While still expensive, these professional-grade cameras are now affordable enough for dedicated users.

You might assume that the latest professional cameras, ranging from a once-unheard-of 11 to 14 megapixels, would cost in the tens of thousands. They used to. Cam GeekHere are relatively affordable cameras that seamlessly blend the benefits of digital photography with old-school science and offer some of the best looking and some of the largest images we've ever seen, film or digital.

Canon EOS 10D CompactFlash Type II; SmartMedia