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I don't want to start a war, but I'm curious as to which camera you all use. Just to keep things simple, the choices are: Canon, Nikon, and Other, in alphabetical order.

If you want to post why you chose a particular brand I'm interested, let's just please keep the discussion civil.

Thanx for your input,
 
Canon for me.

I work with files from pro photographers worldwide, who are using a whole mix of cameras. The Fuji S5 gives some lovely skin tones, as do some of the higher end Nikon's, but the noise is so much higher than on any Canon, and that would bug me.

It's a personal choice, and all of the big manufacturers make great cameras... at the end of the day, it's often down to the skill of the photographer.
 
Pentax, because I already had Pentax mount lenses.

If I came into real money I would take a hard look at Canon and Nikon.

Don
 
I had Nikon 35mm gear, but they kind of dropped the digital ball after the D1x. Almost everyone that I know and work with uses Canon cameras or Phase One backs and they both shoot tethered into Capture One. I bought a Canon system for the tethered shooting, and if I needed to borrow lenses or accessories I had more access to the Canon gear. It does seem that the Nikon stuff has gotten a lot better in the last couple of years.
 
Canon for me, although truth be told I am a big, big fan of Nikon equipment. Always have been, but I do love my Canon!
 
I guess you can tell from my signature which camp I'm in. The first SLR I ever picked up was a Nikkormat FtN, followed closely by a Nikon F-FtN. Unfortunately, neither of them were mine and I suffered through a succession of cameras before winding up with an F2, a 55/1.2 and an 18'/2.8. I was doing a lot of concerts and nightclub shooting at the time and the system worked for me. Got married, the first child was on the way, the guitar paid the rent one month and the F2 the next two...

Last year, an old friend called up and offered me a D7' and a couple of lenses at closet-cleaning prices so I bit. It's been downhill from there. After getting the D2'' I was amazed at the great MF glass available for a proverbial song, so I picked up on a few nice pieces. And the zooms were amazing! Nothing like the old 43-86 everybody used to laugh at! Anyway, after having learned more about the new cameras and what they can do, I'd honestly have to say it would be a hard decision for me to choose objectively between Nikon and Canon. Both make great gear, Canon has more choices in glass but I guess I'm a Nikon person by heritage and pretty brand-loyal. I could nit-pick if I wanted but I'm sure you Canon users have your own set of minor griefs and we both have great glass and great bodies so what's the fuss? Either beats pushing Tri-X to 12'' any day.....

Ian, we should get together and play "gear-swap" for a day. By the time the Petit LeMans rolls around again, I plan to be there with a D3 and a 2''-4''VR, it might make for an interesting weekend!

Thanks to all for your input,
 
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I guess you can tell from my signature which camp I'm in. The first SLR I ever picked up was a Nikkormat FtN, followed closely by a Nikon F-FtN. Unfortunately, neither of them were mine and I suffered through a succession of cameras before winding up with an F2, a 55/1.2 and an 18'/2.8. I was doing a lot of concerts and nightclub shooting at the time and the system worked for me. Got married, the first child was on the way, the guitar paid the rent one month and the F2 the next two...

Last year, an old friend called up and offered me a D7' and a couple of lenses at closet-cleaning prices so I bit. It's been downhill from there. After getting the D2'' I was amazed at the great MF glass available for a proverbial song, so I picked up on a few nice pieces. And the zooms were amazing! Nothing like the old 43-86 everybody used to laugh at! Anyway, after having learned more about the new cameras and what they can do, I'd honestly have to say it would be a hard decision for me to choose objectively between Nikon and Canon. Both make great gear, Canon has more choices in glass but I guess I'm a Nikon person by heritage and pretty brand-loyal. I could nit-pick if I wanted but I'm sure you Canon users have your own set of minor griefs and we both have great glass and great bodies so what's the fuss? Either beats pushing Tri-X to 12'' any day.....

Ian, we should get together and play "gear-swap" for a day. By the time the Petit LeMans rolls around again, I plan to be there with a D3 and a 2''-4''VR, it might make for an interesting weekend!

Thanks to all for your input,
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Absolutely! Name a place...
 
Canon gear, cause it can survive Everest and a Nepali Jungle on the same day.
 
Well now...

let me tell you...earlier this week I got my grubby hands on the new Nikon D3 with the also new 14-24 Nikkor lens. OMG! This thing is absolutely incredible. I managed to crack a few shots of inside the Velodrome in Manchester and deliberately wanted to see its' capabilites at high iso.

So, here's two images the first straight from camera from the NEF file converted to jpeg, and the second a heavy crop from the same photo, cropped via LR. All LR setting were zero - what iso would you peg this at?

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and now the crop

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Apologies for the size, I want you to see the grain which doesn't come across so well if the image was smaller.


Anyway, the iso is 1','''! Yes, ten thousand. Taken with auto WB in manual metering using matrix metering. I think this is astounding personally.
 
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Changed to Canon this year after 25 years with Nikon, don't ask why because i don't know I just did it..
 
I voted for all three because it doesn't matter much. If you suck with one, you'll suck with 'em all. :D
 
OK so I'm illiterate. Oh wait...

I clicked the local newspaper's Nikon D1 shutter a couple times when I was trying to troubleshoot it and I had a Kodak P&S back in the day. There. That counts I think. :D
 
I started with Pentax film gear, enjoyed it very much and then upgraded to Nikon film gear when I could afford it, I still have the Nikon outfit. Then came the digital era, very carefully I got a Nikon point-and-shoot, I think it was a 43'', nice photos but frustratingly slow. Now to enter the real DSLR world, it was very difficult to move away from Nikon with, I had hoped I could use some of the old film stuff but found that technology had progressed so much as to make some units unuseable and others, like lenses, very slow. I now knew I had to invest in a totally new system. Looked very seriously at Nikon and found them lacking in sensor development with the best resolution being 6Mp, the lenses mostly lacked VR and the selection did not compare with the competition.

Today my humble opinion as a Nikon lover is that they are catching up rapidly with their latest D3, looks like a great package, and more lenses now have VR, from a 2'' to a 6''mm. There are still no zooms with VR, unless I missed something. Nikon uses ED glass which is reputed to be excellent and according to reviews from very knowledgeable people may be a preffered choice in image quality.

The bottom line for me was that I had to make a decision at a certain time and could not decide otherwise than to go with Canon. What swung me was the camera sensor resolutions as well as the IS on a great number of zoom as well as prime lenses. How do I feel about it now? Good, my Canon outfit is serving me very well, the results are excellent and I am not sorry for switching. Hope you find something here to assist you in making your own choices. Good luck!
 
i would buy the canon 3'D now shipped in europe with a good lens for 1.'''€
it not too much , and it's a great great great camera


the new nikons are great ,for now better then canon i'm talinking about D3'' and the new full format , but the others suck


i'm waiting for the new 5D :D that should sweep the new nikon up :D :D :D
 
Victoria Bampton said:
Canon for me.

I work with files from pro photographers worldwide, who are using a whole mix of cameras. The Fuji S5 gives some lovely skin tones, as do some of the higher end Nikon's, but the noise is so much higher than on any Canon, and that would bug me.

It's a personal choice, and all of the big manufacturers make great cameras... at the end of the day, it's often down to the skill of the photographer.
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Victoria , are u saying that fuji and nikon make better headshots with great skin tones???

I always see the best headshots ,portrays took with a canon ,always
 
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