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just wondering why those that have canon setups cross over to nikon setup

thought about it ,sort is grass greener on the side
 
it can only be curiosity yes it may just be that,from my point, but id thought ill ask
just saw nice d300 somewhere too
 
To avoid taking pics like...

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I kind of made the change over. I had a Canon 35mm SLR (a 500N if I remember rightly) but when going digital I went with a Nikon D70 and have since upgraded to a D300. I've never regretted by decision to go with Nikon. I've tried using Canon DSLRs and I didn't have a clue what to do with them.
 
i see,

i have canon 40d and still haveen't a clue what to do with them.
 
neil_g said:
its like the pc vs mac debate.. they both do the same thing equally well just laid out different. personal preference really.
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Kinda right, personal requirements more importantly.

Canon don't have a full frame body that also has a high frame rate capability.

That was my bone of contention with Canon. Yes, Canon systems are great, they do the job well and all that jazz but they also spread the facilities and capabilities out over a series of different bodies. If your cover a few different categories as a full time photographer then you'd be carrying around a bunch of different bodies.
 
Tomas Whitehouse said:
Kinda right, personal requirements more importantly.

Canon don't have a full frame body that also has a high frame rate capability.

That was my bone of contention with Canon. Yes, Canon systems are great, they do the job well and all that jazz but they also spread the facilities and capabilities out over a series of different bodies. If your cover a few different categories as a full time photographer then you'd be carrying around a bunch of different bodies.
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I'm out of my league here but thought I would chip in anyway. Is canon producing different bodies for different uses because that means you get a higher quality product rather than an all rounder? All rounders dont normally succeed at much at all, look at the Porsche Cayenne for example :D
 
BOM said:
Is canon producing different bodies for different uses because that means you get a higher quality product rather than an all rounder? All rounders dont normally succeed at much at all, look at the Porsche Cayenne for example :D
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Hopeful but no. Both Canon and Nikon produce systems that take fantastic images. Canon split the functions to make more money, Nikon do they same with the exclusion of their software (capture NX2, camera control pro etc). Swings and roundabouts really.

I shot Canon until last August, back then, I needed to invest in a new camera and not another second hand system.

I aggressively researched all my options with Canon, both my bodies had been exposed to heavy use and where near disintegration.

I had looked at the 1DSmkII's but frame rate and the unrealistic second hand asking prices at that time, made this option unwise.

A 1DmkIII is a 1.3x crop combined with all the previous AF, sub mirror issues and appalling QC left me to gingerly skipping that option (especially considering the price) and the 1DSmkIII wasn't a good option either for my sports requirements, in addition the 1DSmkIII was roughly the same price as a D3 back then inc good glass and an SB800 thrown in!

My primary requirements are Sports, Landscape, Portraiture and Weddings.

Canon weren't offering someone like me much of a choice.

I chose to invest in a D3 and a 24-70 with an SB-800 basically for the same price as a 1DsmkIII alone and without the limitations.

Luckily I have alot of friends who don't mind lending me lenses, without them I'd have been in trouble.

It made more sense to move onto to gear that met my needs rather than to invest in a series of bodies and overly complicate and over spend just to stay with the brand I had originally started out with.

They say that a back up is important, I agree, If I had stayed with Canon I'd be carrying four bodies with me to some jobs, primaries plus back ups :cuckoo:

It's all about recognizing and accepting your requirements and then meeting them as best you can.
 
Portraiture front room mostly at the mo,
reptiles mostly macro,
soon Landscapes,nightshots,buildings etc thats it
 
Same for me. I prefer one body that is capable of a do-it-all and simply changing lenses. So my money went for Nikon.

However, if Canon went the same route, I'd be torn and could be persuaded to change.
 
mine was much simpler i asked a mate who is really into wildlife about what would be a good starter cam to shoot motorsport and he pointed me towards the D50, which did fine for 3 years but now feel it had become a little long toothed so bought a new body a month or so ago and stuck with nikon as it was cheaper than changing all my kit too canon.
 
