Quote Originally Posted by con
man, I'm really tripping on how great those pics look. I'm definitely going to buy a decent camera with my tax money. Nothing of this quality but man I'm tired of viewing these type pics and then looking back at my crappy economy HP digipics.
HP makes great printers, some of the best in the world at that but as for computers and cameras

As for photo quality, if you want high quality shots you need a high quality lens...period. Then the ideal lighting and having an eye for that perfect angle or all the best equipment in the world won't matter one bit. The camera body is kinda relative, if you're doing insanely large billboard and print ads then you may need a Canon 1Ds Mark II for $8k or even a $30,000 Hasselblad that can shoot 39 megapixels but for the other 99% of the "photographers" a basic D-SLR body with a couple good lenses is more than enough.