| Canon EOS 5D Mark II | SLR Pro | 24.8 | 1.0 | 36 | X | 24 | L | Released coming later | ||||||||||||
| Canon EOS-1D Mark III | SLR Pro | 737.44 | HR | $ 3,900 | 10.7 | none | 1155 g | 1.3 | 28.1 | X | 18.7 | L | APC-H Size sensor | |||||||
| Leica M8 | Pro | R | $ 5,000 | 10.3 | none | SD? | 545 g | 1.3 | 27 | X | 18 | Uses all old Leica M-Series lenes | ||||||||
| Nikon D200 | SLR Pro | 639.87 | HR | $ 1,300 | 12.2 | 18-135 mm | SD | 28 mm | 7.5X | 830 g | 1.5 | 23.6 | X | 15.8 | L | Second highest DSLR at Amazon | ||||
| Nikon D300 | SLR Pro | 735.92 | Rec 2 | HR | $ 1,900 | 13.1 | 18-135 mm | SD | 28 mm | 7.5X | 816 g | 1.5 | 23.6 | X | 15.8 | L | Highest rated DSLR at Amazon | |||
| Fuji FinePix S5 Pro | SLR Pro | 701.98 | R | $ 1,158 | 12.3 | none | 1225 g | 1.5 | 23.6 | X | 15.8 | L | Similar to Nikon D200 | |||||||
| Canon EOS 50D | SLR Pro | 680.18 | 15.1 | 28-135mm | 1.6 | 22.2 | X | 14.8 | L | |||||||||||