What is the best digital professional camera?

Ok, here is one of those answers that Tim promised you: Goodie.... I'll go out to buy some brushes and paints (which are the professional ones?) then I'll become a famous painter. Or maybe I should buy cooking stuff and become a famous chef. Or a horse? A racing car? Hmmm..... wonder what would make me look the most professional ;-)

Check out this one:http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/766903-REG/Hasselblad_70490520_H4D_200MS_Digital_Camera.html The Hasselblad H4D is probably the best professional camera out there. 50 megapixels and just a hair over $44,000. Toss in a few lenses, a backup body, and you can have best digital professional camera system for less than $100,000. What a deal!!!! Prepare yourself for other ridiculous answers. Here is the thing. The fact that you asked this question indicates that you are no where near ready to consider opening your own photography business.

OK, facetious answers aside. You asked the wrong question, you are not looking for the "best" digital professional camera unless you want to spend tens of thousands of dollars. If you want to get into photography start with an entry level DSLR, or if that's too much money, then a bridge camera would be fine. You have a lot of learning to do before you will be able to start a successful photography business. The problem is it's not "professional" cameras that make people "professional" - it's their skill. No skill = unremarkable photos = no body will want to buy them = a failed business.

If you can't even decide what camera to buy on your own, you are nowhere near ready to have your own business.

In the professional range, I think of Hasselblad, Phase One or Mamiya cameras Well, Leica too

A true pro can take amazing photos with *any* camera. Likewise, a complicated professional camera in the hands of a beginner will take terrible photos. I would recommend buying one the cheapest entry-level DSLRs, like a Canon 1100D or Nikon D3100. Then buy some books and/or sign up for a course so you can learn the basics of exposure, composition and a whole bunch of other stuff. I have owned a Canon 450D for several years while I have been continuously learning about photography from the internet, from books and from watching professionals. I'm nowhere near outgrowing it yet, but I'm having fun. I don't want to be a professional - I just enjoy taking pictures and being able to put them on my blog, or have them printed and framed or bound into books.

The Canikonypenpus 9000+ ... It allows you to take any photo just like the best professional photographer you have ever seen.... Its images are truly amazing and you require absolutely no skill to work it. It comes in at a very reasonable price and here's the cut.... It doesn't exist! There is no be all and end all camera, if you had any idea about professional photography you would know that already. Any DSLR on the market produces quality images and quite a few compacts do as well... It's the mug behind the lens that makes the difference.

Why does your question remind me of this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oqHrPQ9ULM ...... sigh ........ steve

Well first ask yourself, what kind of photography will you be doing? Sports and actions pro's like Canon, while nature and landscape pro's lean more toward Nikon. I own Nikon and the biggest reason I chose Nikon was for the lenses. You can use any (most) nikon len on any (most) nikon camera. In fact Nikon is the only camera that does that. And the lens are backwards compatiable.