The Best Digital Cameras in 2011

The Best Digital Cameras in 2011 are as follow:=><a href="http://www.which.co.uk/technology/photography/?

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<p>As much as I admire the WHICH set-up for 'aiding' consumers and consumer rights, I don't think I want to 'sign-up' and PAY to read the full product reviews?</p>

<p>Thanks anyway.</p>

<p>The only camera whose specs I looked at contained <em><strong>wrong</strong></em> information, and I'm with Mike on the pay part too.</p>

<p>I looked at one as well and it contained wrong and misleading information. There is also nothing at all to directly relate to the topic, best cameras in 2011. Many of the reviews are of much older models, and latest 2011 models are not listed at all. DPreview, for example, is much better, more accurate, and up to date.</p>

Nikon P300, hands down!

 

Beats the old standards (G12, P7000, S95, LX5, XZ1) until ISO 1600, when it's neck and neck with the G12. It also beats the low-end DSLR models (including D3000 but not D3100) up to ISO 400. [DPreview widget]

<p>Huffington Post may largely be other people's stuff, but it has the one advantage that you don't have to pay for it.<br>

There are simpler ways to get the same sort of information as the site linked to, in any case.</p>

<p>Sorry Kombizz, no sale here either ;)</p>

<p>Nikon P7000, hands down!</p>

Dave, did you actually compare the P300 and P7000 with the dpreview studio widget before making that pronouncement? Or maybe you just like the flash shoe and optical viewfinder.

<p>The camera you have with you and actually use... Thats the best camera for 2011..</p>

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<p>Dave, did you actually compare the P300 and P7000 with the dpreview studio widget before making that pronouncement? Or maybe you just like the flash shoe and optical viewfinder.</p>

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<p>Yep, did that. The P300 output looks heavily processed and almost interpolated when compared with the D7000. Made me gag uncontrollably. I've not used the optical viewfinder on the P7000, it's pretty horrible. The flash shoe is a nice addition though, and works nicely with my SB-400.</p>

Dave: the DPR widget and I could be wrong, but I thought this was a throw-away thread anyway, and wanted to make some wild accusations.

 

The Flickr stream (river? whatever) looks pretty good for the P300, although it's hard to tell without originals and EXIF in most cases. There's a nice looking yellow rose that's taken at 200% (!) digital zoom.

 

http://flickriver.com/groups/1593195@N24/pool/

<p>The best thing about the P300 is that it can shoot full 1080p, and it is super compact. Certainly if you're not a addict pixel-peeper like I am, the P300 is totally fine in terms of image quality. But the DPR comparison viewer just revealed too much processing artifacts in the P300 images vs. P7000. When a photo begins to look like a photo-illustration, things are going too far for me. As we get higher and higher pixel counts on these tiny sensors, processing has to get more and more sophisticated to overcome the limitations of the format.</p>

<p>Color in the yellow rose photo is outstanding. I wonder if the photographer did much in post to it. Hard to believe he used digital zoom.</p>

<p>I don't normally join these debates and I've never used a P300 but, for me the camera of the year is my D7000 which does very well..... I don't really care what the other sites say. Remember, the Renault Alliance was once the car of the year for Car and Driver or something like that.... My poor cousin had one, so sad.<br>

But, I've got to go with Dave here on the P7000. I got one from my wife for our wedding. For me, the things it does over the P300 make it very useful...<br>

First, it shoots in raw, which I use when I really want a bit of finish control over the end product. Second, and this sounds very goofy, I can put a wireless trigger on the hot shoe and trigger multiple flashes with it. Also, If I use my SB-700 I can run my SB-600 and do some creative stuff. While shooting with multiple strobes, I've taken the P7000 and moved to different angles without upsetting the other gear and taken shots. It really works.<br>

What you end up with is what you create. It's just a tool but man can we have some fun with them....<br>

Regards,<br>

P</p>

<p>For photographers the Which? reviews are probably not specialised enough and cater more for the casual shooter rather than the enthusiast. As Mike says above these are consumer magazine articles. Good for washing machines and stuff like that.</p>

<p>I prefer Dpreview :<br>

<br /><a href="http://www.dpreview.com/">http://www.dpreview.com/</a></p>

<p>I like dpreview as well, but over the years I've found them very biased toward Canon. They review more Canon cameras than any other brand, it seems like.</p>

I can't believe this thread turned into a meaningful discussion! Anyway, the P7000 and D7000 came out in 2010, but the D5100 is pretty amazing, with approximately the same image quality as the D7000 for only $800. Both beat the Canon 7D at high ISO by a wide margin.

 

After putting on my reading glasses, I agree that P300 images are overprocessed, with objectionable edge artifacting compared to the best 1/1.7 CCD models (G12, P7000, S95, EX1, etc.)

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<p>I can't believe this thread turned into a meaningful discussion!</p>

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<p>Funny what happens.....;-)</p>