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What brand of digital camera is good?

Digital camera, English full name: Digital Still Camera (DSC), short name: Digital Camera (DC), short name of digital camera, also known as digital camera. The following is a list of digital camera brands I collected. Welcome to reading.

Digital camera brand list The field of digital cameras is absolutely dominated by Japanese manufacturers. Except Kodak in the United States, all first-line brands are Japanese products. As for Samsung, BenQ in Taiwan Province, China, Patriot and Lenovo in Chinese mainland, there is still a big gap between their product quality and the first-line brands.

Because digital cameras combine optical technology and electronic technology, digital camera manufacturers are divided into two groups accordingly. One school is the traditional optics school, with Nikon, Fuji, Olympus, Pentax and Ricoh as the main representatives. They are all traditional imaging equipment manufacturers, with strong optical technology and their own lenses, but weak electronic technology, and most of them cannot produce their own sensors (CCD); The other school is the emerging electronics school, with Sony, Panasonic, Casio and Samsung as the main representatives. They are all manufacturers of traditional electronic products, and later entered the field of digital imaging, with strong electronic technology strength. Some of them can produce their own sensors, but the optical foundation is generally weak.

List of digital camera brands What brand of digital camera is good?

Common digital camera brands are divided into three grades, first-line brand, second-line brand and third-line brand.

First-line brands include Canon, Nikon, Sony, Kodak, Fuji and Panasonic. Their common characteristics are: strong technical development ability, good imaging quality, complete product line, high popularity and market share, and some of them also have strong strength in digital SLR cameras.

First of all, Canon

At present, the digital camera industry is recognized as the leader, with the strongest technical strength and market operation ability, and the market share of digital imaging products has always been in a leading position. Canon has the top optical technology and the production capacity of the core component CMOS sensor. Its software denoising technology is unique in the world, which ensures its high imaging quality. Its imaging characteristics are true color reproduction, less noise, but soft style.

Both consumer cameras and digital SLR have made great achievements.

In the field of consumer cameras, its products are very rich and its comprehensive performance is excellent. The main types are: domestic series of low-grade manual motors, suitable for novice friends who intend to study photography seriously; IXUS series, an ultra-thin and fashionable card machine, is suitable for young people, especially for the majority of MM, and it is one of the few brands that can compete with Sony T series for the market. Telephoto S is a series, suitable for friends who like to shoot distant views and animals; Wide-angle camera s series, suitable for shooting scenery; High-end professional PRO series and quasi-professional G series are suitable for professional photographers and friends with high photography foundation. The most famous consumer cameras are series A and IXUS, which have a high market share.

The field of digital SLR is Canon's strong point. Its EOS series digital SLR camera market share is as high as 60%. At present, Canon is one of the manufacturers with Quan Huafu models, so its top digital SLR field is ahead of other competitors. But its core component, CCD photoreceptor, comes from other manufacturers.

Second, Nikon

With a long history of optics, it has always been famous for its professional quality, high definition of imaging and excellent printing and input effects. It is also the only manufacturer in the field of digital SLR that can compete with Canon.

In recent years, Nikon seems to focus on the development of digital SLR cameras and catch up with Canon. Its digital SLR camera D series has a market share of nearly 30%, and its cost performance is slightly higher than that of Canon, which is favored by professional photographers. But its core component, CCD photoreceptor, is in the hands of other manufacturers, and there are also new Quan Huafu models. For example, the newly listed D3.

Nikon has recently paid less attention to the field of consumer cameras, and the retrogression is obvious. Its model tends to be single, its performance is not outstanding, its market response is flat, and there are no well-known models.

The main types of consumer cameras are: high-end quasi-professional machine Coolpix series; Fashion thin card machine s series; Low-end home L series, mid-end ordinary digital camera P series.

Third, Sony.

Sony is a very special brand in the field of digital photography because it is not a professional camera manufacturer. However, as a famous manufacturer of household appliances and digital products, it boldly set foot in the field of digital photography, but it has achieved great success, at least in market operation. Although many professional users scoffed at Sony, its market share of consumer cameras in Chinese mainland surpassed that of Canon, and even became the first choice for amateur friends to buy. I think this is mainly because of its high popularity in the field of home appliances.

Sony's digital camera, like its other electronic products, takes the fashion route, attaches great importance to appearance, and its appearance is very fashionable, especially loved by the majority of MM, and it is the first choice for GG to give MM gifts, hehe!

Sony's achilles heel is its weak optical foundation and lack of its own lens. Most of its models use German Karl? Chase's brand lens became the main material for insiders to laugh at Sony.

But Sony also has its own advantages, strong electronic technology, providing CCD sensors for many camera manufacturers, and even Canon and Nikon dare not compete with it.

Sony focuses on the consumer camera market. Its products are rich and fashionable, but the price is a bit expensive (although several consumer-grade flagships are not bad). The main product series are:

T series is an ultra-thin portable card model with periscope lens, which is the most popular with MM; H is telephoto series, W is high-end practical consumer household model, and R series is Sony professional high-end digital camera series; P series is a low-end household model; S series is a low-end practical model with low price; U series is an ultra-small fashion model; F series is a high-end model with a rotatable lens. F7 17 in the F series was once famous and became a classic model.

