[Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Well that's good to hear I have a soft spot for Nikons having used them
since 1973 pretty much non stop.
Canon was well ahead of Nikon in the late 80's with motors in the lenses
with nikon having them just in the bodies sounding like mini robots and the
non AFS lenes still do sound that way. But the Nikons certainly did pull
ahead once they figured themselves around that formidable AF motor patent.

The Nikons know which color the metering is looking at and how far away it
is all helping with its metering which helps its auto focus is how I
understand it. RGB metering - its out standing alone in the field.
I really never of course had anything against Canon EOS's just the attitudes
of a whole lot of the people who used them.  They feel sorry for you not
being a serious photographer not using their favorite camera. I'm glad
they're been taken down a notch.
I Loved the canon F1.
It was a real hockey puck.

Lots of Canon Nikon Comparison rhetoric over the past 6 years has really
been not about the two camera systems but about the two different formats.
Cropped and uncropped.
Now that both are uncropped its Nikons turn to take off.
And for the reasons just mentioned.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:24:57 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] To Sell or Not to Sell
> 
> Hi Mark,
> There have been big problems with the latest pro EOS 1D and 1Ds mk 3
> cameras with the autofocus. Also the non EOS 1D family autofocus
> modules are crude compared to the latest Nikon ones, and the higher
> end Nikons like D700 and D300 have the D3 focus module which is way
> the best AF I have tried. The Canon 5D is way cruder than the Nikon
> D700 at autofocus, if this is an important feature for you.
> One of my friends who is a Pro with over 30 years Canon use, even with
> photos in many Canon publications, changed to Nikon this year after
> evaluating in the winter. He was having lots of problens with his EOS
> cameras. He told me that the Nikon was very much better at autofocus.
> He is not alone, many other pros are changing at the moment.
> cheers,
> Frank
>