The best camera: Perhaps a good way to find the best camera is to count up every single accessory that a camera can use and match it up against every other camera and it’s accessories.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Perhaps a good way to find the best camera is to count up every single accessory that a camera can use and match it up against every other camera and it’s accessories. A simple count would give us the winner. 😊😊

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The best camera is the one you can't afford.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

gvarner wrote:

Perhaps a good way to find the best camera is to count up every single accessory that a camera can use and match it up against every other camera and it’s accessories. A simple count would give us the winner. 😊😊

That's probably as good a method as any other meaningless endeavor. ;-)

"Best" is highly context-dependent. I've had about a dozen "besties" and each of them was different from all the others.

Manufacturers have been playing that game of, "We have more options than the other guys," for decades. I still have a pamphlet that came with my 1971 Nikon FTn, showing all the accessories and lenses that were available for it. It is nearly as thick as the manual! Of course, the manuals in those days were pretty thin. Photo magazines would have an ad on one page with the latest camera, and several pages into the magazine, another ad for their lenses.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

CHG_CANON wrote:

The best camera is the one you can't afford.

I think the same could be said for women!

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

The best camera is the one that you have with you when you want to take a photograph.

Soul Dr. Loc: Beautiful Shenandoah Valley

gvarner wrote:

Perhaps a good way to find the best camera is to count up every single accessory that a camera can use and match it up against every other camera and it’s accessories. A simple count would give us the winner. 😊😊

I hope you are being facetious.

will

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

You will just end up with a huge box of accessories you will never use.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

Actually I don't think so.
Certainly, the number of lenses available is an important consideration in purchasing a particular camera. This makes the camera more flexible.

When I compare my Nikon and Olympus cameras. I find there are many functions built into my Olympus cameras that require accessories sometimes costing hundreds of dollars for the Nikon. The Olympus cameras also have functions that cannot be replicated using the Nikon.

Furthermore, It is important to choose a camera for the task at hand. A 4x5 view camera can take stunning landscape photos and clear images of faces in a large group of people but is a terrible choice for action photography or macro photography. Much is the same for vehicles. A sports car may be a pleasure to drive on a sunny afternoon but would be unsuitable for transporting the football team or driving in heavy snow. Different choices would be better.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Some people have a good sense of humor,
some are dead serious.......
And some just don't get it.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

Soul Dr. wrote:

I hope you are being facetious.

will

You saw the smiley faces, right? 😊😊

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

maxlieberman wrote:

The best camera is the one that you have with you when you want to take a photograph.

A truism for sure. 👍

Stan

tcthome Loc: NJ

CHG_CANON wrote:

The best camera is the one you can't afford.

Or the one you can, or the one in your hand, or, or or.....

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Sure, luck means a lot in photography. Not being able to afford the best camera is bad luck.

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gvarner wrote:

Perhaps a good way to find the best camera is to count up every single accessory that a camera can use and match it up against every other camera and it’s accessories. A simple count would give us the winner. 😊😊

“A simple count .... “

You do that, and get back to us, LOL.

gsmith051 Loc: Fairfield Glade, TN

The best camera is the one you are grateful to own.