Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, At least in India, as of now, Nikon is totally dominant and Canon is non existent - I have yet to see a wedding or event photographer shoot with one...they are the bread and butter pros, not the glamour boys who shoot cricket. Canon have, however, set up a subsidiary here recently, so the future might be different. Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon Introduces 2 new digital SLR's > On 8/24/05 8:04 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> typed: > >> There is an additional, very important reality in the >> Canon-Nikon-everyone >> else race: Canon at this point produces by far the cleanest images at >> high >> isos. Period. No one else is coming close. Canon isn't winning simply >> because of advertising and PR, they're winning because they Canon's are >> delivering the quality images. >> > I think as conserved as pros are and a large sector of serious amateurs > about the necessity of using "the" camera. The camera which gives them the > most credibility. Their image as well as the image their camera is > producing: > They are also concerned enough about the quality their camera is getting > enough to NOT use stuff which was significantly better than something > else. > The Nikon D2x as far as stock agencies go and in other uses is seen and > for > good reason I'm sure as being competitive imagery wise to the Canon Full > frame S. Hence people buying it, using it and continuing to stick with > their > Nikon systems they've used for years. > But its all USE. Sometimes you need much different image formats than > other > times and its not always obvious which format and film vs. digital you > want > to use for a given use. > > I met a second Oregonian photographer last week and he was shooting with > not > a Nikon D2X but a Nikon D2H. 4 megapixel images. I'd already met another > one > who did the same a few months ago and mentioned it on the LUG. > It may easily be that all the Oregonian photographers use this camera and > that 4 megapixels is all newspaper photojournalism needs. They don't need > 12. And they don't need full frame. > > A guy who used to work at Camera World for years but is now doing well as > a > commercial photographer I ran into at Pro photo last week. > He's got the sides of all the busses plastered with the news teams of some > TV station. Huge images. Shot 4 megapixels with not the d2x which he > didn't > have yet at that point but the d2H! > So apparently 4 megapixels made from that camera which uses an unusual not > CMOS or other traditional capturing cells are good not just for 80 screen > newspaper shots on newsprint. But mural sized stuff. They're more than one > way to skin a cat. > And its always or often what you don't think. > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >