Canon vs. Nikon - Great You Tube Video

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BackdoorArts

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The Canon pro glass is amazing, and a more than credible reason to stay with Canon if you're already there knowing that their bodies will eventually catch up. Would be nice if Nikkor upped the ante on the lens side.
 
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Bill16

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Now look what you guys have done! I just found myself thinking it'd be fun to have a Canon EOS 7D with a 35mm lens to play with! Lol :p
 
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Bill16

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Well think of how hard it would be on me! I'm still trying to figure out what all the buttons are for on my D300! Lol :p
If I had 2 different brands to figure out, I'd never get any photos taken! I'd be sitting in the middle of the living room floor with a very confused look on my face as I stared down at the 2 different brand cameras in my lap wondering where to start! Lol :p

RocketCowboy said:
Bill, I can't keep up with you if you also branch out into Canon bodies and lenses. :D


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RocketCowboy

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Bill16 said:
Well think of how hard it would be on me! I'm still trying to figure out what all the buttons are for on my D300! Lol :p
If I had 2 different brands to figure out, I'd never get any photos taken! I'd be sitting in the middle of the living room floor with a very confused look on my face as I stared down at the 2 different brand cameras in my lap wondering where to start! Lol :p
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You just described me, except I usually don't have cameras in the floor with me....just the confused look on my face. ;)


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skene

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I would also agree with what he does say, as both companies do have their advantages/disadvantages and for some photographers, one ends up working better than the other. Hey even I sometimes have that feeling of wanting to pick up a canon for some of the benefits of their cameras, but since I've used Nikon since the 80s, it's kind of hard to jump ship to another brand and start all over with lenses. I still do drool over my friend's "L" lens collection....
 
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wornish said:
Are you set on using a Prime or have you considered the AFS 80-400mm f/4.5 - f/5.6 ED VR
It gives you the f/5.6 @ 400mm and gets good reviews.
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The 800-400mm is something that could interest me, but I wrote it off due to the bad reviews on autofocus. The only good review I can find is from Ken Rockwell, whereas Nasim Mansurov doesn't rate it well. I tend to go with Mansurov reviews.

The lens coverage does sit nicely for wildlife, apart from the claimed issue with focus. can I ask where your other good reviews are from?

Nikon 80-400mm VR Review

Nikon 80-400mm AF-S VR Review

With all these advantages, the Nikon 80-400mm also has some flaws. First, while its autofocus performance is excellent, autofocus accuracy can be iffy in some situations (I covered this in detail on page 2). In short, the lens sometimes hesitates / chatters when autofocus is continuously engaged, going back and forth in small steps, as if is unsure if focus is properly acquired. This behavior is not very noticeable at short focal lengths, but it does occur at 300mm and longer, similar to what you see on lenses like Nikon 70-300mm VR. Second, although Nikon redesigned the tripod foot, it is still very unstable for long focal lengths. Third, although you can attach any Nikon TC to the lens, they all seem to impact lens sharpness and contrast significantly.
At its current price of $2,699, I struggle to see good value with this lens. Yes, it is better than any other zoom lens in its class overall, but lenses like Sigma 50-500mm OS typically go for almost twice less that amount and give you a much better value.
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However, this lens has one serious flaw, which can get annoying very quickly – it has the same AF hesitation or “chatter” as some other AF-S zoom lenses, like the Nikon 70-300mm VR. I first noticed this when photographing my son in a park at a long distance zoomed all the way to 400mm. The autofocus motor went back and forth in small steps continuously for as long as I half-pressed the shutter release button. It was a bright day, so this was not like this problem was happening only in low light. I then took the lens to photograph birds and the same thing happened again, pretty much every time when AF was engaged.
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aroy

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In fact Nasim said the same thing when he reviewed the 300mm F4. At 400mm F5.6 with TC 1.4, the 300mm was better. The zoom is a boon if the subject distances keep changing, but if they are uniformly at large distances, then the primes are better option.
 
Glevum Owl

Glevum Owl

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My wife's comment: "What a fabulous complexion he has!" Is he buttoxed? Or made up for the video?

Mostly it's an 'argument' for not moving to Nikon because there's nothing to match what suits him doing what he does in the way that he does it. But there are some interesting points and it's reasonably balanced too.

I'm an ex-Canon man so I agree with some of his comments on quality (I miss my old 24-70 L zoom) but then I'm not that knowledgeable of Nikon stuff yet. So I have to ask, is he right: do Canon have better quality and / or a better range of lenses?
 
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Bill16

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From what I'm understanding from this thread is yes Canon has some better lenses, and has a couple that Nikon doesn't currently.
But I'm also understanding that as time goes buy Nikon and canon out do each other, then it swings back the other way.

Right now, Nikon has the best camera bodies, and Canon has the better lenses at least so I understand from this thread.

But back when the D300 was new, Canon OES 7D had higher MPs. Now the new batch of Nikon's have the higher MPs leaving Canon with the lower MPs camera bodies.

I'm guessing the same goes for the lenses, which is why they are competitors because neither company can completely beat the other all the time on their products.

I'm also guessing that either brand is well worth having, and it's just a matter of slight advantages in different areas of each company's products at the time that might make one brand get chosen over the other depending on your needs.

In other words it doesn't really matter all that much what brand you use, but the person's view of the world who's using the camera! :D

Glevum Owl said:
My wife's comment: "What a fabulous complexion he has!" Is he buttoxed? Or made up for the video?

Mostly it's an 'argument' for not moving to Nikon because there's nothing to match what suits him doing what he does in the way that he does it. But there are some interesting points and it's reasonably balanced too.

I'm an ex-Canon man so I agree with some of his comments on quality (I miss my old 24-70 L zoom) but then I'm not that knowledgeable of Nikon stuff yet. So I have to ask, is he right: do Canon have better quality and / or a better range of lenses?
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Glevum Owl said:
I'm an ex-Canon man so I agree with some of his comments on quality (I miss my old 24-70 L zoom) but then I'm not that knowledgeable of Nikon stuff yet. So I have to ask, is he right: do Canon have better quality and / or a better range of lenses?
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Tony actually states that he prefers Tamrons 24-70 f/2.8. He chooses it over the Canon and the Nikon options, maybe something for you to look into if you're missing the Canon L.
 
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Anco

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Interesting perspective, doesn't exactly make me want to rush out and hand over a truck load of cash for a Nikon 70-200.... I'm sure that'll make my wife happy at least
 
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