Canon vs. NIKON

The main thing to remember (as I learned the hard way) when you buy a Canon camera - is if you want the best quality pictures out of it, you MUST pay a premium and get their "S Series" lenses. Their regular lenses are sub-standard, as are the lenses you get when you buy "pre-packaged" cameras (with multiple lenses) from retailers like Costco.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Weaver on February 9, 2012 at 12:12am

In the defense of Sigma, I own one of their "superzoom" lenses and it performs just as well as Canon or Nikon superzoom lenses for half the cost. They get a bad reputation because they're reverse engineer their lenses to fit on Canon/Nikon bodies instead of being licensed to manufacture them to fit so older models experience glitches. Also, Sigma produces a 70-200 that performs just as well as the Canon/Nikon lenses and a 120-300mm F2.8 that is unmatched.

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on February 9, 2012 at 2:57am

Sigma also make a dSLR body priced in the same range as Canon's 1 series

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Permalink Reply by Glenn P on February 8, 2012 at 6:08am

Wow, 2 cameras in less than a month. The new D800 has been annoounced. It is 36MP camera and half the price of the D4.

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Permalink Reply by CameraClicker on February 8, 2012 at 6:17am

D4 is fast and has high ISO, but the D800 is the more impressive camera at twice the pixels and half the price.

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Permalink Reply by Anatoliy on February 8, 2012 at 8:50am

Cant wait to see what Canon has to offer.

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Permalink Reply by Jared Weaver on February 9, 2012 at 9:39am

Canon got hit the hardest by the earthquake in Japan. I doubt we will see anything spectacular until at least next year. There was high hopes for the 1Dx, but ultimately it was just a replacement for a few old 1Ds.