auser is
undecided.
Bollocks to both of them
These kind of discussions are pointless - You don't buy a camera you buy the glass and you choose the glass based on your needs as a photographer. Personally I choose Olympus - the dust system actually WORKS (I took it to the desert with no issues) some their SLRs are perfect for discreet and travel photography, they are feature rich for their price point and IMHO the glass is the best there is but thats just my preference. There is also the question of the look of the pictures having gone through the processing engine - i.e. what JPEGs look like when you shoot in that format although its less of an issue in RAW mode. Go for a camera you feel comfortable with not something makes you feel more or less of a pro. Bottom line go for a system that fits your needs don't believe the branding hype....
Posted on: 06-03-2008, 5:51 AM
kelly is
leaning towards Canon
It really depends on your preference.
I think it all comes down to what you are used to. People most likely will stick with what they know.
I personally have used Canon all my life and I'm currently a Photography major and use it for both film and digital. In the end, I think the photographer is a bigger part of the outcome of the picture than the camera itself. It's kind of the same thing as paintbrushes - what really matters is the artist who uses them not the paintbrushes themselves.
To me, it's personal preference. As long as you know what you are doing and how to manipulate the camera to produce your image, it won't matter.
Posted on: 03-11-2008, 11:38 PM
most generally if you were to ask me my opinion on cameras, i'd have to lean towards canon, simply because i own three canons: a DSLR (rebel xt), a point-and-shoot (powershot a530), and even film (ae-1). however... yesterday, someone needed me to photograph something rather on the spot, and they lent me a nikon d40. i only had like two minutes to aquaint myself with the camera, so i didn't really get to study all the settings, but even for that i found it pretty user-friendly. the only thing i had a problem with was that i wasn't able to find a continuous shooting setting. i don't know if the d40 has that or not (it probably does and i'm just stupid) but that's definitely one feature (of many) i love about the rebel.
and this is purely superficial, but i found that the d40's shutter sound, sounded cooler than the rebel's does!
Posted on: 03-07-2008, 7:19 PM
JDiPierro is
leaning towards Nikon
Re: DSLRs from a pro photographer's perspective
Replied to: DSLRs from a pro photo...
First off film is not dead, while it's not nearly as popular as digital, it most certainly is not dead.
That being said I myself am a digital photographer. I haven't used the top-of-the-line dSLRs from either company but I have used mid-range Nikons and both low and mid-ranged Canons and I will say they both have their own ups and downs, though I prefer Nikon.
I'd say the ease-of-use of the menu system for either camera completely depends on how used to the menu you are. I started off with a Nikon camera, and I've been using Nikon personally ever since, I have used Canons for some studio work and general photography in school, and I personally find the Nikon menus much easier to navigate. However, I will admit that Canon's are much better at making settings easily changeable.
While I will admit that Canons tend to dominate the professional market, I personally prefer Nikon cameras due to tradition (I learned photography on a Nikon), ease of use, and picture quality.
Posted on: 02-15-2008, 9:47 AM
ogami-itto is
leaning towards Nikon
I'm not a photographer, but I do own a Canon Powershot A620,
and my better half owns a Nikon Coolpix 5900.
Which is "better"? Well that's a great question. These are both point and shoot cameras for people who still can't seem to figure out what the eff an F stop is (like me).
The Nikon seems to produce better images, or maybe my girlfriend is just a better taker of pictures than I am....
If there is one technical difference that I have noticed, it's that with the Canon set at super duper high quality high res setting, the dpi setting is 180. Now I've read that using Photoshop you can eff-stop around with that and it's not a huge deal, but when the Nikon spits out equally super duperized images at 300dpi by default I would say that makes the Nikon a slightly superior PAS, as opposed to the POS that my Canon is turning out to be...
Perhaps a real photographer could shed some light on this dpi mystery that could possibly keep me from getting to sleep at night. Well I doubt that but you know what I mean...
Posted on: 02-10-2008, 6:53 PM , Last edited: 02-10-2008, 6:54 PM
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I don't know enough about digital cameras to hold any significant opinion on the cameras of today, but having grown up on my dad's extensive camera collection I feel Nikon stands (stood?) way above the rest among both the middle-range and high-end categories in terms of user-friendliness, image quality and overall capabilities. (I'm kind of sad to see film becoming obsolete.)
Posted on: 02-08-2008, 10:59 AM , Last edited: 02-08-2008, 11:01 AM
I hate the watercolor effect in Nikon digital photos. They are absolutely fuglitastic.
Canons are really easy to use, with intuitive interfaces, sturdiness, a high level of compatibility, Image Stabilization (which Nikon CANNOT claim their cameras do, if they do, they're lying), and a huge selection of Canon branded lenses that I cannot even imagine my budget being enough for.
Oh and this is coming from someone who owns an Digital Rebel XTi. It has auto sensor cleansing. =]
Posted on: 02-05-2008, 1:57 AM
photog_love is
leaning towards Canon
DSLRs from a pro photographer's perspective
For film: Nikon
But film is dead.
For digital SLRs, Canon is unquestionably the best manufacturer. They are constantly improving the ease of use and scope of their products. They are the company that is pushing the rest of the market to evolve. Look at the new EOS 1D Mark III and the 40D. 3-inch screens.... 21.1 freakin megapixels...I mean come on...
And as a professional photographer who has used both platforms, I can state definitively that Canon is more intuitively designed. The placement of Nikon's buttons/features is often awkward. Also the structure of the menus is way too complex for ease of use.
Canon also pwns Nikon when it comes to clean interpolation of pixels. No doubt about it.
Posted on: 02-05-2008, 1:43 AM
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