NOTE - AUGUST 2010: Here's a great update of this collage from Billy Wilson, with a helpful grid, new Micro Four Thirds cameras, and medium-format SLRs too. It's far more up-to-date than this one.
See my blog post for further discussion of this image.
My June 2008 DSLR camera collage is by far my most popular image on Flickr. This is an updated version of that composite of publicity photos from various DSLR camera manufacturers, current as of the beginning of January 2009. Images are © 2006-2009 Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, Leica, Pentax, Samsung, Fuji, and Sigma. Thanks also to DP Review and DC Resource for making the images easy to find.
Prices here range from around $450 (with lens) to $20,000+ (no lens). The smallest cameras in this bunch are the Leica M8.2, Panasonic G1, and Olympus E-420. The heaviest are the pro monsters, the Nikon D3/D3x, Canon 1D/1Ds Mark III, Sony A900 (with grip), and the upcoming Leica S2 medium format DSLR.
What's new since the last collage are DSLRs that take movies (Nikon D90, Canon 5D Mark II), new form factors at the low end (Panasonic G1 with interchangeable lenses but no mirror box) and high end (huge sensor and lenses on the Leica S2), and renewed emphasis on low-light performance. Sony's and Nikon's entry into the mega-megapixel race with the A900 and D3x are also interesting.
Relative camera sizes are not exact. The positions of the various models vaguely reflect my impressions of a combination of price, features, and market segment. That's quite subjective, so you could easily argue with my placement of some of them -- and sometimes I just had to bump things around to make them fit. Take the image as a general guideline. Look down the columns to see how different cameras from a single manufacturer compare from low-end to high-end; look across the rows to see roughly comparable cameras (in features, price, or both) from different makers that compete with one another.
Have fun in the comments. I'll probably update this again in another six months.
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JonaFoto.com 43 months ago | reply
Nice work!
KangHee Grändås-Rhee 43 months ago | reply
leonardo766 42 months ago | reply
Mantap jdi br gairah
Patrick Cheves 41 months ago | reply
This Rocks!
Nur Adli 40 months ago | reply
i wish one day..
i will get this all camera..
DianeWorth 39 months ago | reply
Wow thanks for all the work and posting it here on flickr.
I'm just getting into digital SLR (after 30 years of Canon SLR film and a couple of digital point and shoots) and have been a little confused with all the brands and models. This helps a lot.
Fjpanda 38 months ago | reply
Sony A350 FTMFW
magal (Manuel Galrinho) 38 months ago | reply
I have:
Nikon d70, that is not there :(
Panasonic lumix g1, is small and very good in color.
Pentax K20 D that is very good in color, dinamic range, in size and shooting in the rain.
Canon 5d mark 2 that is poor in color, especially skin color. Bad JPG files. Is good to make BW photos and reddish color photos... AWB is there for nothing, works bad or maybe don't works. The high ISO are faked: 3200, for example, are not truly 3200...
I am looking for a 5d mark 1 to downgrade :(
Derek K. Miller 38 months ago | reply
Even though this collage is more than a year out of date now, the Nikon D70 and D70s were long discontinued by January 2009, so I did not include them. Billy Wilson is working on updated versions now:
www.flickr.com/photos/billy_wilson/4030503232/
Stefan Lambauer 37 months ago | reply
I have a quastion about Olympus: Is it blend?
www.blendtec.com/willitblend/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&...
facundo moroz 36 months ago | reply
woooooooooooww......how many??
Ben Davis2 36 months ago | reply
where would the canon 30d go on here?
Derek K. Miller 36 months ago | reply
It wouldn't. Even when I made this collage, the 30D was a couple of models old. The 50D is in the rough market spot where the 30D might have been previously, but if I included obsolete cameras this grid would have been even larger and more unmanageable than it is already.
Another user has made a more up to date version still, although even that one needs a refresh:
www.flickr.com/photos/billy_wilson/4030503232/
raphaeldani81 35 months ago | reply
NIKON ALL WAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
toing djayadiningrat 34 months ago | reply
like family tree! :D
Derek K. Miller 33 months ago | reply
Billy Wilson has created yet another updated collage as of August 2010. Time to head over there instead:
香 波 29 months ago | reply
cool!
Anayaphotography2.0 28 months ago | reply
Sony A290!!! :D...
old_cameras 23 months ago | reply
cool)
Emperorsss69 6 months ago | reply
Love Sony