Best Overall Camera

Hi Scott

Ultimately comes down to how much budget you have and what types of photography you are planning to do. In essence, any DSLR can do the basics and all are about the same in terms of quality, features, image quality, etc, for a given price range and marketing segment. Yes, some brands may be a little better in one area over other brands, which in turn may have advantages in other areas. At the end of the day, it may just come down to what camera will give you the current best bang for the buck and who is doing the best deal on the high street.

It also comes down to what future plans you have for photography, that is, which area or areas are you going to get in to, nature, landscape, sports, action, architecture, formal portraiture, informal portraiture (street photography), etc. Whatever camera you get now, will use a proprietry lens mount system and as you add lenses with time, it becomes increasingly costly to change to another camera brand and their lenses.