If starting fresh, Canon or Nikon? Which has the best lineup in lenses, bodies and lighting?

Check out the blog on LensRentals.com.  There is a series of posts titled "Roger Buys a Camera System"  They are pretty interesting to read, because he has access to most bodies and lenses, and he is brand agnostic.

He ended up going with Canon, but it was a close call between Nikon, Canon, and Pentax.

Here is a description of his ideal camera:

"I know what I want: the Canon T4i‘s touch screen, the Canon 6D‘s Wi-Fi, and the Canon 5D Mk III‘s autofocus built around the Nikon D800E sensor, Nikon’s flash system, Pentax’s user interface (I’d take their sensor too, if I went crop frame)"

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J.V.