Nikon or Canon DSLR?

TWiTCHY · 04-12-2009, 08:48 PM

No, this isn't another thread about Nikon vs. Canon, but rather a survey.
After seeing just how many people here on Bimmerpost own DSLRs, I wanted to see how many of us own a Nikon or Canon DSLR. I don't care if you own a Nikon but prefer Canon, or vice-versa; it's about the DSLR that you use right now. If you own more than one make, choose your primary.

And I'm not going to bother adding Pentax or Sigma individually. There's an "Other" selection for that.

And keep the fan-boy inside you away from this thread. This isn't another place to discuss one camera make's superiority over another.

sc_tr0jan_m3 · 04-12-2009, 08:58 PM

nikon cause i have the most equipment for it... plus my father passed on an awesome old school manual focus F4 to me that i enjoy till this day...

TWiTCHY · 04-12-2009, 09:00 PM

I wonder if this poll will even out (excluding "Other") by the time it starts to slow down. I'll probably give it a month or two.

sc_tr0jan_m3 · 04-12-2009, 09:58 PM

it almost always ends up in a 50-50 split... hehe

BillLee · 04-12-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sc_tr0jan_m3

nikon cause i have the most equipment for it... plus my father passed on an awesome old school manual focus F4 to me that i enjoy till this day...

lol same here

TWiTCHY · 04-12-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by BillLee

lol same here

By that, do you mean you've also inherited a lens from a family member or something? I'm borrowing a lens from a cousin at the moment if that counts

Arizona_Steve · 04-13-2009, 02:22 PM

Voted Nikon. Neither is better, both take excellent pictures. The most important part is the twelve inches or so behind the camera.

solefald · 04-13-2009, 02:29 PM

if you know how to use *any* camera, you would be able to take killer shots with anything.

i do prefer nikon though.

Tedesco · 04-13-2009, 03:51 PM

been canon since 2003. i love them, but even if i wanted to go nikon it would be too damn expensive to switch at this point. regardless of what you shoot, you will get great photos with both bodies.

-Chris

lyndon_h · 04-13-2009, 04:02 PM

I decided to go the canon route since i have always enjoyed their point and shoot cameras. I also found that there were more used Canon lenses if I decide to go that route.

MikeBoldt · 04-13-2009, 05:48 PM

I shoot Nikon, have shot Canon, don't get why anyone would shoot Canon with cameras like the D300 + D700 + D3 around lol but to each their own.

TWiTCHY · 04-13-2009, 07:45 PM

Wow. It's still 50-50, haha!

BMW F22 · 04-13-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeBoldt

I shoot Nikon, have shot Canon, don't get why anyone would shoot Canon with cameras like the D300 + D700 + D3 around lol but to each their own.

Same reason as to why some people don't get why others shoot Nikon. I never get why people diss something and then follow up with "to each their own." But yeah, to each their own.

vachss · 04-13-2009, 07:56 PM

Body doesn't matter much. Canon and Nikon both make fine ones. I bought into Canon because at the time Nikon didn't make long IS primes. Now I shoot a 24/1.4, a 65mm MPE and a 300/4IS as my walkaround kit (and add a 500IS for birding) - kinda hard with Nikon bodies.

TWiTCHY · 04-14-2009, 02:49 AM

As of today, the results are still 50/50. I was expecting more Canon users but I guess I was wrong.

Septro · 04-14-2009, 10:35 AM

Some trends are just aligned to each other along Camera lines. A few empircal points I've gathered about the two:

1. Canon owners own a Mac while most Nikon owners run a Windows-box
2. Canon owners drive an environment-friendly car, Nikon owners don't focus on it (outside of this forum obviously)
3. Canon owners are Democrats, Nikon owners Republican
4. Canon owners are Runners, Nikon owners are Gym-rats

The list could go on and on, but just from pure observation - they tend to fall along those lines. What does it mean? Nothing.

Sorry for the slight /OT Twitchy..

lyndon_h · 04-14-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Septro

Some trends are just aligned to each other along Camera lines. A few empircal points I've gathered about the two:

1. Canon owners own a Mac while most Nikon owners run a Windows-box
2. Canon owners drive an environment-friendly car, Nikon owners don't focus on it (outside of this forum obviously)
3. Canon owners are Democrats, Nikon owners Republican
4. Canon owners are Runners, Nikon owners are Gym-rats

The list could go on and on, but just from pure observation - they tend to fall along those lines. What does it mean? Nothing.

Sorry for the slight /OT Twitchy..

