Do my digital camera and photo printer need to be the same brand?
No. It may be helpful if you want to purchase a camera that interfaces directly with a printer to produce prints, but even that does not always require equipment the same manufacturer. If you really know nothing about photography and don’t want know much more, there may be an advantage in purchasing matching equipment. It is better to purchase the equipment that meets your needs, instead of limiting yourself to a matching camera and printer. The people selling the equipment may say otherwise, especially if they work at big box stores. They have limited training on the products they sell and always try to push an extended warrantee, which is very profitable. You would almost certainly get better advice at a decent camera shop, one that is in the business of selling photographic equipment, not one-hour printing. I have a Nikon digital camera, which lets me use some accessories (excluding lenses) from my Nikon film camera. It produces very good quality JPEGs, as well as RAW format picture
