The Best Camera Brand Rants, Ramblings, and Opinions

Looking for the best camera brand that offersand you will probably find this data.
you everything in terms of photo quality, high ISOBest camera brand overall. Now, there isn't an
with low noise, great lenses, popular and the besteasy way to differentiate here. They can be the
cameras overall?best in size, photo quality and in many other
In this article I'll try comparing some brands that Ifactors, but the overall best depends on what the
tested at one time or another or simply would'vecustomer needs. One example would be my Leica
loved to buy. I'll talk a bit about Leica/Minolta,digital camera, which could be the best point and
Pentax, Olympus, Sony, Fuji, Leica/Panasonic,shoot camera if its size was a bit smaller. This is
Minolta.true for many other point and shoot cameras,
Quality of the photos. Great lenses are producedwhich would be the best if one of their features
by a lot of manufacturers, including Leica/Minolta,was better, like having manual controls, smaller
Practika, Contax, Leica, Fuji, Pentax, Leica/Minolta,CCD's and many others. When you talk about the
Yashica, Zeiss, Leica/Panasonic, Pentacon,best camera, it's more like choosing one that will
Olympus and Exakta. I've tried a number ofdo everything you need in 9 out of 10 cases.
different lenses from these manufacturers andOther than that, you can choose an Olympus
photos have been great each time. When IDSLR and spend a lot of money on lenses, and
wanted something that had ground glass screen Ithe end result would be a great camera.
chose a 55mm Zenit lens and I paid less for itThis article might confuse you even more, but
than I did for a MF SLR lens (which I used onlythis is the ultimate truth. If you want the
for a few photos).manufacturer that offers the most innovation in
If we're talking about high ISO with low noise, thistheir products, then you should go with Panasonic
isn't an area where I'm comfortable talking.Leica or Olympus, which is close behind. So if you
If you want to know which one has the bestwant to buy a digital camera from the best
lenses, check the photo quality that I wrote aboutcamera brand, you should look at either Leica
above.Panasonic or Olympus and don't choose something
If you're looking for the manufacturer with theless. If you want the best, look at only these two
biggest market share, look around the Internetmajor brands.