Comments on: In your opinion or from reviews overall how do you rate the follwing digital camera companies best to worst.?

By: vicseo

vicseo — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:04:59 +0000

Check out the current November 2007 issue of Consumer Reports for a listing of digital camera manufacturers and their overall rating from fewer to more repairs. Here’s the ratings:

For point and shoot digital cameras:

Panasonic, Sony, Olympus, Kodak, Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Pentax

For DSLRs:

Olympus, Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon

In conclusion, there’s no surprise that Olympus manufactures very fine quality digital cameras.

Good luck!
References :
Consumer Reports, November 2007 issue.

By: proshooter

proshooter — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:58:59 +0000

If you are looking at companies that you call the "select group of pioneers in the camera world, " then I would rank Carl Zeiss number one follwed by Lieica, with Hasselblad third.

Then Pentax for introducing the pentaprism and reflex mirror for SLR cameras.

Also Konica Minolta is now Sony.
References :
http://photography.suite101.com/article.cfm/new_carl_zeiss_classic_lenses

By: jp

jp — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:45:59 +0000

Canon and Fujifilm and Nikon are probably the best. The canon powershot, the fujifilm finepixZ, and the nikon coolpix are great choices for compact cameras. The finepix is pretty, clear, and is probably my favorite, but all three are good. It is simply a personal choice.
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