I'm looking into purchasing a high end digital still camera and want to see if anyone had any suggestions or experiences with certain models/manufacturers. My budget is about $3,000 for this camera and so far I'm looking at what Nikon and Olympus have to offer.

Any and all input is very much appreciated.

There is a good mag. for photo things and video and camera's...... forget what it was called, I read it at my hair dresser's


Regards,
Chris

Hmmm.. I've just had the cheap ones! I'd ask some professional photographers and see if you could find one that doe the same type of work you want to ue it for. Product shots (commercial) or portrait type pics, etc.

If you're looking for comment or products rating, this link to amazon.com might help http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-5877870-3170564, could also try epinions.com..

Someone I know does the photography for Lands End, I'll ask them and tell you.

BTW, they just came out w/ a camera that makes around 18mb images. You have to have it connected to a computer/controlled by the computer. It uses a prism to divide the light into red, blue, green and then has a 4.4 megapixel sensor for each color!!

I think its like $10,000 + thought (/me is leaning heavily towards the +)

Check out the following links for good digital camera info and reviews:

www.dpreview.com (and check out their links page)
www.steves-digicams.com

Also, I believe Canon has a well-reviewed digital SLR around your price range.

Aloha
cameras I owned I had a darkroom for about 15+ years
Canon F-1 electronic
Canon Ae-1
both these were in the 80's
replaced with nikon 8008
replaced with n-90

sold those
now use a nikon 990
mostly for web stuff and panos

still have a Voigtlander wiht Zeis lenses
and a nikonos for underwater

my thoughts are
NIKON then canon
but get a nikon ;)

Thanks everybody for the input and links. It seem's I have a sizeable amount of research and tire kicking to do before I can be comfortable settling down with one make/model, I'll post what I finally end up purchasing here.

Originally posted by John_rwx
Check out the following links for good digital camera info and reviews:

www.dpreview.com (and check out their links page)
www.steves-digicams.com

Also, I believe Canon has a well-reviewed digital SLR around your price range.

Aloha scott do what he says here trust em you will get lots of info here dpreview has some great forums adn lots of test prints on the reviews

good idea to kick some tires for sure
also if ya can hold em and shoot em at a phot store so ya know how they feel and what environment you are shooting in
bright light ?? watch out for the lcd to wash out
low light
battery suck because the lcd is on all the time etc...

best of luck ;)

Originally posted by Scott
My budget is about $3,000 for this camera and so far I'm looking at what Nikon and Olympus have to offer.You should look at the camera John_rwx mentioned, the Canon the EOS-D30. I hope to be able to swing one of those myself... someday. It is around $3000.

One consideration when you're looking at high-end cameras, and one reason I'd lean towards the D30, is whether you have already made an investment in a manufacturer's system. I have a few EOS lenses for my existing two camera bodies, and the D30 will use Canon's current line of lenses.

Apart from that it has just about every feature imaginable. The only Nikon digital that compares to it is the D1, which is a couple thousand dollars more. I'm not really familiar with what Olympus offers, but as far as I know they don't have anything comparable -- an interchangeable-lens SLR. If you're going to spend $3000 or so, it's the only way to go.