Why do people buy Canon?

[mknittle]

Well said, Peter. Now ...................

Do you agree that Pepsi is better than Coke?

The same but different

[Donald]

The same but different

That's the politically correct answer!

[Rhoads238]

I laughed out loud when I saw this thread posted. It's because canon shooters are into lomography and wanted to move into digital. Just kidding. Both makes are good. I think a lot of people buy what their friends use. My friend had a Nikon and taught me to use that and when I went to try out cameras canon felt weird.

[Tringa]

Because they make very good cameras that do what people want.

Dave

PS Have a look at my signature to see which camera I use.

[Letrow]

Well said, Peter. Now ...................

Do you agree that Pepsi is better than Coke?

That test is funny, because Pepsi is slightly sweeter I think. So the first few swallows taste better, but a whole bottle is too much apparently.
Could we have the same problem here?

[GrahamH]

..... There is no DSLR, none at all, that allows you to critically set focus over the entire viewfinder area. This has been alleviated lately with live view, but to me it was a critical factor.....

Pardon my ignorance, I understand the individual words, but not the sentence. Can you help me out.
Thanks.
Graham

[Inkanyezi]

Pardon my ignorance, I understand the individual words, but not the sentence. Can you help me out.
Thanks.
Graham

What I am trying to say is that the outer parts of the viewfinder area of a DSLR are not suited for focusing. Some are OK in the centre, although when using the tilt feature to get a slanted plane of focus, it isn't possible to evaluate focus in peripheral areas of the viewfinder. Looking at an electronic screen, particularly when you can enlarge it, is better for doing that kind of work. Most DSLR viewfinders aren't even suitable for focusing in the centre, even if it is alleviated when using a large aperture lens. AF works well on most, but manual focusing tends to be less convenient.

[stuck]

I just don't know why people spend so much money on lesser technology?

Umm, what car do you drive? Top of the range Mercedes no doubt. Me? I've got a Ford and you know what? It does everything I need and more. It's a couple of years old and there are features in the sound system I've still not used.

Ken

[inkista]

Time to repost a link to ctein's classic TOP essay: "The Photo-Fetishist League."

[Gaab]

I personally brought Canon as I had always had a Canon, right from point and shoot days.

When I started to get more interested in photography I upgraded to a G5 and then to a G9 before upgrading to a 350D for my first SLR. I have since spent a bit on lenses so have stuck with Canon and now have a 600D.

As I purchased a couple of extra lenses, if I was upgrade to another crop camera I would stick with Canon as I have gear for it.

If I was to look at full frame, I would look at other options.

I think its more my skill level letting down my shots than the gear I shoot with. Just looking at the pictures in these forums there are some amazing shots taken some "low" end gear that are as good in my opinion as some of the shots taken on the full frame high end gear.

Also, Coke and I drive a Suzuki :P

[pnodrog]

I own a German car does that mean I have to buy a German camera? Leica S2 maybe. Must warn my wife and bank manager.

[Donald]

Time to repost a link to ctein's classic TOP essay: "The Photo-Fetishist League."

Wonderful. If your bubble isn't pricked by reading this, then you're probably a lost cause.

[Letrow]

Time to repost a link to ctein's classic TOP essay: "The Photo-Fetishist League."

I hadn't realised there were so called RAW fetishists

[rpcrowe]

I really wish that I knew what the DxO people were going to say about future cameras and then I could plan my purchasing in advance. Of course, everyone must realize, when DxO comes out with a less than positive review, that the cameras receiving that review will automatically stop working at 2400 Zulu on the day the review is published

And, yes, there are lots of things I would change about Canon gear but, generally I am happy with my front line Canon 1.6x DSLR cameras and top-line lenses...

Some people are more enamoured with graphs and charts than they are shooting pictures.

Others shift from one brand to another with the regularity I change my socks because of new reviews on equipment! And often, they never get beyond the entry level caameras of whatever brand they are shooting with at the moment

And of course, there was the comment from a fellow photographer about an award winning photograph. How can that photo win any award? The histogram looks awful!

[inkista]

I hadn't realised there were so called RAW fetishists

[Grin.] TOP's got the sanity-check post on that one, too. I so love that blog.

[Colin Southern]

Do you agree that Pepsi is better than Coke?

I drink both, darn it

[Colin Southern]

I really wish that I knew what the DxO people were going to say about future cameras and then I could plan my purchasing in advance. Of course, everyone must realize, when DxO comes out with a less than positive review, that the cameras receiving that review will automatically stop working at 2400 Zulu on the day the review is published

I'm reminded of a photo of a dog up a tree with a caption of "it's amazing what you can do when you don't know what you can't do".

I'd hate for someone to be producing great photos without realizing that their camera had bad reviews and couldn't take photos like that ...

[pnodrog]

I'm reminded of a photo of a dog up a tree with a caption of "it's amazing what you can do when you don't know what you can't do".

I'd hate for someone to be producing great photos without realizing that their camera had bad reviews and couldn't take photos like that ...

They just need to edit the EXIF data to a camera and lens of their choice - saves a lot of money and the reviewers will be happy.

[loosecanon]

When I bought my first Canon camera , an F1 with breach fit lenses the quality of images was wonderful. It gave a tonality to die for. Very similar to Leica lenses at the time. The Canon breach lenses had fantastic resolving power on real world images, images taken out in the real world rather than black and white lines on a test chart.

Then came a change. Magazines went from empirical testing, ie , what does the image look like, to scientific bench testing. I think then it was line pairs per mm resolving power. Nikon lenses were always hard and good resolution on high contrast images, so they did well on these tests. The result, Canon and Minolta moved to produce harder lenses with more resolving power on the test bench, but in doing so lost the pictorial quality and I think some of the real world image quality, which the older lenses gave.

When I eventually had to go digital and give up my manual focus lenses I thought long and hard, this was the chance to change systems. The conclusion, at that point in time Canon were far ahead of Nikon and all the others, certainly as far as affordable cameras were concerned.

Would I change now? Well no, I prefer the handling of Canon to Nikon. I like the dual control wheels, the toggle to rapidly move focus point, I like the feel in my hands. I like the speed and accuracy of focus. I like the fact that If I fill the buffer I can carry on taking pictures albeit slower rather than having to wait seconds for a buffer to empty. I haven't mentioned resolution, why, well at 18 or 22 mp its plenty for me to work on to produce A3 and even A2 images when required.

[Colin Southern]

They just need to edit the EXIF data to a camera and lens of their choice - saves a lot of money and the reviewers will be happy.

Ha - in all honesty, I doubt anyone would even notice.