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What are the Best Professional Digital Cameras on the market?

I've searched the web to find the best Digital SLR's but there is no set answer. Any suggestions?

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1. The most expensive ones. For truly professional results you need to spend many thousands of dollars. For just snap shots no larger than A4 size, the medium prized Nikon or Canon are great. Nick
2. Check out dpreview.com Top 20 cameras: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/stats.asp Highly Recommended: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/default.asp?view=rating
3. those answers or incorrect i have prove a have a professional slr nikon d40 and it works fine. it is around 600 bucks or so. a have about a grand invested in mine along with accessories and i love it i will never buy another point and shoot camera in my life. you dont have to spend thousands for one. look at my site to see the way the photos turn out.
4. the reason why there's no set answer to your research is because a part of it does depend on the photographer too. So just go get any dslr and make it work.
5. A little clarification here, if you don't mind. The Nikon D40, while it is a nice little entry level DSLR is most definitely NOT "Professional." By definition, a Professional camera is one that is built using the highest quality materials (think magnesium and steel instead of plastic!), that is constructed for rigorous use and that is sealed to withstand moisture and dust. Of course one can take "professional" pictures with just about any camera - assuming that you're being paid for them (which is the only definition of the word professional.) But serious, well-trained and experienced professionals are not likely to be using a Nikon D40, D60 or any Canon Rebel. Oh, some pros might carry one of those as a backup camera in case their main camera fails in the middle of a job. But they most certainly won't rely on one for extended service over a long period of time. Sorry for sounding preachy. But this crap about beginner's cameras being "professional" just gets really out of hand. So ... to answer your question: probably the two most highly regarded and often used "professional" DLRs around today are the Canon Mark II (or III, or whatever the latest full frame one is) and the Nikon D3. Both cost several thousand dollars. Match either up with a decent complement of professional quality lenses and flashes + a LOT of experience and real photographic education ... and you'll be ready to go.
6. If you are referring to the 35mm style digital camers (which are designed for pj, event and sport photography) then the Canon 1dmk3 and the nikon d3 are the heavywieghts. Canon also do a 1Dsmk3 however i'm not really sure what this camera is intented for. it's too slow for the above, its high iso is inferior to the 1dmk3 and not quite good enough for studio work.
7. For Nikon the top ones are the D3 and the D700.
8. I don't want to sound like a jerk...but if you have to ask, you probably don't need one. "Professional" cameras have more to do with their durability and ease of use than their image quality. Most of these features that make the "Professional" cameras easier and faster to use are ones that a beginning photographer wouldn't have any idea how to use anyway. Plus, everyone answering seems to think "Professional Photographer" means "Professional Sports/Journalism Photographer," think about what sort of pictures you want to take before you go out and drop five grand (before lenses) on a brand new D3.