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Like many Nikonians, I have patiently (or not so patiently) awaited Nikon's update of the D300s and D3s/D3x series of DLSR cameras. Mean while, I have seen Canon put out a few very good cameras and lens options including the newly unveiled 1Dx. The lack of Nikon DLSR products over the past year or so has made me a bit concerned about what I can and should expect from Nikon in the future as I see Canon taking what appears to be a clear lead. Granted I understand that the natural disasters over the past year or so have not helped Nikon and probably caused a few set back, including the current flooding in thailand. So is anyone else concerned about Nikon's ability to keep up with Canon in the future based on recent trends? Has anyone else thought about making the switch from Nikon to Canon because of this. It has crossed my mind several times in the past few months and I was hoping to hear some other opinions. thanks

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Does your current camera still take good pictures? Assuming that it does then perhaps the following adjective may apply?

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1. likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather.

2. not constant or loyal in affections: a fickle lover.
 
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People do cross over from one system to another. I would not make the jump, though, because of a vague anxiety. If Canon genuinely offers something that would make the change worthwhile, go for it. But, there is too little that is known in terms of Nikon's future and the company's ability to move forward. You might move to Canon and then a month later Nikon unveils their next series of groundbreaking cameras and lenses. Who knows? I never considered such a change, but I am still well overmatched by the equipment Nikon already offers.
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I will stick with Nikon, until my skills are better than the gear can deliver, which won't be anytime soon!
 
I have to agree with the other posters. My D700 and D90 are great for my needs right now. Most likely I will most likely skip at least one generation. Definitely do not see any reason to switch brands. Lenses would be a better investment in the long run.

I hope Canon and Nikon continue to bite at each other's heels, that will only benefit us with more features, choices, and prices.

Ozzie
 
KSQPhotography said:
Like many Nikonians, I have patiently (or not so patiently) awaited Nikon's update of the D300s and D3s/D3x series of DLSR cameras. Mean while, I have seen Canon put out a few very good cameras and lens options including the newly unveiled 1Dx. The lack of Nikon DLSR products over the past year or so has made me a bit concerned about what I can and should expect from Nikon in the future as I see Canon taking what appears to be a clear lead. Granted I understand that the natural disasters over the past year or so have not helped Nikon and probably caused a few set back, including the current flooding in thailand. So is anyone else concerned about Nikon's ability to keep up with Canon in the future based on recent trends? Has anyone else thought about making the switch from Nikon to Canon because of this. It has crossed my mind several times in the past few months and I was hoping to hear some other opinions. thanks
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The writing is on the wall, in big, stark, high contrast letters!

YOU should sell all of you Nikon equipment, order a new Canon 1D-X, and spend your time in the Canon forums whining there rather than here.

If you haven't noticed, the only camera Canon has announced that beats Nikon's D3S is a model that they say will be released in maybe 5 or 6 months with a production level of 7000 per month. Your chances of obtaining one in the next 12 months are slightly less than zero. Long before you actually click the shutter on your new Canon, I'm going to have thousands of images shot with a Nikon D4 that will probably make a 1D-X appear slow in many more ways than just the delivery schedule.
 
Precisely where does Canon hold such a significant lead over Nikon? Sure, there are "swings and roundabouts", where one brand is slightly stronger in one area, while being slightly weaker in another. But the differences are hugely insignificant in comparison with the differences in the brains making the images in the first place. You and your photographic skills are far more significant than any perceived differences among the various camera brands.

Perhaps stop being a gearhead agonising over competing specification lists and go take some photos on your (presumably) perfectly usable current gear. If you simply must go to Canon, do it. They make good cameras and lenses too, but I doubt it will make you a better photographer.
 
KSQPhotography said:
as I see Canon taking what appears to be a clear lead.
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I must admit I do not see it.
KSQPhotography said:
So is anyone else concerned about Nikon's ability to keep up with Canon in the future based on recent trends?
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Not me.
KSQPhotography said:
It has crossed my mind several times in the past few months and I was hoping to hear some other opinions.
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If you want to switch, go for it. Sometimes you just have to lose money in switching gear, to realize that grass isnt greener on the other side.
 
How many professionals actually use every option in their camera's menu system? How many of them shoot to print with the lowest ISO possible, tripod mounted, remote etc etc?

Considering the number of people I see coming here with something like "moving to Nikon, lens advice please?" I won't be moving anywhere soon. They come to Nikon for the glass and the sensor, everything else is a bonus.
 
either plowing in from the ocean, or flooding in from rivers....
 