I changed from Canon to Nikon. The decision was entirely based on feel. In theory I would have been better sticking with Canon for reasons of technology and the few lenses I had.

I don't regret it at all.

But it is entirely about how you react to the camera in hand.

@Rockkeeper: No changing over to Nikon today young man! :D
 
Nethawk said:
Same for me. I prefer one body that is capable of a do-it-all and simply changing lenses. So my money went for Nikon.

However, if Canon went the same route, I'd be torn and could be persuaded to change.
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I'm not changing back, I'm invested now and later this year more lenses will need to be added to my inventory.

Even if Canon over take at some point and release something revolutionary, I'm not jumping ship. Canon had their time to keep me as a customer and fluffed it :lol:
 
Tomas Whitehouse said:
Hopeful but no. Both Canon and Nikon produce systems that take fantastic images. Canon split the functions to make more money, Nikon do they same with the exclusion of their software (capture NX2, camera control pro etc). Swings and roundabouts really.

I shot Canon until last August, back then, I needed to invest in a new camera and not another second hand system.

I aggressively researched all my options with Canon, both my bodies had been exposed to heavy use and where near disintegration.

I had looked at the 1DSmkII's but frame rate and the unrealistic second hand asking prices at that time, made this option unwise.

A 1DmkIII is a 1.3x crop combined with all the previous AF, sub mirror issues and appalling QC left me to gingerly skipping that option (especially considering the price) and the 1DSmkIII wasn't a good option either for my sports requirements, in addition the 1DSmkIII was roughly the same price as a D3 back then inc good glass and an SB800 thrown in!

My primary requirements are Sports, Landscape, Portraiture and Weddings.

Canon weren't offering someone like me much of a choice.

I chose to invest in a D3 and a 24-70 with an SB-800 basically for the same price as a 1DsmkIII alone and without the limitations.

Luckily I have alot of friends who don't mind lending me lenses, without them I'd have been in trouble.

It made more sense to move onto to gear that met my needs rather than to invest in a series of bodies and overly complicate and over spend just to stay with the brand I had originally started out with.

They say that a back up is important, I agree, If I had stayed with Canon I'd be carrying four bodies with me to some jobs, primaries plus back ups :cuckoo:

It's all about recognizing and accepting your requirements and then meeting them as best you can.
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Pretty much hit the nail on the head there. Figure out your requirements and then meet them with the relevant kit!
 
@Rockkeeper: No changing over to Nikon today young man!
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he he ,i was just asking/thinking,nearly time ,:lol:

40d suits me at the mo for the things i listed above, and might pick up an older 5d or 1ds,very soon.
whilst looking around at those two canon models, i started thing of nikon d200,d300 ahhhhhhhhhh
 
Well I was a Nikon man fro twenty years and waited for the D2Hs upgrade that never happened - so went to Canon 5D's ..... upgraded to MKIII's and just got frustrated with images not quite right .... and the latest of the recalls pushed me over the edge.

So back to Nikon with D3's .... yes it cost me to move back - but I'm happy that my vision and confidence are mirrored in the files ....
 
my gf is switching over because she can use my kit and it'll stop me mocking her for using canon if that's of any use?
 
Sense and sensibility...the D3 does do it all. It has very high resolution, certainly high enough for advertising work. It has a fast frame rate, and I think 9 frames/second is fast enough, 11 if you turn it into a D2X :clap:

For different "film rendition" you have the wonderful neutraility for portraits and fashion work, or for landscape you can wind up the saturation. You can turn the colours really wild if you want to - velvia wild for high impact colour.

You can shoot very good black and white, with in camera filtration of yellow, orange red or green, for various B&W effects.

It has excellent latitude across a wide range of film speeds and can produce really acceptable low light results.

