RE: [Leica] God, no Canon vs. Nikon...

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Not true.  Nikon was a larger company than Canon when the AF mounts were
being changed.  Minolta changed theirs, Canon followed, but Nikon opted to
be stubborn.  Sometimes a bigger company with money does not yield
foresight. These are the reasons Canon is now a larger company.

Peter K

- -----Original Message-----
From: Joe Codispoti [mailto:joecodi@thegrid.net]
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 6:11 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] God, no Canon vs. Nikon...


Nikon's biggest blunder - when it comes to executive decisions - was
designing the auto-focus system around the old mount in order to make new
bodies compatible with the manual lenses. Thus they could not overcome the
design challenges of incorporating all the features that Canon had packed in
theirs when they abandoned the FD mount in favor of the larger EOS.
Finally Nikon has surmounted some of the hurdles, albeit too late.

In all fairness it should be remembered that Nikon is a small company
whereas Canon is a Giant corporation with an R&D budget to match.

Joe C
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) <peterk@lucent.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 4:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] God, no Canon vs. Nikon...


> Mike,
>
> The reason is simple.  Nikon just got too complacent and forgot about the
> users.  Canon just gave the photogs what they wanted, fast AF (USM motors)
> and a large selection of optics now some with IS, and even eye-controlled
> focusing.
> Canon also provided excellent zooms like a 28-70mm F2.8 (Nikon had only
the
> 35-70mm F2.8 to offer with a fixed aperture until very recently), 70-200mm
> F2.8, et al.  They also had features in their lower end cameras that the
> idiots at Nikon left out even in their high end models.  Case in point,
the
> F100 at $1300 does not have mirror lock up, the N90s at about $900
> (predecessor to the F100) had no bracketing unless you bought the optional
> back, while the $450 Canon Elan II had both and also offer eye focus
control
> if you wanted it.
>
> Peter K
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Johnston [mailto:michaeljohnston@ameritech.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 10:09 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] God, no Canon vs. Nikon...
>
>
> >>>Tell him the
> reason sports pro photogs use Canon is the AF speed and quality super
> telephoto optics. Same at rodeos, track meets (Olympics is a good
> exmaple,
> about 80% were Canon shooters), and other events.<<<
>
> And runway fashion, where Canon now rules, and--so I'm told by friends
> back there--at White House Press Conferences. This is hard to believe,
> as it used to be 95% Nikon.
>
> --Mike
>