NIKON is more reliable than Canon?

That's a naughty thread title - do we have a fishing rod smiley ?

Joking aside - I'm pretty unbiased - and have had no epic fails with either brand despite owning both.

Nikon D50, D70, D200, D700 or Canon 30D, 40D, 1D11 have all performed.

Nikon D300 (a work body) at the time was the only regular failure.
 
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dinners said:
That's a naughty thread title - do we have a fishing rod smiley ?

Joking aside - I'm pretty unbiased - and have had no epic fails with either brand despite owning both.

Nikon D50, D70, D200, D700 or Canon 30D, 40D, 1D11 have all performed.

Nikon D300 (a work body) at the time was the only regular failure.
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Yeah hehe :D
I have use both system and none ever fails me. Just wondering if u guys ever had problems with any. Is it the guy who wrote that who's bias :p
 
Only real issues i had were with my MKII ID, the batteries were garbage at anything less than zere degrees and on my MKIII it used to put itself into auto bracketing in damp conditions, i presume there was a faulty seal somewhere.
 
I took my 5d2 in the rain n even snow n its still works like a charm. Reading something like this, makes me wonder if NIKON is any better.
 
Another thread to fuel the "mine is better than yours" debate...

"The largest group of failures through were among the Canon 5D MKIIs"
"I should note that the 5D MKII's are not rated as weather resistant"

And his point is? A camera designed not to be used in such extreme conditions is more than likely to fail. doh!
 
A couple of things, that is 2 years old now and was discussed at the time.

Second, I may be wrong, but always remember the guy responsible for luminous landscapes being a Canon fanboy prior to the release of the D3.
 
Martyn... said:
A couple of things, that is 2 years old now and was discussed at the time.

Second, I may be wrong, but always remember the guy responsible for luminous landscapes being a Canon fanboy prior to the release of the D3.
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Thanks Martyn, that explains a lot. By the looks of things he switched to being a Sony fanboy at that time :)
 
"Several people noted that when returning to the ship after working in light rain 5D MKIIs with vertical battery grips tended to collect water in between the grip and the base – something that may have been the cause of some of the failures."

It's a studio/portrait camera body, taken into extreme conditions, with a battery grip added, no mention if these are third party grips. Do you have to take the battery door off with these grips, so breaking any form of slight weather proofing?

It's a bit of a non story really.
 
Organic said:
Thanks Martyn, that explains a lot. By the looks of things he switched to being a Sony fanboy at that time :)
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I remember following a link there a few years back, i swiftly realised the word 'objective' was not one he was familiar with :D

I always find it pointless, I do not care a jot what system anybody else uses, as it does not effect me ... :shrug:
 
The only problem Ive had was last winter in a field temperature dropped to about -18 and my battery failed. I walked back to the road and with the temp rise the camera came back to life. That was my little and well used 450d.
 
Martyn... said:
A couple of things, that is 2 years old now and was discussed at the time.

Second, I may be wrong, but always remember the guy responsible for luminous landscapes being a Canon fanboy prior to the release of the D3.
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I have to au that both systems have their own specialty. What NIKON can offer, canon can't. And it goes the other way around as well. Both have their selling points. But personally I'm a canon fan boy and its hard reading something like this. :p
 
I'll say 1 thing real pros shoot canons especially sports shooters all you see is the awesome White lenses :D in my opinion nikons are toilet fir cheapskates
 
Canon60d said:
I'll say 1 thing real pros shoot canons especially sports shooters all you see is the awesome White lenses :D in my opinion nikons are toilet fir cheapskates
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Have you ever actually posted anything usefull?
 
to be fair canon60d ended the thread quite correctly at post #2 with the perfect answer :)
 
Like the rest of his threads its been removed due to being either abusive or just crap, so I dont know what he said.
 
TCR4x4 said:
Like the rest of his threads its been removed due to being either abusive or just crap, so I dont know what he said.
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neither do I .. but i got the general idea by the REMOVED tag.. a insert any word here idea... still gets the same message accross.. that blog is a load of REMOVED :)
 
Back on track, i think the reliability of all modern DSLR's is pretty remarkable given the complexity and technology involved.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Back on track, i think the reliability of all modern DSLR's is pretty remarkable given the complexity and technology involved.
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Totally.

Can remember reading something years ago about 35mm AF cameras that there was more technology in a camera than what flew the first man to the moon. Whether true or not, it does get you thinking just how much goes into modern cameras and when you actually think about what they do in terms of computing all that info, they are very good value.

Personally never really had any probs with any of the cameras I've used. Had a broken hotshoe (my own fault and mirror box had to be replaced on one of my D2X bodies, but that's just one of those things and never once got me thinking I had a duff body. On the Canons (10/20/30/40D) I used to use the only probs i had was error messages relating to incompatible pre-digital Sigma lenses and odd situations where a card malfunctioned. Had a few bent memory card pins but with the use my cameras get, it was again just one of those things.
 
My experience has been Canon nil broken, Nikon 2 broken on the same day (same fault actually) most reliable camera neither Nikon or Canon but Pentak (note this is my personal experience) maybe I was unlucky and this was a good few years back with film cameras.
 
ruvor said:
pretty hard to say, but NASA chose Nikon.
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Probably because Nikons tend to be slightly better performers in poor light.

I once got sand in a Canon compact and the camera survived the experience. I've stuck with them ever since.
 
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