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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 753566" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I bought my first DSLR almost exactly a decade ago. My brother was an award winning news photographer who shot Canon, so I knew if I went that way I had stuff I could borrow. But when I compared the high end amateur stuff available in both at the time the D7000 beat out what Canon had available at the time in terms of price/performance, so I bit. Over time I added a D800, D7100, D600 that went to a D610 with the warranty issues, and a D750. Plus a bunch of good glass. And for the first time in half a decade I wasn't looking to buy anything else because there was nothing available that met a need I had. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, my brother had been laid off of his newspaper gig (as many were) and after a year of busting his ass doing other stuff he got a job as the East Coast Pro Rep for Canon. When he came over for Christmas that year (2015) he takes me out to his car, opens the trunk, and tells me that Canon has outfitted him with at least one of everything and that they only want him to use the latest and greatest, so here's all his Canon pro gear from his newspaper days and it's mine to use for as long as I want, so I can take my time swapping systems and figuring out what I wanted to buy for myself. I was a little overwhelmed and took the next couple weeks to look it over and try and figure out all the different menu stuff and button positions. </p><p></p><p>A couple weeks later Nikon introduced the D500, and as a predominantly wildlife photographer that body ticked all the marks. So I called my brother and told him I wanted to buy him lunch. We meet and I tell him that I'm blown away by his extremely generous offer, but that there's nothing I'm unhappy about with my gear, and with the D500 announcement it gives me something that Canon really didn't have at the time - at least not in that price point. He understood and respected the decision, but he also said that it was gonna put him in a bad spot with his boss, because he had said to him when he came on, "My brother's a Nikon shooter, and if I can't get him to switch within my first year then I'm not as good as you think I am." He's obviously proven himself otherwise.</p><p></p><p>Meantime I now shoot mainly with a pair of D500's, one that almost always has a 500mm f5.6 PF attached and the other swapping between a 300mm f4 PF and the 70-200mm f4 for backyard birding and wildlife. The D7000 and D800 are now IR conversions, the D750 got sold and I have a Z6ii on order. I do believe that if I were to start from scratch now I would have avoided Nikon, my brother's job notwithstanding (I couldn't even get a discount through him), mainly because of the persistent rumors of financial issues. But even knowing that I do not regret the choice and if they ever do go under I will be happy to shoot with what I have until they die in my hands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 753566, member: 9240"] I bought my first DSLR almost exactly a decade ago. My brother was an award winning news photographer who shot Canon, so I knew if I went that way I had stuff I could borrow. But when I compared the high end amateur stuff available in both at the time the D7000 beat out what Canon had available at the time in terms of price/performance, so I bit. Over time I added a D800, D7100, D600 that went to a D610 with the warranty issues, and a D750. Plus a bunch of good glass. And for the first time in half a decade I wasn't looking to buy anything else because there was nothing available that met a need I had. Meanwhile, my brother had been laid off of his newspaper gig (as many were) and after a year of busting his ass doing other stuff he got a job as the East Coast Pro Rep for Canon. When he came over for Christmas that year (2015) he takes me out to his car, opens the trunk, and tells me that Canon has outfitted him with at least one of everything and that they only want him to use the latest and greatest, so here's all his Canon pro gear from his newspaper days and it's mine to use for as long as I want, so I can take my time swapping systems and figuring out what I wanted to buy for myself. I was a little overwhelmed and took the next couple weeks to look it over and try and figure out all the different menu stuff and button positions. A couple weeks later Nikon introduced the D500, and as a predominantly wildlife photographer that body ticked all the marks. So I called my brother and told him I wanted to buy him lunch. We meet and I tell him that I'm blown away by his extremely generous offer, but that there's nothing I'm unhappy about with my gear, and with the D500 announcement it gives me something that Canon really didn't have at the time - at least not in that price point. He understood and respected the decision, but he also said that it was gonna put him in a bad spot with his boss, because he had said to him when he came on, "My brother's a Nikon shooter, and if I can't get him to switch within my first year then I'm not as good as you think I am." He's obviously proven himself otherwise. Meantime I now shoot mainly with a pair of D500's, one that almost always has a 500mm f5.6 PF attached and the other swapping between a 300mm f4 PF and the 70-200mm f4 for backyard birding and wildlife. The D7000 and D800 are now IR conversions, the D750 got sold and I have a Z6ii on order. I do believe that if I were to start from scratch now I would have avoided Nikon, my brother's job notwithstanding (I couldn't even get a discount through him), mainly because of the persistent rumors of financial issues. But even knowing that I do not regret the choice and if they ever do go under I will be happy to shoot with what I have until they die in my hands. [/QUOTE]
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