Comments on: Nikon Announcements

By: Koos

Koos — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:07:01 +0000

Shows Canon people are thinking about the future? If Nikon can make something close to the 70-200f4 and put VR on their 300f4, for prosumers, the cat could be among the pigeons.

A lot of people are going on about IS/Vr on the 24-70F2.8′s. I will love a 35-85f2.0 for FF use (got the 16-35′s or 17-40′s for wider angle). Ja, and then there are the 14-24f2.8, but i haven’t got a Nikon, yet.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:42:00 +0000

Canon lenses have only 1 year warranty
Nikon lenses have 5 year warranty

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:40:18 +0000

You mean like the:

Nikon 200-400 f/4 VR
Nikon 14-24 2.8

By: roger767

roger767 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:14:38 +0000

the 16-35 VR is way more versatile and the F stop you lose the VR makes up. Cant wait for Canon to make such a lens.

By: jacobi

jacobi — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:37:06 +0000

crummy build quality, poor focusing and soft corners cost less to manufacture.thus the cheaper prices on your fav lenses:-))

By: jacobi

jacobi — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:36:25 +0000

only canon pros are complaining about high MP mushy detailed pics using their ageing L lenses which used to work great till 12 MP but cant resolve the fine hi res sensor;-))

By: G-Tus

G-Tus — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:16:38 +0000

No they won’t. Backfocus (flange focal distance) is on Nikons 46mm and on Canons 44mm, so it’s impossible to make it work on a Nikon without the addition of an optical element, which in turn degrades image quality and focal length.

By: John Pelican

John Pelican — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:05:01 +0000

+1. Maybe only on really slow days.

By: EF mount

EF mount — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:37:20 +0000

Well, I don’t care who is copying from who as long as they make good stuff. No Nikonist will ever complain that Nikon copied some good idea from elsewhere and no Canonist will ever complain that Canon copies some good idea from elsewhere either. They would be only against themselves, if they refuse to take advantage of new feature, just because someone other came with it first.

Customers should be glad for competition and development that it causes, not spend petty fights about which brand is better. I’d like to paraphrase Ansel Adams here: the best brand is the one you have. (What good is the other brand to you, if you don’t have/use it.)

I’ve chosen Canon for some reason I had that time, but I’m sure I’d be glad either, if I picked Nikon back then.

By: EF mount

EF mount — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:57:19 +0000

That’s neat! :) But I thought we are talking about using TS-E lenses on Nikon body. Is there similar adapter, that will allow to set an aperture on TS-E lens+Nikon body as well? Just out of curiosity…

By: Shaun Petz

Shaun Petz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:26:16 +0000

LOL, it´s canon who´s been catching up and copiying nikon since last 2-3 years, innovation? where does canon get these ideas on video and stuff,live view,the horizon level ,deactable imposed grid in viewfinders,super high iso sensors,high res displays,and now touch screen displays like in coolpix,they are probably trying hard to find a way to make a wide angle lens with acceptable corner to corner sharpness like the new nikons.

and oh, one should give credit to can for their greatest innovation in this century, the “Print Button” in 35 years of your photographic life, you sure havent seen an innovation like that i bet.
lol

By: jacob

jacob — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:15:32 +0000

it´s got nothing to do with attitude, it´s simply reality,
the problem is every average joe thinks all they need is buy is a cheapo video slr and they are better than those same pros you mentioned who came up with years of hard work .
i admire works of a lot of self taught people in this field.

a large number of those pros came up because they managed an education in that field, let it be from some school or through apprenticeship or simply by assisting ,it was all hard work.and not just because they managed to buy a gear and started out in business the next morning.it´s only dreamers like you who could deny that part, but sure it´s dreamers like you who managed to make it to the top ,unfortunately there are too many of them out there right now, cos every average joe could afford the gear.that´s what i meant.

simply look at fotolia or istock photo and tell me how many made a real business like Yuri Arcurs you mentioned, probably 10 -20 people ,he´s explained how to do it, check his site and try out as he did,may be u´ll succeed. but believe me you are not the only one.

the market is different right now,because every average joe is thinking like you,the gear is dirt cheap now,i´ll buy a video dslr and will start working as a wedding photo/videographer the next day, see how easily a hard working pro´s bread and butter is gonna be harder for him to get.hope you understand what i mean.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:49:23 +0000

do you really think the MTF charts you see tells you that all the lenses they make follows it, then how come there are so many C lenses which perform like garbage optically from the same series.
i had to go through 3 24-70´s to get an acceptable one, and still wasent satisfied, The mtf chart said something else :-)now i have a cheapo tamron 17-50 instead and i am atleast satisfied with the price and sharpness. the AF is real slow but for me the IQ is what mattered.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:44:46 +0000

no there are adaptors which you can set the aperture . lever operated ones like this http://www.16-9.net/nikon_g/ and you get the best of both worlds,very good high resolution sensors from canon and the best lenses from nikons.
i wish someone bbuild an interchangeable lens mount with AF capability for nikon lenses