What got you hooked on Canon?

salim madjd · Mar 5, 2003

I got the A2e the year it came out...It had everything that I wanted at a great price point. Multi expo, great ranage of shutter speed, and being a geek, the eye control focus...but I never used it after the first few weeks

christofurry · Mar 5, 2003

i was limited to three hundred bucks to for my birthday present, which was definitely going to be a camera. i was looking at one megapixel olympus's and junk like that and begged my dad to let me get an early birthday present [the olympus d-380 or one of those, the kit came with batteries and other stuff on ssdirect or whatever the site is] and he was like, no, you should wait. and i was so bummed, hahah, i wanted that olympus. then after comparing cameras and lookin at all the nice ones on this site, i think there was a preview for the canon a40 and its price was 300 and i saw it had manual mode and movie mode with sound [really wanted that, haha], and it was two megapixels, seemed like a great deal. so everything i got ended up being just a little

more than three hundred bucks, but that was ok. so it was the a40 and now i have a g2. was thinkin about a nikon coolpix 5000 recently, but soft corners and clipped highlights turned me away from that. i really want the 19mm wide angle and fisheye though :-\ they would be nice, but i think ill just wait around unless i see a nice deal or something. well see

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Edward Langlois · Mar 5, 2003

The optional vertical shutter/AA battery packs-I shoot 95% of my pics vertically and no one else offered this option except in high end[top of the line] mostly.Canon offered it with all so the elan II and my style and my wallet got along just fine for quite a long time.Even as i move up the ladder canon seems to have just the right things to make my photography easier and better.

Chris Epler · Mar 5, 2003

I used to own a Nikon N90s and later sold it to save up for digital. (D30 at the time, still saving, those darn expenditures like house, car, relocation etc keep snapping up the money) What I felt after playing with my Nikon and looking at what was available in both camps is that Nikon feels more 'brute forceish' and Canon feels more 'electronic'. I preferred the more technological feel rather than the 'tank' feel. Thats just my perception but I felt that Canon had more of the technology spread around in their equipment in lenses and bodies etc that I had a chance of purchasing.

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Tomrok · Mar 5, 2003

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David SL · Mar 5, 2003

Well for me it would have to be the as yet unreleased 13.5mp ISO 100 - 1600 CMOS sensor based 20D that they will release before Nikon or Fuji can beat them to the punch with similarly equipped D200 or S4Pro models. !!

Here's to the future!

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Rob Martin · Mar 5, 2003

hated P&S Cameras. Didn't feel right....

The D30 came out to rave reviews....
a D30, 60, 1D, 1Ds later....

hooked?? man I loive this stuff!!!!

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deevee · Mar 5, 2003

i 've been a long time nikon user , my 1st slr was a silver fe back in 76 if i recall correctly...at that time, all i heard of is nikon , the choice of the pros....when af came about i started to feel the sluggishness and the noise of the nikon lenses...i also noticed the downgrade in quality of their lenses , w plastic components, and lack of contrast as compared to zeiss say...i switched to contax for the zeiss lenses, but was inhibited by the manual focusing...so i tried canon w the elan 7, then eos 1n taking full advantage of their vaunted L lenses + usm af...i realized then that canon lenses compare very well to zeiss, and are overall more contrasty than nikon (they 're all sharp btw)...when the d30 came out w cmos and all the rage, i realized that the digital future belongs to canon so i dumped all contaxes, got more canon lenses and eventually acquired a d60...in retrospect i think i made the right decision for canon hasn't let me down...instead they seem to get better everyday with the announcement of DO lenses, 11 meg cmos, dropping dlsr to entry level prices...my EF lenses still perform to their full potential , even more so now than in the film days for the cmos resolution does bring out weaknesses in a lens ...so my recommendation for those getting into dslr, get the best lenses u can afford for the next gen cmos will put ur consumer grade lenses to shame ...cheers

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Jackie W. · Mar 5, 2003

I've ordered a 10D, but I'm sure I'll still find uses for my G2.
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Stefan1967 · Mar 5, 2003

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Justin115256 · Mar 5, 2003

On Canon? The Elan 7E...and eventually the 70-200 f/4L

But if it wasnt for photography I never would have gotten hooked on Canon...I give Minolta credit for that with the Dimage 7, which was a horrible camera with a massive amount of noise that I sold a month later and got a Sony DSC F707 and in August, the Elan 7E, and coming soon, the 10D.

Paul Stout · Mar 5, 2003

I understood shutter priority, but those darn Nikons with their aperature priority just didn't make sense

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Ernest R. Ewert · Mar 5, 2003

I purchased a T50 off of my brother some 18 years ago. Later a Canon IIe replaced it. Then an EOS-3, D30, D60, and 10D (on order). Included in the mix was a Pro70,A10, S10 and G4.