Sony acquired Ke Mei in 2005, and launched the first digital SLR 100 in 2006 by using Ke Mei's technology, which caused quite a market shock. 700 and second-generation SLR? 200。 Sony seems to want to change what is left to people? Sony = Amateur? Impression, but after all, its foundation is still shallow, and it will take time to be recognized by the majority of photographers.

Fourth, Kodak

The only non-Japanese product in the first-line brand, a famous American imaging equipment manufacturer, has a long history and has indelible achievements in the film era. The world's first digital camera came from Kodak. Kodak is the maker of color standards and can independently develop CCD photoreceptors. Quan Huafu's digital SLR was introduced (it withdrew from the SLR market in 2004), but Kodak's optical foundation was weak, and most models used German Schneider brand lenses.

At present, Kodak focuses on consumer cameras, with? Not Japanese? Kodak has won many users with its aura and high cost performance, especially several telephoto machines (such as DX6490, a classic! ) Very popular. The comprehensive quality of its products has been fully capable of competing with the same day. After the reform in 2005, there are four main models: P series is a full-function series with manual function; Z series is a large zoom series; C series is a simple series; V series is a fashionable and light series, and the v570 in V series has created a distinctive dual-lens digital camera.

The biggest feature of Kodak camera is its bright color, which is much brighter than the real scene and pleasing to the eye, but the details are slightly worse. In the past two years, Kodak made many mistakes in marketing strategy and generally began to decline, but in any case, Kodak is still the best choice for non-Japanese.

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Traditional video equipment manufacturers are very famous in the film era, and they have made little achievements in the digital era. In the field of consumer cameras, we are most proud of three points: its self-developed super CCD, Fuji long lens and high ISO imaging. There is also the use of intelligent face recognition. These functions have been widely praised in the industry and won many users.

The main types of Fuji digital cameras are: F series and Z series of fashion slimming machines; Low-end cost-effective A series; Telephoto S series; Entry-level manual machine e series. Among them, the recent Z series and Sony T series and Canon IXUS series all have a good fight. The pleasing image outside is good, which is believed to be the favorite of many mm.

Fuji camera has bright colors, especially the reverse film mode, and the product quality is remarkable, especially the telephoto machine is widely praised. For example, S9600 S9500 is very suitable for friends with high photography foundation. The comprehensive performance is almost equal to Nikon D40 and Canon EOS400D entry SLR.

However, in the field of digital SLR, Fuji's confidence is obviously insufficient. The fuselage is entirely made of Nikon, with a single model and a small market share, but it is still quite popular in the photo studio. It has its own characteristics and rich setting functions. It can be released without much post-PS. For example, S3 and S5 are called portrait kings.

Fuji digital cameras have three main disadvantages. First, most cameras use XD cards, which are only used by Fuji and Olympus. They are not universal and expensive. Second, some Fuji cameras have more noise due to the higher ISO g at the beginning, and third, some products have serious purple edges. But the above three points have also been greatly improved. I believe it can be better in the future. Fuji's high-end telephoto and SLR are still good!

I use Fuji more, so I will introduce several representative models:

SLR: S5 and S3 are used by many wedding photo studios.

Telephoto category: S9600 is used by many photographers, quasi-professionals and sellers on Taobao. A mirror travels all over the world, and the SLR standby machine is the first choice.

Household category: F50fd is fully manual, suitable for home use and photography study.

Card type: Z 100fd MM is the first choice, with beautiful appearance and good imaging. And just shake it and add 5 times the light!

Sixth, Panasonic

Panasonic is very similar to Sony, both of which started from home appliance manufacturers. Although I haven't been involved in the digital imaging industry for a long time, I have strong electronic technology and can independently develop CCD photoreceptors.

Its weakness is also its weak optical foundation, and most models adopt OEM lenses from Leica, Germany. Its product imaging is ok, but its noise control ability is slightly poor and its price is relatively expensive.

Panasonic is also a major consumer camera market, with rich products and fashionable shapes. The main product types are: TZ: compact telephoto model; FZ: telephoto series models; FX: Card fashion model; LX: 16: 9 format CCD model; LS: household entry model; LZ: domestic telephoto model; LC: High-end consumption pattern.

Panasonic products have always been strong in telephoto, and they are the first to engage in telephoto DC among all brands. Then there is the famous camera FZ20, which is famous in the field of consumer cameras because of its constant F2.8 aperture, and is very popular among photographers. In addition, the LX series cameras newly launched in recent two years took the lead in using the unique 16: 9 CCD in consumer digital cameras, which is very suitable for taking landscape photos, and therefore became famous for a time.

Panasonic also launched the first digital SLR in 2006, which used a 4/3 system like Olympus. It looks like lycra, but it doesn't seem to be popular at all.

Speaking of the first-line brands above, let's talk about the second-line brands. Second-tier brands include Olympus, Pentax, Ricoh, Lycra, Sigma, Samsung and Casio. The top five are all established manufacturers of traditional imaging equipment, but after the rise of digital cameras, they fell behind, perhaps because of the great achievements in the field of traditional cameras, which stopped them! Both Samsung and Casio moved from the electronics industry to the imaging industry. Second-tier brands basically do not have many core technologies.