Opinions on dslr cameras
I've been looking for a dslr camera now for a while and the main ones i've been lookin at are Nikon D3000, Nikon D3100, Nikon D5000, and Canon T3. I mostly do portrait photography and i want a nice sharp, focused picture! The Nikon d3000 is more in my price range then the Nikon D3100, but i find the people i know who have the D3000 their pictures are kind of dull and not that professional looking. While the D5000 is very professional looking in my opinion though the price is not that good for someone on minimal budget! I think the T3 takes great pictures but i've been told bad expierences with Canon cameras. I would like some opinions on what camera i should be getting for portrait photography! All opinions welcome and feel free to suggest other cameras that i haven't mentioned!
If you can't get a sharp image with *any* of those cameras, you're not doing it right (short of having a defective lens). And "looking professional" does *not* equate to *being* professional.
Besides… Portraits are supposed to be soft.
I agree. Short of a defective lens anyone who can't get sharp portraits with a dslr doesn't have a clue what they're doing with the camera. I shot this will my Canon Rebel XS.
The point being the camera has only technical quality… The true quality lies with the photographer.
Who ever told you about a bad experience with Canon cameras obviously has no idea what they're doing around a camera. The tool is only 5% of the photo - all the rest is knowing what you're doing with that tool
All of those cameras will produce dull flat looking images if you are shooting in auto mode. If you are shooting in full manual and controlling the image you'll get results accordingly with all 3.
If you are serious about it go with the D5100 or the T2i or T3i from Canon.
Any dSLR will do actually because they're all basically the same. Picture quality including sharpness depends mostly on the photographer. The camera is just a tool. You'll just have to be more serious about photography, learning the basic principles before you are able to take great pictures consistently.