I'm not sure where that stereotype comes from other than the fact Nikon has stepped its game up recently and many new DSLR owners are newer owners, and therefore many are not tradition artsy people.

rodi · 04-14-2009, 11:25 AM

ah, what the hell. i hate discussions like this. but work is slow today and i need entertainment. :]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Septro

Some trends are just aligned to each other along Camera lines. A few empircal points I've gathered about the two:

1. Canon owners own a Mac while most Nikon owners run a Windows-box
2. Canon owners drive an environment-friendly car, Nikon owners don't focus on it (outside of this forum obviously)
3. Canon owners are Democrats, Nikon owners Republican
4. Canon owners are Runners, Nikon owners are Gym-rats

The list could go on and on, but just from pure observation - they tend to fall along those lines. What does it mean? Nothing.

Sorry for the slight /OT Twitchy..

i find this funny, and quite opposite. of course.

primarily, canon has been the widely-used, mainstream camera of the digital age. windows computers are the widely-used mainstream.
canon's like walmart (republican) - they have everything. camcorders, printers, scanners, calculators, copiers, fax machines, medical and IT equipment. Oy.
nikon just makes cameras and optics (microscopes, nano-tech optics, binoculars).

canon cameras are designed by engineers. nikon cameras are designed by photographers (and a guy who designed the BMW M1, Ferrari's, Alfa Romeo Brera, . . . .).
when you think of canon, you don't think of design or ergonomics. do you agree that the ergonomics of the nikons definitely have an edge over canon's? it's largely pretty agreed upon from both camps. how much sense does it make to have to put stretch your thumb to a 90-degree angle when holding the camera just to change the aperture? - pure design flaw, and canons are littered with them.

disclaimer: i'm not talking about the sensors in either company's cameras, just the design (form and function) of their bodies. they both have the right technology to get the job done.

vachss · 04-14-2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by rodi

when you think of canon, you don't think of design or ergonomics. do you agree that the ergonomics of the nikons definitely have an edge over canon's? it's largely pretty agreed upon from both camps. how much sense does it make to have to put stretch your thumb to a 90-degree angle when holding the camera just to change the aperture? - pure design flaw, and canons are littered with them.

Yaaah, but we got the Direct Print button!

rodi · 04-14-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vachss

Yaaah, but we got the Direct Print button!

hahaha.

man, because we use that ALL the time. ;]

solefald · 04-14-2009, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Septro

1. Canon owners own a Mac while most Nikon owners run a Windows-box
2. Canon owners drive an environment-friendly car, Nikon owners don't focus on it (outside of this forum obviously)
3. Canon owners are Democrats, Nikon owners Republican
4. Canon owners are Runners, Nikon owners are Gym-rats

1. Bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit. Actually from my experience it is completely opposite.
2. Same. Bullshit
3. Even bigger bullshit
4. Whatever. I do both. And use Nikon

EDIT: And i can't stand Canon interface. This was one of my main turn-off when i was shopping for a camera.

Septro · 04-14-2009, 12:26 PM

Hostility hostility.. generalizations are just that - half wrong and half right half the time, these were just my observations, nothing more nothing less but I find it funny folks take it so personal.

Everyone hates being stereotyped but people love to be defined. Both are great cameras and my observations says nothing about them as do the generalizations. None of them are bad, just different. Post your own if you disagree.

View Poll Results: Which DSLR make do you own?
Nikon	35	50.72%
Canon	33	47.83%
Other	1	1.45%
Voters: 69. You may not vote on this poll

