What is the best digital SLR out there now?

[glen]

I want to take a picture fo soemhing a blow it up to 2' x 3' r so.
Can I get away with taking the picture with a digital SLR or do I need a MF digi cam?

 

[MoPHo]

My uncle just got a Digital Rebel XT...that thing is absolutely sick. It gets my :thumbsup: but i'm sure someone here will shoot it down with photography artillery.

 

[upsciLLion]

There is no best camera though everyone will tell you which they think is the best.

 

[NutBucket]

Canon 5D please!

 

[glen]

Can one be rented?

 

[Anubis]

Nikon D2X

 

[glen]

Or can I take multiple pictures with my Canon SD550 and stich them together to make a giant high res photo?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: glen
Or can I take multiple pictures with my Canon SD550 and stich them together to make a giant high res photo?

yes but it would be easier to juist rent a camera, ive printed 30x40 from a 6mp DSLR and it looked fine at the correct distance

 

[glen]

Is there any certain software that can automatically stich the photos together or you need to do it by hand on a PC with tons of RAM?

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: glen
Is there any certain software that can automatically stich the photos together or you need to do it by hand on a PC with tons of RAM?

you can do it in PS nativily
pr you can use autostitch

 

[jiwq]

Originally posted by: glen
Is there any certain software that can automatically stich the photos together or you need to do it by hand on a PC with tons of RAM?

try ptgui

 

[JulesMaximus]

Canon EOS 1DS MkII ranks up there at the top of my list.

16.7 MP, Digital SLR camera body only: $7,199.95

 

[BigB10293]

Originally posted by: glen
I want to take a picture fo soemhing a blow it up to 2' x 3' r so.
Can I get away with taking the picture with a digital SLR or do I need a MF digi cam?

This should get the job done.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: BigB10293

Originally posted by: glen
I want to take a picture fo soemhing a blow it up to 2' x 3' r so.
Can I get away with taking the picture with a digital SLR or do I need a MF digi cam?

This should get the job done.

That's a medium format camera.

Edited for technical correctness.

 

[BigB10293]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: BigB10293

Originally posted by: glen
I want to take a picture fo soemhing a blow it up to 2' x 3' r so.
Can I get away with taking the picture with a digital SLR or do I need a MF digi cam?

This should get the job done.

That's not an SLR camera.

Joke much?

 

[jpeyton]

Body only:

Under $750: Nikon D50
Under $1000: Nikon D70s/Canon 350D
Under $2000: Nikon D200
Under $3000: Canon 5D

And you can make that print size with any of the above cameras. You will probably notice a small jump in print image quality close-up if you step up to a D200/5D, and another small jump if you step up to something like the Canon MarkII Ds.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Canon EOS 1DS MkII ranks up there at the top of my list.

16.7 MP, Digital SLR camera body only: $7,199.95

You asked for the best. There you are, assuming you want a 35mm body.

There are 40k dollar 39 mp cameras coming out. Kinda pricy I think.