If you want the ONLY future choice to be a CANON product go ahead.

If you would like a future choice stay where you are, instead of jumping ship on a whim.
 
Nikon will always have a future just like Pepsi does with Coke. It will drop the ball occasionally but it always comes back with something good like it did with D700 and current line up of cameras.

Another way to look at it is, there are pros and cons of being leader and follower in competitive market. Canon has so far been the leader in the digital market and has consistently set the standards which so far Nikon has done good job of exceeding in certain parts of the digital camera market. Nikon has done good job in the professional market, but not so well in the consumer market.

Canon has a fine system. Their higher end zooms are excellent and are always coming up with items that shooters want a year or two earlier than Nikon. But when Nikon releases them, they are often better than comparable Canon lens. That's what I like about Nikon. When they take time to do something, they do it right.
 
yhenry said:
Canon has a fine system. Their higher end zooms are excellent and are always coming up with items that shooters want a year or two earlier than Nikon. But when Nikon releases them, they are often better than comparable Canon lens. That's what I like about Nikon. When they take time to do something, they do it right.
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You've nailed it! Canon is and always has been a large company that is market driven. They work hard to have the latest technology before anyone else.

Nikon is a relatively small company driven by it's engineering. They don't release anything until it is honed and well integrated into their system.

That above applies to cameras, but it applies to non-camera products from each company too.
 
In my opinion Canon's 1Dx is an evolution not a revolution. It might only be catching up to the D3s (with a few extra pixels). Rumors I've heard Nikon is doing the same thing in the near future... So don't get your hopes up. They're about even...
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coudet said:
KSQPhotography said:
as I see Canon taking what appears to be a clear lead.
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In what way? You mean that they release a slightly updated D3s more then two years after Nikon did so? :-)

Or that they release the much wanted 200-400/4 almost a decade after Nikon release theirs? Or that they still have no answer to the 14-24/2.8?

Or you mean the excellent Canon sensors with way more read noise due to them currently being stuck with an older sensor design (off sensor ADCs)?

Or do you mean Canons impressive entry into the mirroless area ...? :)

Canon has some impressive products: In my eyes most so the jack-of-all-trades Eos 5D Mk2, they do have some good lenses like a better offering of telephoto lenses and their wolderful (but pricey T/S lenses, and some other bits and ends.

But ultimately, right now it is much more probably Canon is losing sleep over what Nikon is doing then teh other way around. Which is the opposite of the situation we had five years ago when Canon really had a clear lead and Nikon was struggling to catch up.
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So is anyone else concerned about Nikon's ability to keep up with Canon in the future based on recent trends?
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Eh, no ... Why should we? Aside from video, I cannot see one area where Nikon has any trouble keeping up with (or ahead of) Canon.
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coudet said:
It has crossed my mind several times in the past few months and I was hoping to hear some other opinions.
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Please do elaborate in what way Canon currently is having any clear technological lead over Nikon. I cannot see any otehr area then video where Canon has been a major player for a very long time.

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People talk about crisp images from lenses and sensors in cameras. This in effect is a tiny part of the R&D Nikon invests in. Their premier optical technologies and sensor imaging resides in their IC and Super Resolution Microscopes:

http://www.nikon.com/

Have a look around.
 
Out of current products I'd rate the D3x higher than the 1DsIII, the D3s higher than the 1DIV and the D7000 higher than the 60D. I'd say that the D700 vs 5DII is a wash, as is the entry-level cameras. The one place where Canon has advantage is with the 7D, and even that's slight. So no, I don't see the lead Canon has. Remember that the 1Dx wont hit shelves until spring, and who know what Nikon has done until then.
KSQPhotography said:
Like many Nikonians, I have patiently (or not so patiently) awaited Nikon's update of the D300s and D3s/D3x series of DLSR cameras. Mean while, I have seen Canon put out a few very good cameras and lens options including the newly unveiled 1Dx. The lack of Nikon DLSR products over the past year or so has made me a bit concerned about what I can and should expect from Nikon in the future as I see Canon taking what appears to be a clear lead. Granted I understand that the natural disasters over the past year or so have not helped Nikon and probably caused a few set back, including the current flooding in thailand. So is anyone else concerned about Nikon's ability to keep up with Canon in the future based on recent trends? Has anyone else thought about making the switch from Nikon to Canon because of this. It has crossed my mind several times in the past few months and I was hoping to hear some other opinions. thanks

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