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Why Canon at all

dirk

dirk

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Hi,

I would like to know why you have choosen Canon over Nikon, Minolta etc. Is it the Speed of the AF, price/performance ratio etc.?

I do not want to start a Canon vs. Nikon vs. Minolta battle. I would be more interested in your general thoughts for your decision and why you picked Canon model "A" over Canon model "B"...

Dirk
 
I have choosen the EOS1N and EOS1V due to the image stabilizier lenses and then due to the handling and rain water proof design.

Wolfgang
 
Started with the F-1 24+ years ago. Like the looks, feel, build, and image quality from Canon lenses.
This past November bought the RebelG to get into the EOS system, a bit of automation. The 28-135 IS lens is proving to be very sharp-excellent. With it's limits, still enjoy this camera.
G-3 on order since this past Monday. Digital throws us a curve ball-intriguing.
No more buying-going broke.

kowen
http://www.geocities.com/kowenphoto/
 
I recently (early February) purchased an Elan 7 with a 50 1.8 II. I decided on Canon (not snubbing any other brand) because my brother-in-law is a photographer and his 35 mm system is Canon. I so admire his work that I didn't want to go against his system of choice. (In all fairness to Nikon and Minolta, he told me I couldn't go wrong with either system. He is a Canon man because the first 35 mm camera he purchased was a Canon and he found himself happy.) Also, there might be some lens borrowing in the future.

I picked the Elan 7 rather than a Rebel because I wanted mirror lockup. I will be shooting nature mostly on tripods.
 
I have stuck with Canon, since the 1980's with a A1. Good build quality, superb lenses, Now using a EOS 30 and a EOS 500 as a back up, I love the eyecontol focus on the 30. I'll wait and see what happens with digital as I still want to use my EOS lenses, the current digital EOS camera's are overpriced, and the EOS D60 has already been discountinued. I wonder if a digital camera bought now will still be used in fourty years time, I'm still using a vintage Canonet19.
 
You will be real lucky if any of todays digital cameras still function in te= n=20 years I seriously doubt if any current digital will be usable in 20 with the= =20 changes in tech. Not only does the camera still have to be functioning but=20 you have to be able to find media cards and batteries that work with it. NOT= =20 to mention a computor that will still be able to talk to the camera as well=20 as ink for the printer that will connect to the computer the camera can talk= =20 to.=20

I have 10 year old 5 1/4" floppys That I have no way to recover the info on.= =20 The digital camera will go the same way only much much faster. Contact canon= =20 and ask them how far back their support goes I bet many of their 5+ year old= =20 digitals are already blowin in the wind....

By the way my 1953 Leica IIIf RD 1959 Leica IIIg Rangefinders just got back=20 from a complete overhall should be good for another 40 years. Bring your D30= =20 we can got out shooting.=20

Mark W.

Canonitis FD sufferer and collector of 1950s rangefinder cameras including=20 Braun/Paxettes and Leica LTM cameras and optics

Show and tell: http://awahlster.tripod.com/photo

Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, as you are crunchy and taste good=20 with ketchup! =20
 
I have gone the EOS route perhaps because my father had a venerable Ftbn SLR, with a 50 1.2 lens. Rock solid and dependable. So in 1991 I bought my first SLR, the EOS 1000, and a couple of lenses. Not rock solid, but dependable (still sees some use today, from my brother). EOS cameras fall naturally into one's hands, the control layout does not get into the way.
I have grown as a photographer, and EOS has been there all the way. Today I have the 1V, rock solid and dependable.
 
Moved to Canon as part of my switch to digital. Also my wrists were pretty badly broken in a motorcycle accident so IS is very nice to have and the angle of the shutter release on the 1D suits my fingers whereas the D1 series Nikons do not.
 
I am hanging on to my F-1, it does need an overhaul. It may outlast the RebelG and the G3, but they are all keepers for me. (I know, too many cameras...) Then there is the Minolta Autocord 2.25 sq TLR-my oldest manual camera. I had a 2.25x3.25 Graflex-but sold that. Excellent camera, was in excellent shape-well taken care of for the age, but did not use it much.

I live in humidity hell-Louisiana, so silica gel bags go in the camera bags, and am taking to keeping my cameras in freezer zip lock bags.
 
All the major camera companies put out great cameras and lenses. But........... Canon has the edge with its IS lenses, Its long focal length lenses are awsome with IS and now DO tech. More speed -1V film, and 1D digital for sports. All you have to do is look at any major sporting event and you will see the majority of lenses are canon.
 
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