What do you shoot

[akhater]

I have been on this forum for just a few hours, but I have noticed that most of us own Canon gears, just out of curiosity what do you shoot?

I'll start Canon 30D

[studio206]

Canon all the way ^_^
i also have an Olympus digital camera o.O it's pretty good but it's not a dslr, it's one of those hybrid cameras, or super zoom... whatever u want to call them.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Canon for Life.

[Adaptive]

Canon 30d and a bunch of lenses with red rings around the tip

[FocZoEM]

Ok, there it is: NIKON!!!!!

[dnorris]

I ***** all the time about my Nikon stuff though.
The sensor isn't full frame and My d2x only goes up to iso of 800 which pissed me off. the flash heads don't rotate all the way around like canon does. Plus its cheaper.

But, in low light the camera focuses better even with the 800 iso. Plus is goes down to 100 iso, which I hear canon only goes to 200.

Its a love hate relationship. But I wont switch, due to the forcusing issue (at this time)

[studio206]

lol yeah i'd say so

[TX_Gulf_Coast]

Don't take this wrong, cause I advocate the theory that you USE what equipment works, not the brand name.

But...I dropped Nikon due to metering and focus problems with 2 of my D2H bodies. One body I sent to NPS 3 times and they still couldn't fix it right, the other twice.

And one of the reasons most sports photogs use Canon over Nikon IS the Auto Focus capabilities and performance. It is reputed to be the best in the business. I regularly use it in some "dungeon dark" High School football stadiums and it works fantastic. Alot of the focus capabilities on any camera is inherent in the lenses you choose to use. (I am using fast primes, so that helps alot. Variable aperature zooms will not perform well in low light.)

I can take My Canon's down to ISO 50 and up to ISO 3200. Don't know if that is the deal on all Canon's, but it just maybe that some people don't have the Expand ISO feature enabled on their body under Custom Functions.

My entire reasoning in the brand switch was due to functionality NOT brand. Canon bodies and lenses allow me a camera I can use in the studio, at weddings and in difficult low-light conditions (sports) where flash isn't an option and still produce a marketable image. Canon does that for me, where Nikon didn't. I can also depend on my images at ISO 1600 & even 3200 (with minimal Post work) where I NEVER could with Nikon, above 800. So I swapped. I used Nikon Digital, D1H, D1X, D2H, D2HS, and D100 bodies before switching.

Nikkor lenses are damn good too. I miss some of my Nikkor lenses. But have gained a couple that I will never part with on the Canon side too!

I am not convinced that the FF issue is that important. I have a full frame...but I hate the files and post work it creates. I like the size on my 1.3 crop sensor better and it produces ANY image size I need to print. I have 24" x 36" prints from my D2H (4.1 MP) files that are tremendous! No issues. It is more dependant on post processing and file handling in the print process than the image size.

I just wanted to make you aware of these things (and others that read) so that people make an informed decision.

By all means, if Nikon works for you...don't even toy with switching.

I ***** all the time about my Nikon stuff though.
The sensor isn't full frame and My d2x only goes up to iso of 800 which pissed me off. the flash heads don't rotate all the way around like canon does. Plus its cheaper.

But, in low light the camera focuses better even with the 800 iso. Plus is goes down to 100 iso, which I hear canon only goes to 200.

Its a love hate relationship. But I wont switch, due to the forcusing issue (at this time)

[najahannah]

Hello Everyone,
Thanks to focusfaction, I just registered myself a couple of minutes back. Am a novice in photography. Thought I could learn a few things from all. Last week got myself a Nikon D80 & have been practicing with the equipment. Never used a digital camera earlier. Thanks once again.

[najahannah]

Don't take this wrong, cause I advocate the theory that you USE what equipment works, not the brand name.

But...I dropped Nikon due to metering and focus problems with 2 of my D2H bodies. One body I sent to NPS 3 times and they still couldn't fix it right, the other twice.

And one of the reasons most sports photogs use Canon over Nikon IS the Auto Focus capabilities and performance. It is reputed to be the best in the business. I regularly use it in some "dungeon dark" High School football stadiums and it works fantastic. Alot of the focus capabilities on any camera is inherent in the lenses you choose to use. (I am using fast primes, so that helps alot. Variable aperature zooms will not perform well in low light.)

I can take My Canon's down to ISO 50 and up to ISO 3200. Don't know if that is the deal on all Canon's, but it just maybe that some people don't have the Expand ISO feature enabled on their body under Custom Functions.

My entire reasoning in the brand switch was due to functionality NOT brand. Canon bodies and lenses allow me a camera I can use in the studio, at weddings and in difficult low-light conditions (sports) where flash isn't an option and still produce a marketable image. Canon does that for me, where Nikon didn't. I can also depend on my images at ISO 1600 & even 3200 (with minimal Post work) where I NEVER could with Nikon, above 800. So I swapped. I used Nikon Digital, D1H, D1X, D2H, D2HS, and D100 bodies before switching.

Nikkor lenses are damn good too. I miss some of my Nikkor lenses. But have gained a couple that I will never part with on the Canon side too!

I am not convinced that the FF issue is that important. I have a full frame...but I hate the files and post work it creates. I like the size on my 1.3 crop sensor better and it produces ANY image size I need to print. I have 24" x 36" prints from my D2H (4.1 MP) files that are tremendous! No issues. It is more dependant on post processing and file handling in the print process than the image size.

I just wanted to make you aware of these things (and others that read) so that people make an informed decision.

By all means, if Nikon works for you...don't even toy with switching.

Hi,
Couldn't have agreed with you more! You are right in saying its finally "to each his own" - its functionality that matters ultimately and not the brand.

Rgds
Najahannah