Which camera?

[Denis de Gannes]

The poll is which camera you use. Not which one you think is the best.

[cdifoto]

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.

[JohanL]

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!

[mantra]

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 that should sweep the new nikon up

[mantra]

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.

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

[Victoria Bampton]

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

No, I'm saying it's personal taste. Each camera has its own look, and its pros and cons.

I have seen some lovely skin tones from the high end Nikons and Fuji, even though Canon are usually accepted as the winner for skin tones. In lower end models Canon, IMHO, have the advantage for skin tones, whereas the lines blur at higher end models. But that is only in my experience of processing files from pro photographers worldwide - YMMV.

[mantra]

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,

by the way u can give a look here http://www.dpreview.com/

there are lot of review , and compare , seems canon are the best

outside canon & nikon

Olympus E-51' & Pentax k1'D are two great camera for 5''$ to 7''$

[Kiwigeoff]

by the way u can give a look here http://www.dpreview.com/

there are lot of review , and compare , seems canon are the best

outside canon & nikon

Olympus E-51' & Pentax k1'D are two great camera for 5''$ to 7''$

Any more "flame" type posts will result in moderation.

[cdifoto]

Any more "flame" type posts will result in moderation.

Good call. Last thing I want to see here is brand wars. I can get more than my % DV of that at dpreview. :roll:

[mantra]

Any more "flame" type posts will result in moderation.

sorry , my english is poor , i did not understand

i can't post links?

[Ian Farlow]

sorry , my english is poor , i did not understand

i can't post links?

You can post links. That's not the problem. The Moderators of this Forum will quickly moderate any Topics that tend towards insulting, brand-loyalty arguments, that's all. Just be careful where you try and lead this conversation.

I do not want this Site to break down into arguments over camera brands, or computer brands, or politics, religion, etc. There are plenty of other places to argue about those things, but this Site is not one of them.

[mantra]

You can post links. That's not the problem. The Moderators of this Forum will quickly moderate any Topics that tend towards insulting, brand-loyalty arguments, that's all. Just be careful where you try and lead this conversation.

I do not want this Site to break down into arguments over camera brands, or computer brands, or politics, religion, etc. There are plenty of other places to argue about those things, but this Site is not one of them.

I agree @1''%

[Ian Farlow]

Excellent. Just want to be sure everyone is on the same page, that's all. I appreciate your input here, as I do others.

[eesparx]

Digital: Canon
Film: Canon & Minolta

[Mick Seymour]

I've used a Canon of one sort or another since 1982. There wasn't any specific reason back then except Dixon's were doing a good deal on a T5' kit and I'd been told by my Dad that Canon was a good brand. The T5' lasted 2' years before I wanted another. I bought Canon again out of habit.

[Andrew Hayton]

Fuji S3's for me. Lovely for portraits. Would love to move to Canon but expense is holding me back.

[MikeCaine]

I use Canon gear as it was the first "proper" camera that I owned and have stuck with it since. I seem to collect it. I could easily have owned Nikon gear if I had bought into that system first. Some of the recent Nikon DSLRs look very nice, but I've too much invested in Canon to change, not that I'm looking to anyway.

Cameras
Canon 4'D with battery grip
Canon 2'D (grip now on 4'D)
Canon 1'D with battery grip
Canon 3''D
Canon IX
Canon 1NHS
Canon G9
Canon Ixus 9'' Ti
Canon Elph 85' Is

Canon T9'
Canon T8'
Canon T7'
Canon New F-1 (Los Angeles Olympic edition)
Canon AV-1
Canon A1
Canon AE-1

Canon A35F
Canon Canonet 28
Canon Canonet 17
Canon 7 (with standard 5'mm lens)
Canon 7 (with 5'mm f/'.95 lens)
Canon IVSB
Canon III

EOS lenses
Canon EF 17-4'mm f4.' L
Canon EF 5'mm f1.4
Canon EF 1''mm f2.8
Canon EF 7'-2''mm f2.8 L
Canon EF 1''-4''mm L
Canon EF-S 1'-22
Canon EF-S 17-85
Canon EF-S 18-55

Various FD and LTM lenses

[Ian Farlow]

Phew... when I first saw your Post show up on screen, I immediately though it was SPAM. Sorry, but the way you listed that equipment is exactly like a spammer does when listing junk for sale.

[DonRicklin]

I had the same reaction and did nearly delete it. But caught myself!



Don

[Ian Farlow]

Yep. I know what you mean!