Best DSLR?

You've memorized our photography night school, know your way around a camera's settings and options, and even have a knack for lighting, lining up great shots, and picking great subjects. Now you're ready to upgrade your camera. Which DSLR do you choose? This week we want to know which DSLRs you think are the best of breed for your average pro-sumer?someone who should get a DSLR but isn't buying high-end studio gear.

We're drawing some brackets around this one?point and shoots are out, of course, but we also aren't looking for high-end camera gear that photojournalists and world-renowned photographers own. Even so, we're sure that most of you have some concrete suggestions for great DSLRs that you'd suggest to the budding photographer in your life. Let us know which models you think are the best in the discussions below.

Hive Five nominations take place in the discussions, where you post your favorite tool for the job. We get hundreds of nominations, so to make your nomination clear, please include it at the top of your post like so: VOTE: BEST DSLR. Please don't include your vote in a reply to another person. Nominations emailed to us will not be counted. Instead, make your vote and reply separate discussions. After you've made your nomination, let us know what makes it stand out from the competition.

About the Hive Five: The Hive Five feature series asks readers to answer the most frequently asked question we get: "Which tool is the best?" Once a week we'll put out a call for contenders looking for the best solution to a certain problem, then YOU tell us your favorite tools to get the job done. Every weekend, we'll report back with the top five recommendations and give you a chance to vote on which is best. For an example, check out last week's five best iPad Keyboards.

The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it?it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!

Photo by Reinis Traidas.

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/mTZlWuvQ964/best-dslr

jamie lee curtis spring equinox audacious pollen count mexico city first day of spring mexico earthquake