The range of lenses from Nikon covers every conceivable situation and the close up specialists are particularly well catered for witht he clever flash and ring flash and bellows etc.

The proovable image information is good enough for court acceptance, so images can be verified to have not been fiddled with. (Police uses for evidence etc).

So the D3X does a bit more at the lower endof the scale at a slower rate.....but once you get to a certain stage, there is little to be gained by "over shooting" - as in the quality you get is then at the mercy of the final user...so you shoot 8x10 quality image, but the final user can only put it out at the equivalent of 35mm.....you have a load of wasted capability.

The D3 is at that level already, in that it can produce far more than most people will ever need...the D3X is overkill other than a few highly critical end users. A bit like 4x5 was more than adequate and 8x10 was just indulgence other than for special uses.

One question I ask myself before changing is: will I make any more money from changing? The D3 is so good that it doesn't need upgrading to ANYTHING. Any perceived extra benefit can't really be used other than in very high end reproduction which only a handful of people would ever reach. So it is unecessary, and will not make a penny more than the D3 will.

The other beautiful thing about it is the customisablity of the thing, plus it just falls into the hand and you can use it from the outset. You don't NEED to read the manual to get it to work.......I have had Canon, and they are just so awkward to find your way around in comparison.

For two pictures taken side by side, using equivalent gear from the two combatants? I doubt you could tell the difference.
 
I started a few years back using Canon T70 and moved up to the super T90 but then family and life got in the way so packed it all in and took it back up a year ago and found out the Canons just dont sit well in my hand anymore but Nikon does so I am now a convert
 
I must admit I do like the G9 and now the G10,over the comparable Nikon models, but Canon's dslr bodies just don't have the ergonomics that Nikon's do.
 
I keep seeing these threads & must add my few pence worth! - Back in 2006 when I joined here and Canon was king! - People like me who preferred the 'feel' etc of the Nikon were made to feel like second class citizens - I upgraded that year from a D50 to a D200 and the guy I bought it from had decided to flog all his Nikon gear (several thousand pounds worth) & bought the equivalent Canon gear - Recently the same guy has now sold all his Canon gear, and you guessed it, bought a load of Nikon gear!
The whole forum in 2009 now seems to have more Nikon fans than Canon but if you give it a year or two it will all change back again (methinks)
It has already been said that you should buy the camera / lenses that meet your needs & that remains the case - Indeed, to my suprise, when I got back to photography at the end of 2008 I expected to pick up the latest Nikon but found I liked the Canon equivalent better :nuts:
Sorry for the slight rant & yes Sony Olympus Pentax et al make great cameras too!
Paul
 
take a look at the threads about the customer care offered by canon on the high end models, none existent at moment i would say. so that is one major thing to put in the ring.

it is making me think seriously about it.
 
PaulBoy said:
The whole forum in 2009 now seems to have more Nikon fans than Canon but if you give it a year or two it will all change back again (methinks)
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You should perhaps as a Nikon owner have a look at the for sale section on here... very, very few Nikon items turn up... which means at least one of the following:

1) Not many people actually have Nikon stuff, most have Canon

2) The Nikon owners are very brand vocal and skew the post stats on here

3) Everyone is selling their Canon stuff, to buy Nikon :D

Personally, my flip to Nikon wasn't really a brand thing, just a case of needing a camera system for the photography I do. As it turns out, it was Nikon.
 
Nikon Cameras And Mac Computers ..........It's What Im Into
 
I'm at a crossroads right now, having had my Canon 350D since it first came out, I'm looking to upgrade. As people have said the end result (i.e. the photo) may not be that different between the manufacturers.

There are features of both Nikon and Canon that I like on the D300 and 50D. But I find all my research is really going into the lenses, what lenses will I need, what is available and at what cost, what would lenses would I need in the future, etc.

