Comments on: Best DSLR Cameras in 2023: Should You Still Buy a DSLR?

By: Quazi Sanjeed

Quazi Sanjeed — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:22:59 +0000

I’m a hobbyist photographer using Canon gears for the last fourteen years. I love shooting and shooting almost anything however, my staple is landscape, street life and wildlife. Gears are 5D Classic, 5DII, 1DIV and 7D. All of these bodies have huge serviceable life left and produce fantastic image quality. Therefore, buying an MILC is out of question for me. I always use native lenses that work seamlessly with the bodies.

Canon and Nikon may stop production of DSLRs however, we did not stop using the gears we already own. They will last for at least a decade more for me.

So, no worries and keep shooting. Long live DSLRs.

By: Mark Condon

Mark Condon — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:03:41 +0000

In reply to Jack.

Thanks, Jack for your great insights – we had a hard time leaving out the D850, as I’ve owned and shot professionally with it and loved it too. However, it’s just a bit too bulky and expensive when compared to the D780 in my opinion. I’ve also shot with the D810 and enjoyed it. In short, it’s hard to whittle down to the ‘best’ options, but these are what we chose for now. Also as a side note, I love a good tilt-screen :)

By: Scott Straatmann

Scott Straatmann — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:14:16 +0000

Good article Andrew. Though I disagree some with the D780 being the best DSLR for professional photogs. I loved shooting with my D750’s. The file size was great to edit with and easy on the computer and the weight wasn’t too bad at all for a FF camera. But since then I have been shooting with a D850 since it’s birth and the D7xx’s cameras I feel don’t come close. Other than the few perks I noted, the D850 is a workhorse and built like one too. Many other pro photographers have deemed the D850 as the best DSLR ever made. The files sized are large but the crop-ability is great, the colors are wonderful right out of camera, the back-lit buttons, and the balance it has with the 105mm 1.4e, 28mm 1.4e, and the 70-200mm 2.8e fl is phenomenal. Just my opinion of course! Again, great article! Cheers :)

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:28:08 +0000

What about the Nikon D810 & D850? IMHO, these are two of the finest DSLRs ever produced; with the D850 being the undisputed champion.

I have been a photo buff since 1975 (first prosumer camera was the Nikon F2, which in 1976, with the Nikon f4.5 70-200mm zoom, I was fortunate enough to photograph President Ford at the lectern, giving his keynote speech during the ICSC convention…he autographed the pictue). Next was the FM2 for faster flash sync of 1/250th of a second. Went Pro in 1984 starting a campus photography business to pay my way through UCLA.

Andrew, with you being a landscape photographer, it really surprises me that you neglected to mention either one. The D810 will give any of the aforementioned cameras a run for their money in wedding or landscape photography. As far as a tilt screen goes, as a wedding photographer, it is just a nifty toy, begging to get broken (light stands get knocked over, camera boxes get knocked off tables or chairs, camera lenses and on camera flashes with diffusers get banged around, etc.). Note: I don’t do video.

D850 tilt screen not a big fan, but love the extra mega pixels and over all better equipped camera over the D810.

Thanks for the great article. Keep up the good work.