04-12-2009, 08:48 PM	#1
TWiTCHY Colonel 399 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	Nikon or Canon DSLR? No, this isn't another thread about Nikon vs. Canon, but rather a survey. After seeing just how many people here on Bimmerpost own DSLRs, I wanted to see how many of us own a Nikon or Canon DSLR. I don't care if you own a Nikon but prefer Canon, or vice-versa; it's about the DSLR that you use right now. If you own more than one make, choose your primary. And I'm not going to bother adding Pentax or Sigma individually. There's an "Other" selection for that. And keep the fan-boy inside you away from this thread. This isn't another place to discuss one camera make's superiority over another.
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sc_tr0jan_m3 Lieutenant Colonel 520 Rep 1,730 Posts Drives: 2018 Grigio Telesto F80 M3 DCT Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	nikon cause i have the most equipment for it... plus my father passed on an awesome old school manual focus F4 to me that i enjoy till this day... __________________ 2018 Grigio Telesto F80 M3 DCT \| :: Bone Stock :: 2004 Titanium Silver E46 M3 6 Speed \| :: Track Car ::
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TWiTCHY Colonel 399 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	I wonder if this poll will even out (excluding "Other") by the time it starts to slow down. I'll probably give it a month or two.
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sc_tr0jan_m3 Lieutenant Colonel 520 Rep 1,730 Posts Drives: 2018 Grigio Telesto F80 M3 DCT Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	it almost always ends up in a 50-50 split... hehe __________________ 2018 Grigio Telesto F80 M3 DCT \| :: Bone Stock :: 2004 Titanium Silver E46 M3 6 Speed \| :: Track Car ::
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04-13-2009, 02:22 PM	#7
Arizona_Steve Driving 'Mr Car Car' 52 Rep 135 Posts Drives: 2017 AW BMW M2 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona iTrader: (0)	Voted Nikon. Neither is better, both take excellent pictures. The most important part is the twelve inches or so behind the camera. __________________ "Mr Car Car": 2017 M2, AW, DCT, Exec, ACP
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solefald Nigerian Prince 410 Rep 2,180 Posts Drives: '11 F25 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA iTrader: (2) Garage List '11 BMW F25 [0.00]	if you know how to use any camera, you would be able to take killer shots with anything. i do prefer nikon though. __________________ http://soundcloud.com/djtchort
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Tedesco Motorsports Photography Guru 39 Rep 236 Posts Drives: 98 E36 M3/4/5 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA iTrader: (4)	been canon since 2003. i love them, but even if i wanted to go nikon it would be too damn expensive to switch at this point. regardless of what you shoot, you will get great photos with both bodies. -Chris
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lyndon_h Lieutenant Colonel 41 Rep 1,917 Posts Drives: e90 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madagascar iTrader: (2)	I decided to go the canon route since i have always enjoyed their point and shoot cameras. I also found that there were more used Canon lenses if I decide to go that route.
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04-13-2009, 05:48 PM	#11
MikeBoldt Enlisted Member 18 Rep 36 Posts Drives: Nikon D700 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada iTrader: (0)	I shoot Nikon, have shot Canon, don't get why anyone would shoot Canon with cameras like the D300 + D700 + D3 around lol but to each their own. __________________ Nikon D700 / Nikon D300 / Nikon P6000 / Nikon 10.5mm F2.8 / Nikon 14mm F2.8 / Nikon 20mm F2.8 / Nikon 24-70mm F2.8 / Nikon 50mm F1.4G / Nikon 70-200mm F2.8VR / Nikon SB80DX x 2 / Nikon SB28 x 2 / Nikon SB800 x 2 / Nikon SB900 x 2 / Pocketwizard Plus II Transceiver x 7 My Photos: http://www.flickr.com/mikeboldt
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04-13-2009, 07:45 PM	#12
TWiTCHY Colonel 399 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	Wow. It's still 50-50, haha!
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04-13-2009, 07:56 PM	#14
vachss Captain 57 Rep 816 Posts Drives: Z4 Coupe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ventura County, CA iTrader: (1)	Body doesn't matter much. Canon and Nikon both make fine ones. I bought into Canon because at the time Nikon didn't make long IS primes. Now I shoot a 24/1.4, a 65mm MPE and a 300/4IS as my walkaround kit (and add a 500IS for birding) - kinda hard with Nikon bodies.
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04-14-2009, 02:49 AM	#15
TWiTCHY Colonel 399 Rep 2,526 Posts Drives: '13 AW E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: WA iTrader: (6)	As of today, the results are still 50/50. I was expecting more Canon users but I guess I was wrong.
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04-14-2009, 10:35 AM	#16
Septro Banned 78 Rep 1,649 Posts Drives: '08 e90 335xi Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: C-Bus, OH iTrader: (1)	Some trends are just aligned to each other along Camera lines. A few empircal points I've gathered about the two: 1. Canon owners own a Mac while most Nikon owners run a Windows-box 2. Canon owners drive an environment-friendly car, Nikon owners don't focus on it (outside of this forum obviously) 3. Canon owners are Democrats, Nikon owners Republican 4. Canon owners are Runners, Nikon owners are Gym-rats The list could go on and on, but just from pure observation - they tend to fall along those lines. What does it mean? Nothing. Sorry for the slight /OT Twitchy..
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Septro Banned 78 Rep 1,649 Posts Drives: '08 e90 335xi Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: C-Bus, OH iTrader: (1)	Hostility hostility.. generalizations are just that - half wrong and half right half the time, these were just my observations, nothing more nothing less but I find it funny folks take it so personal. Everyone hates being stereotyped but people love to be defined. Both are great cameras and my observations says nothing about them as do the generalizations. None of them are bad, just different. Post your own if you disagree.
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