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Originally posted by spankstrocko
For that kind of money you can look at the Canon Eos D30. They recently have come out with a D60 model so the D30 has dropped in price.
Also I forget who told me on this board, but they said a used kodak high end is good.
Spankstrocko
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You can NOT get a Cannon D-30 for that kind of money otherwise I would have posted earlier. The best price you will get at the moment on a d-30 is about $2150 USD for just the body. Then you probably want to buy a nice wide angle lens for +- $500 and a telephoto zoom for around another $1000, extra batteries, and ofcourse plenty of memory. To run this setup it will cost more but you will be very very happy with what you can do with it. The d-60 is basicly the same but is a 6megapixel cmos instead of a 3 megapixel cmos. No need for 6 megpxls if your doing web only, for print id say go for it and shoot in raw. If your shooting in your studio it is possible to take pics with these cameras hooked directly to the pc so your memory and power problems may be eliminated.
FYI, The Kodak hi end cameras are all Nikon Bodies
The Nikon D-1 series cameras are nice but even more money because they are using ccd sensors instead of cmos sensors. Canon can keep the cost down on the d-30 and d-60 cameras for this reason and this reason only. Usually cmos sucks but aparently they have developed a special one for these cameras. I have read a few articles that proved that the d-30 shot in raw mode and printed out produced better pics than a scanned negative. The above canons are not considered pro cameras like the Nikon D-1's.
Canon's newest and first pro series digital camera is the EOS 1-d
It uses a ccd like the Nikons and is a 4.1 megapixel camera running in at $5500 for just the body. (same as nikons).