So to me it's all about the glass.
 
hotchef23 said:
take a look at the threads about the customer care offered by canon on the high end models, none existent at moment i would say. so that is one major thing to put in the ring.

it is making me think seriously about it.
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Really?
Because if i remember rightly people have been impressed with the new recall and its turn around time..... Please tell me where this is non existent?
 
MJ Stebbings said:
Really?
Because if i remember rightly people have been impressed with the new recall and its turn around time..... Please tell me where this is non existent?
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Well their crap customer care is why i switched, £10,000 worth of their gear and they didnt give a hoot about me.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Well their crap customer care is why i switched, £10,000 worth of their gear and they didnt give a hoot about me.
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Read the original post i quoted again. It uses the term "...at the moment".
If that was the case, then the recall thread might have a slightly different look.

And i dont think customer care from any company is that great. I dread using them as i usually find them crap.Its just a nice surprise when i do get a helpful person...which is rare
 
Nikon customer care is second to none - especially for the professional user.

Guaranteed turn round time of 3 working days, or loan kit to keep you working until yours is ready...then you have 3 days to get the loan kit back to them. Plus, you out on a job and you can't remember how to fiddle the controls to do what you want to do, a quick phone call on the dedicated line and they will talk you through it there and then....

That is pretty damn good customer care if you ask me.
 
Why? Because Canon couldn't give me a pro FF body with the speed and features I wanted for less than £4500. And because I was sick of the focus/recompose centre-AF point only of the 5D not to mention the shutter lag and mirror blackout.
 
This is getting bitchy now, I'm going to pull up a chair and get out my popcorn.

Seriously, those who have commented on changing have done so/are doing so mostly for the reason that the new range either supports their chosen style or is more comfortable to use for them. That's why I did it too.

There's nothing to bitch about.

Noone is being wrong or stupid, not even the Sony and Pentax owners ;)

It's all subjective.
 
Once you know the camera and what it can do, the only real difference you'll see with the final image on the screen or the print in your hand will come from the glass, not whether it's Nikon or Canon...

The only other defference is the handling.

Thats it really, unless I'm missing something? *


* (customer service / recall issues aside!!)
 
Well its nearly 7 days since my mkIII died and its sat here while I wait a telephone call from Canon... While I wait I am browsing Nikon websites and looking at Nikon equivelants to my gear... I dont know if I will do it.. but its tempting.. How many others are in my shoes?
 
well I have been considering the new 5D mk2 but after reading on here about the problems and the very poor service that one member has been having I am considering moving to Nikon, its not 100% that I will go that way but its in the back of my mind, I wont want much pushing if Canon can release a brand new camera and then cant fix it when it all goes wrong and dont seem to care either :shrug:
 
I've only ever used beginner Nikon customer care, and I've always found Nikon's customer care to be terrible.

I don't rely on my camera for anything other than to give me a shot that I'm happy with. And it does that perfectly. If it didn't, I'd upgrade.

When and if I need a fast full frame camera, I'll be looking at the 1ds, D700 and D3. Until then, I'm perfectly happy with my kit and it's extremely reliable. And that is 100% what it boils down to. Canon and Nikon leap frog each other.
 
KIPAX said:
Well its nearly 7 days since my mkIII died and its sat here while I wait a telephone call from Canon... While I wait I am browsing Nikon websites and looking at Nikon equivelants to my gear... I dont know if I will do it.. but its tempting.. How many others are in my shoes?
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A fellow wedding pro had a shocking time with his 1D III's as well. He is well known and featured on Canon newsletters and reviewed the new 1Ds III for them.

I was chatting to him last month about his decision to move to Nikon in January (D3's) and he said it was the fact that Canon didn't even ring him back when he was one of 'theirs'. If he couldn't get a call back what chance does someone unknown to them have.

He's delighted with his move btw.
 
MJ Stebbings said:
Really?
Because if i remember rightly people have been impressed with the new recall and its turn around time..... Please tell me where this is non existent?
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go to the kipax thread with regard to this problem
 
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