I have owned one Nikon the 900s and wasn’t comfortable with the controls. Every Canon I pick up rings true to me. When I shoot with a Nikon it just isn’t “right.” It works and I have been impressed with the gear, but it doesn’t have the same feel.

I have stuck with Canon mainly because of that. Now it is because of the investment in L series glass that I made with my EOS-3.

I am just hoping that I don’t get any jobs that require film. I would have to buy a 1v (sold the EOS-3 to my brother) and then right after a 1ds because I KNOW I would be spoiled.

Ernie

Darell Neff · Mar 5, 2003

When I got back into photography a couple years ago I was looking at the Nikon line and the Canon line, looking at lenses knowing that I would be keeping those for sure, bodies can come and go. And the image stabization sold me in a heart beat.
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William K · Mar 5, 2003

I started with Canon years ago (the "AE1 Program") and was frustrated with lots of underexposed images (and I didn't know about good lenses... but those were the FD days). So I changed to Nikon, the N70. Sorta nice. 3 lenses. Lotsa film. Then wanted digital, but the SLR's were too expensive. So went the coolpix route and endured the CP 950 and then the 5000. Nikon replaced it (sorta) with the 5700 right after I bought the 5000 (grr) and it seemed all they wanted to do was bring out more low level coolpix's: What really got to me was their big marketing teaser in early 2002 where they strung us along for nearly a month... what would the new wonder-of-the-world be?? Just that silly toy CP2000. After all that buildup. Ugh. And then the D100 came out and the images were just not impressive. Too soft, color was blah. I don't have time to recreate everything (or try) in Photoshop.

So then there was the sharp D60. And then I "discovered" how much better the USM lenses were from the old FD. And the rest, is personal history

(D60, 16-35L, 70-200 f/4, 50 f/1.4, 28-135 IS) Ok, I went a little overboard. Sorry Nikon... I didn't want to, but Canon MADE me do it!

Chuck K · Mar 5, 2003

I originally bought a Fuji S2 because of a leftover Nikon lens that I used on an F5. I sent the S2 back within 30 days at the announcement of the FF 14N in October. Well, I had to buy a G2 for my daughter's birth while I continued to wait for the 14N.

Here it is 5 months later and the 14N now looks like a failure.

In the meantime, Canon releases the new and improved D60 (10D) and seems like the only company capable of bringing new, reliable cameras to market.

I figure I'll satisfy my dslr craving with a 10D for a year or two until the 1Ds or a superMP Canon comes down to $3K then I'll upgrade. At least I'll be able to keep Canon's superb lenses along the way.

It's tough coming from 20 years loyal to Nikon.

I'm getting Canon's 20 2.8, 50 1.4 and 85 1.8. After that, I'll probably spring for the 24-70L.

John Meara · Mar 5, 2003

It was the passing away of my sister.

I had always been the Nikon man in the family. Started with an F in high school ended with an F, an Ftn, and an F2. Tons of glass - a bunch of good fast primes and even a 500 mirror. When Barbara passed away, I ended up with her 620 and three lenses as well as a 420EZ speedlite.

I went on a trip to Jamaicia and took the Canon stuff (in case I dropped it or lost it - it wasn't my 'spensive Nikon gear). I did a series of shots from the balcony of our room overlooking the mountains and ocean. My GF was framed in the doorway facing in -harsh backlight from midmorning sun off the ocean - I shot from way inside the room - fairly wide angle w/ bounce flash off the ceiling, I captured the room details as well as my girl.

Backlighting, fill flash and auto focus, all in one press of a button? The mountains and ocean and room and girl were all perfectly exposed and in focus. Everybody raved about those shots - questions on how long did it take to setup - what lighting did you use, etc. I was embarressed to say, hey it was "point&shoot". I had been shooting for 20 years and pull out my first P&S and thats what I get? I give up!

A month after I got back, I traded every Nikon piece I had and bought an A2E with some new glass....Never looked back, best trade I ever made...autofocus and autoexposure made me a better photog not a worse one.

More shots in focus and properly exposed and man that quick shot that you only have a split secound to get..now I got it..instead of fumbling to hit the meter button, focus and center the needle, and compose at the same time.

Well Digital here I come - One 10D on order - L glass in hand - Move over Gentlemen (and Ladies) - It's a new age.

JohnM

vpera · Mar 6, 2003

...I still like the partial metering. Good compromise between
speed and accuracy even in difficult lightning situations.
And you know what you are going to get, in most cases
(which is not the case always with clever systems like evaluative
metering).

That is probably the only common thing with current models
(except the manufacturer name and logo of course).

Vesa

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