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Nikon D3 with 17-35mm ISO 280 Sidebar – UpdatedĪt a couple of recent seminars (Nov / Dec, 07) at my gallery, during the process of my acquiring a Nikon system, several attendees asked why I chose the lenses that I did. New Year’s Brunch – Barcelona, January, 2008 So – during November and December 2007 I purchased an almost complete Nikon system. It makes sense therefore for me to become conversant with both systems and to cover them equally from now on. But it does recognize that with more than 1 million readers a month from around the world I have a lot of people visiting the site who are interested in both camera platforms. No – this doesn’t mean that I am switching from Canon to Nikon. I also decided that the only way to do justice to the brand was to actually go out and put together a complete system and to start using it in the field. This caught my attention, and for the first time in nearly a decade I decided to see what Nikon was offering. Even a cursory look at the features of these two cameras showed that Nikon was back in the game.
NIKON D300 PLUS
Canon was then the first with a full-frame DSLR (1Ds), and this plus the company’s extremely clean and low noise proprietary CMOS sensors meant that there was little pull on me to return to the Nikon brand.īut then in mid-2007 Nikon announced the D300 and D3, and just prior to the end of the year started to ship both.
NIKON D300 PRO
Though Nikon was first with an affordable pro DSLR, the D1, Canon quickly responded with the D30, 1D and their successors. This type of change can often be creatively stimulating.Īs the new decade progressed and digital became dominant I never regretted my move to Canon. I also felt that I wanted a change, maybe even just for the sake of it, to learn and become familiar with something new and different. The reasons were because Canon had fast USM autofocus, a line of Tilt / Shift and long Image Stabilized lenses that Nikon did not, and I found that these were all to my needs and liking. But for several decades prior to the advent of digital, Nikons were my 35mm tool of choice. I also used (and still do) Hasselblads and Leicas, and as a magazine reviewer have probably tested and shot with almost every major camera system available since the mid-1960’s. Prior to 1999 I used Nikons, shoot film, and used them to make a living in photography for some 30 years.
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In this essay I look at the new Nikon D3 and D300 though the eyes (mine) of someone who has been shooting with Canon cameras for the past 8 years.
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A few pros actually go to the trouble and expensive of renting and trying out both systems, but " few" is the operative word. We may even visit a camera store and play with one or both for 15 minutes while standing at the sales counter. This means that we end up making our purchase decision based on advice from friends, or web or magazine reviews. We become attached to them, enjoy their strengths, and curse their weaknesses.īut, and it’s a big but, few of us have the chance to work with and really get to simultaneously know both major brands.
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We see this carried to its extreme with the adolescent fanboyattitudes displayed on some web forums and camera clubs in defense of one brand over another.īut for most pros and serious amateurs these cameras are simply tools of the trade or pleasurable hobby / art / craft purchases. Also, brand loyalty comes into play because no one likes admitting that they may have made an inappropriate buying decision. A couple of bodies and a selection of pro-grade lenses runs between $10-$20,000, and once a decision and investment has been made few bother to switch, or if they do so it isn’t more often than every decade or two. Both companies have loaner and rapid repair programs for pros, and rental houses around the world typically carry bodies and lenses of both brands, while rental facilities for the other brands are almost nonexistent.Įconomics being what it is, few photographers own both systems at the same time. Yes, Pentax, Sony, Olympus and a couple of others have their niches, but Nikon and Canon between them share the majority of the marketplace. There are two major brands of 35mm camera in the pro and prosumer camera market – Canonand Nikon.