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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

Why I only recommend the 'Big Three’ camera brands for serious wildlife photography

Lion in studio against green background with selection of super-telephoto lenses in the foreground .

I’m a firm believer that you’re hard-pressed to buy a bad camera nowadays. I’m also a firm believer that you buy whatever camera and system speaks to you. However, my beliefs are a little bit more conservative when it comes to buying best wildlife photography camera. If you’re a camera enthusiast who likes to dabble in various genres or are committed to pretty much any genre, buy whatever camera you want, but if you’re determined to make it as a wildlife professional or become an accomplished amateur, I implore you to consider three options: Canon, Nikon, and Sony.

The ‘Big Three’ make fantastic wildlife photography cameras, but the main reason I recommend these systems to prospective wildlife photographers has nothing to do with the cameras at all and everything to do with available lenses. Wildlife is one of the most gear-intensive genres of photography out there. If you want to capture the very best wildlife images, you need long lenses, and the faster they are, the better.

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